## Description

_Avernum: Escape From the Pit_ is a remake of Spiderweb Software’s fantasy
role-playing game Avernum (which, in turn, is a remake of an even earlier
game, Exile: Escape from the Pit). _Avernum: Escape From the Pit_ is in many
aspects similar to Spiderweb’s previous game, Avadon: The Black Fortress, and
uses some of its art, animations and sound effects.

The plot and setting remains the same as in the original _Avernum_ and
_Exile_. The player controls a party of outcasts who have been banished by the
tyrannical Empire into Avernum, a system of vast underground caverns from
which there is no escape. All those who do not fit in the Empire are exiled
into Avernum through a one-way magic portal, with no hope of returning to the
surface. To survive in this harsh world, the Avernites have built a society
using whatever resources they had at their disposal, with towns, villages and
forts. This human kingdom is constantly threatened by hostile sentient races
that populate the caverns, as well as other, unknown dangers. The player is
given freedom to explore the world of Avernum and follow the main and side
quest storylines in any desired order. While _Avernum: Escape From the Pit_
stays true to the original _Avernum_ / _Exile_ , the game world has been also
expanded with additional quests, characters, dungeons and other locations.

The game mechanics, on the other hand, are more similar to the recent games by
Spiderweb, specifically Avernum 6 and _Avadon_. There are character types
(classes) to choose from, with the option to create a custom character type.
The party does not need to regularly consume food (which now functions as a
healing item), and encumbrance only takes those items into account that are
worn by a character, allowing to carry around more items in the backpack.
Distributing experience points after a character has levelled up can be done
at any time, without the need for paid services of a trainer. Some of the low-
level items (weapons, armour etc.) now have a value of zero coins and thus
cannot be sold at stores. Because of these changes, certain NPCs in the game
have changed their function. For example, trainers now offer additional skill
increases in exchange for a fee.

_Avernum: Escape From the Pit_ offers several difficulty levels, and has an
achievement system (in the form of medals), similar to _Avadon_.

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