Arcanum Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is Troika Games' classic RPG, built by former Fallout team members Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason Anderson. The setting is a place where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Industrial cities house castle keeps and factories, home to Dwarves, Humans, Orcs, and Elves.

The character system is classless and point-based. 8 basic stats (Strength, Charisma, and others), more than a dozen derived stats (Poison Resistance, Character Speed), 16 Primary skills (including Gambling and Healing), 80 spells across 16 Colleges of Magick, and 56 technological degrees within 8 disciplines support limitless creativity in shaping your character. The world adapts and responds to whether you pursue magick or technology.

It would take over 30 real-time hours just to traverse Arcanum's landmass. More than 300 unique characters and monster types fill it, quests admit many solutions (dueling, discourse, thievery), combat runs real-time or turn-based at your choice, day/night cycles affect both combat and thieving, and the game includes a multiplayer scenario playable cooperatively or competitively online.