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Learn spells and fight monsters in this game inspired by [[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]].

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==How It Begins==
You are a level 1 magic user. You have travelled long and hard and have finally arrived at Longwall Street on the southern edge of the fallen city of Tolti-Aph, deep within the forested island of Tholtaff. You are wearing a leather jerkin, and carry a dagger, a blank parchment, and a journal. You also have five spells committed to memory. You have come to Tolti-Aph to prove yourself, vowing to become a level 5 mage or never return.

==Notable Features==
* The commands [[undo]] and [[save]] are mostly suppressed. You may only save the game when the PC is in special safe locations. You're not supposed to use "undo" at all. Some Z-code interpreters implement a 'soft undo' that can be used, but this is considered cheating.
* The PC has level, experience, and strength statistics. The PC's level begins at 1; the goal of the game is to get to level 5. The level is increased by gaining experience, and experience is gained by defeating monsters, casting unfamiliar spells, and performing heroic or clever actions. The player's strength represents both his vitality for physical health and for casting spells; in most role-playing games, this would be understood as both his hit points and his mana points. 
* The game implements a [[combat]] system that includes dice rolls assigned to weapons and monsters, a bonus-to-hit factor (based on the PC's level and sometimes his weapon), a damage reduction factor (based on the PC's clothing and magic items), the ability to make critical hits (double damage) or critical misses (PC drops his weapon), and saving rolls on certain difficult actions.
* The game implements a [[magic]] system that uses scrolls, magic items, material components, and the player's strength. Spells are learned from scrolls but not cast directly from them; once a spell is learned, it is learned forever. All spells have a strength cost. Many spells require a material component in the PC's inventory, and sometimes the spell will destroy the component.
* The game has a randomly-generated [[maze]].

==Trivia and Comments==
* Sometimes refered to by the initialism ''ROTA''.
* Inspired the following:
** ''[[A Little Like Rogue]]'' ([[ifnyou]]; 2007; Z-code). A dungeon-crawl using the same "Woodpulp and Wyverns" combat system as ''ROTA''.

==Versions==
===Release 1/060228===
* ''The Reliques of Tolti-Aph'' ([[Graham Nelson]]; 01-Mar-2006; [[Z-code]]).
** Version info: Release 1 / Serial number 060228 / Inform 7 build 3F39 (I6/v6.30 lib 6/10N)
** Feelie: Collegio.pdf is a 4-page issue of "Collegio", the Alumnus Magazine for the Magic-User Today.

===Release 1/060430===
* ''The Reliques of Tolti-Aph'' ([[Graham Nelson]]; 04-May-2006; [[Z-code]]).
** Version info: Release 1 / Serial number 060430 / Inform 7 build 3K27 (I6/v6.30 lib 6/10N)
** {{babel|ifid=AC736F19-3C4D-461E-9C84-49A759C72F42}}.
** {{ifarchive|games/zcode/|RoTA.zblorb}}.

===Spanish translation===
{{link|deadurl=http://www.caad.es/informate/infsp/Reliquias de Tolti Aph/|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231105401/http://www.caad.es/informate/infsp/Reliquias%20de%20Tolti%20Aph/|Web page}} - {{link|deadurl=http://wiki.caad.es/Las_Reliquias_de_Tolti_Aph|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127233333/http://wiki.caad.es/Las_Reliquias_de_Tolti_Aph|WikiCAAD}}.

* ''Las Reliquias de Tolti Aph'' (translated by [[Urbatain]]; 01-Dec-2008; [[Glulx]]; Spanish).
** Version info: Release 1 / Serial number 081130 / Inform 7 build 5U92 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)

* ''Las Reliquias de Tolti Aph'' (18-Mar-2009; [[Glulx]]; Spanish).
** Version info: Release 1 / Serial number 090318 / Inform 7 build 5U92 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
** "Versión con Aceleración del Veneer Activada (Release 1.1)". (This acceleration was later incorporated into [[Inform 7]] 5Z71.)
** {{ifarchive|games/glulx/spanish/|rota.zip}}.

* ''Las Relíquias de Tolti Aph'' (11-Aug-2009; [[Glulx]]; Spanish).
** Version info: Release 1 / Serial number 090811 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
** Corrections: [[Mel Hython]] - Tech Support: [[Sarganar]] and [[Eliuk Blau]].
** Download <tt>[https://archive.org/download/caad.es-backup2023/informate.zip/informate%2Fpublic_html%2Finfsp%2FReliquias%20de%20Tolti%20Aph%2FLas%20Reliquias%20de%20Tolti%20Aph.gblorb Las Reliquias de Tolti Aph.gblorb]</tt> from an Internet Archive backup of caad.es.
** Feelie: <tt>[https://archive.org/download/caad.es-backup2023/informate.zip/informate%2Fpublic_html%2Finfsp%2FReliquias%20de%20Tolti%20Aph%2FCollegio_es.pdf Collegio_es.pdf]</tt>, translated by [[Grendel Khan]], from the same source.
** And the [https://archive.org/download/caad.es-backup2023/informate.zip/informate%2Fpublic_html%2Finfsp%2FReliquias%20de%20Tolti%20Aph%2Fsource.txt source code].

==Links==
===General Info===
* [https://i7-examples.github.io/The-Reliques-of-Tolti-Aph/ The Reliques of Tolti-Aph Homepage], at the [https://i7-examples.github.io/ Inform 7 Examples project].
** Previous homepages: {{link|deadurl=http://inform7.com/learn/eg/rota/index.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408143244/http://inform7.com/learn/eg/rota/index.html|inform7.com}}; {{link|deadurl=http://inform-fiction.org/I7Downloads/Examples/rota/|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110225959/http://inform-fiction.org/I7Downloads/Examples/rota/index.html|inform-fiction.org}}; {{link|deadurl=http://plover.net/~emily/ROTA/|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20070722010649/http://plover.net/~emily/ROTA/|plover.net}}.
* {{ifdb game|The Reliques of Tolti-Aph|nnhm4yp172oivtd9}}.
* [http://interactivoruber.blogspot.com/2008/12/traduccin-las-reliquias-de-tolti-aph.html Traducción: Las Reliquias de Tolti Aph] - article (in Spanish) by [[Urbatain]] about his translation of this game.

===Reviews===
* [http://inky.org/if/reviews.html#rota Mini-review] by [[Dan Shiovitz]].
* [http://adrift.sitesled.com/reviews09.htm#Reliques Review] by [[David Whyld]] for [[Reviews Exchange]] Issue 9.

===Spoilers===
* [http://inky.org/if/rota.html A Detailed Game-Design Analysis] by [[Dan Shiovitz]].
** [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/browse_frm/thread/8765176cbc6e41b8/11c57d63b24bd1a5#11c57d63b24bd1a5 (Analysis) The Reliques of Tolti-Aph (long)] - the related thread on raif.
* {{dswxyz|Detailed Walkthrough|sol/rota.html}} by [[David Welbourn]].

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