X-Chronicles mod for OpenXcom

Welcome to the global fantasy-themed overhaul mod.
This time, the aliens did not come, instead - magic came to Earth. And along with it, strange magical creatures, sorcerers, zombies and other fantasy clichés.
Or not really?
Features:
Choose a patron country on which the gameplay will depend.
Learn magic technologies and throw away your guns.
Evolve your operatives from ordinary humans to demigods ... or monsters.
Learn powerful battle spells.
With all these bells and whistles, go down to the abode of Aliens ...
and lose outright to the horrors there.

Available languages: US English and Russian.

Installation:
Copy to the mod folder, run the game and chose "Base game" X-Chronicles.

Activate Cyrillic names submod if you want.
Thanks: to OpenXcom authors for a brilliant game; to Yankes and Meridian for powerful OXCE, to the other modders from whom I borrowed something.

Release status: mod is fully playable, but not really balanced.
Version 0.99 means, that i will work on it further, maybe for years, adding new stuff and redacting existing things.

Future plans:
- more maps;
- more undead;
- more summons;
- demons;
- alchemy;
- dwarves and elves, maybe.

If you want to help:
- This mod desperately needs a spell check of English translation.
- More map blocks needed for existing terrains. I will do it myself, but slowly.
- I will be grateful for bug reports.

Credits:

All X-Com resources belongs to X-Com franchise owners (Take-Two Interactive, i think)

All other is under CC-NC-BY-SA , as mr.Hobbes insisted.

Dependencies

Name	Added	Updated
OpenXcom Extended (OXCE)	Sep 10th, 2018	3y

Releases

Filename	Size	Version	Added
xchr_0_99_6.zip - added new UFO - the temple ship; - IMPORTANT: rebalance, no powerful invaders will spawn while x-com posess no magic nech; - bugfixing, all prefious hotfixes included;	19.52mb	0.99.6	16d
xchr_0_99_5.zip - added new unit: phoenix - added new terrain: fire dimension - added some lore articles - added 2 new craft equipment glyphs. - added new facility, psi barrier - fixed HMGs for using by normal people; - added new faction: temple of Death, with their own ships and stuff; - added submod Cyrillic names for XCHR; - added 5 new melee weapons; - minor bugfixing	19.48mb	0.99.5	93d
xchr_0_99_4.zip - Added two new facilities for base defense. Runed missiles and fiery bolts; - Added ufopedia articles for all Aliens, all Aliens now researcheable; - Added some other articles for explanation of storyline; - Added a pair of events for immersion; - multiple bugs fixed, thanks to wolwerine.	19.13mb	0.99.4	106d
xchr_0_99_3.zip Major update. - Added choice of side in the confrontation: light or darkness, with facilities, items, spells and events; - Added Light blessings, working for whole combat; - Added Light Temple faction with their own units; - Added more summons; - New mission arc - espionage; - Civilians will change through world events; - Bugfixes; Warning: not really tested, so expect bugs.	18.74mb	0.99.3	149d
xchr_0_99_2.zip - Fixed nasty error with archmage tower; - New units: wight, herald; - New terrain: mushroom forest; - New events with trustee countries; - Minor fixes.	18.63mb	0.99.2	203d
xchr_0_99_1.zip - Added new armor: crusader; - Added some mapblocks for Archmage yard; - Multiple bugfixes in research tree, thanks to ted_die; - Fixed Archmage tower spawn, thanks to ted_die; - Cleaned starting base;	18.52mb	0.99.1	236d
xchr.zip Version 0.99: - Fully playable, but unbalanced.	18.48mb	0.99	244d