Once I got it installed and got it fired up I was a little overwhelmed. The character creation offers so many options from beauty, charisma, willpower, trap disarmament, gambling, necromancy, and so on. See below.
I had no idea where to start so I made a half-ogre with knowledge in melee. I started the game and went through the typical intro movies. After a few minutes I was finally ready to play! Well, come to find out Half-Ogres have very low intelligence... and the Arcanum NPCs will treat you differently because your character is imbecile. I was not aware of this, but it made for a hilarious first character. There is a video below showing NPC's reactions to a retarded character.
So, I played for a while as the dumb character... but I ended up getting a little bored with it so I decided to make a new character that could solve simple arithmetic. This time I decided on a gnome wizard. I saw there was an ability to summon creatures to fight for you so I maxed that out as much as I could. I figured summoning two ogres to protect me would work out pretty well.
This build worked out quite well. Whenever anything would attack me I would summon two ogres and then run and hide while they took care of business. I did my first play through of this game as that character.
After I beat the game I promptly went back and created a whole new character with all different possibilities. Don't want a gnome summoner? How about a Dwarf gunsmith who specializes in making high tech armor? Or, how about a hafling with a deadly bow and arrow?
If you haven't played Arcanum before I reccomend geting it now! It can be bought on Gog.com, or on E-Bay. If you were a fan of the original Fallout games, Baldur's Gate, or IceWind Dale you will love Arcanum.
Also... you can have sex with a sheep!
Thanks for reading!
-AJ
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