Rance IV: The Legacy of the Sect

About
Rance IV -Legacy of the Sect.- (ランス IV－教団の遺産－) is the fourth installment of Rance Series, made originally for PC-98. The game is now freeware and was translated into English on 09/03/2013 - download link can be found on the translator page.

It is a retro styled turn-based dungeon crawler RPG with a top down interface. Throughout the game, Rance may gain new allies that can be added to the main party and equipped with items from the inventory. The game also follows a new time system that limits the number of steps and battles that can be carried out at the start of the day - the exact number fluctuates slightly.

Story
The game follows right where it left off. After Rance's battle with the former Demon King Gele, he was trapped along with Sill in an alternate dimension with no means to escape before being transported by the God of Light GOD and taken to unknown location that they've never seen before.

Rance being literally naked, and with his level  mischievously  dropped to 1 by the God of Light, Rance and Sill find themselves in an unknown land that isn't in The Continent they've always lived. They find a small town nearby and it doesn't take them too long to find out that they are actually in the floating island above Leazas, Ylapu. Stuck in the floating landmass with no means to get out, they are forced to investigate te find a way to escape.

Meanwhile, the Queen of Leazas sends a platoon called the Rance Rescue Team to the unknown land in order to help Rance. However, Leazas is not the only country visiting the floating land, as they will also come across Helman agents and they will be forced to fight to stop the awakening of an ancient super weapon from from hundreds of years in the past. The Legacy of the Sect.

Main Characters
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