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Sanctuary RPG is an Indie Role-Playing Game , developed by Black Shell Games and released in 2014. It is made in ASCII style, where there are no actual graphical elements to speak of, their role instead served by letters and code symbols. Freed from having to develop graphics and animations, the developers have instead invested their time into gameplay content. Thus, it features over 160 class and race combinations, 1400 weapons and armours and hundreds of enemy types, as well as light-hearted, off-beat writing.

The plot is fairly simple. Many years ago, a powerful sorceress known as the Matron was corrupted by an Artifact of Doom and attempted to destroy the world. However, she was defeated by the legendary wizard Cyrus and sealed away, Cyrus himself vanishing shortly afterwards. In the present day, your Featureless Protagonist is your average run of the mill adventurer who, in their adventuring, inadvertently stumbles upon a plot to release the Matron, all while a civil war between the religious, fanatical Brotherhood and the brutal, freedom-embracing Rebels engulfs the land.

An enhanced version known as SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition was released on Steam, featuring new (ASCII) art, new music, tons of new content, and a faction system. Black Edition costs about $5.00, but you can still download the "classic" edition from the developer's website at any price you choose.

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