Arcanum Trivia Questions

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  1. jfkoski

    jfkoski New Member

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    1e. Dernholm is the capital of Cumbria. Caladon is the capital of....?

    2e. What was the previous name for Tarant?

    3m. Who is the patron god of gnomes?

    4m. During the Age of Legends, Kree was known for what? [EDIT#2: before Bane]

    5h. In the Dwarf Clan Wars, the evil dwarf was named..... of the...... Clan.

    6h. During the Age of Legends, Zalakar the Bold created what?

    [EDIT#1:]
    7m. The train that derailed came from what town?

    8h. Jyheirad was hired by whom? That person lived where?

    9m. During an initiation rite at school, what happened to Geoffrey?

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    10e. Who founded Tulla?

    11m. What are the names of Praetor's father and daughter?

    12e. What's the name of the River that runs through Tarant?

    13h. According to you, what town/neighborhood may have been turned into an asylum?

    IMHO: e-easy, m-medium, h-hard
    If you know other Arcanum Obscura please post it as a question.
     
  2. Dark Elf

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    1. Arland
    2-6. I'll be goddamned...
     
  3. GrimmHatter

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    1. Hoboken, New Jersey
    2. tnaraT
    3. David the Gnome
    4 - 6. Trick question
     
  4. Vorak

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    1. Arland
    2. Terred-vent (or something equally weird its in that book about the demon from the Whytechurch murders)
    3. Kerlin
    4. Being razed to the ground by the Bane of Kree
    5. Lorek the Abjurer of the Wheel Clan
    6. Those snake men, one of them is in the Boil but I don't remember what they are called.
    7. The Perriman Smythe one? I think that was in Tarant.
    8. Baron something or another from Flame Keep.
    9. He joined the Derrian Ka.
     
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  6. Dark Elf

    Dark Elf Administrator Staff Member

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    Lorek sounds suspiciously like Lorkhan, the dwarf robot god in the Elder Scrolls universe.
     
  7. Frigo

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    Holy fuck, I didn't remember half of those. And never knew 2, 6 and 8.
     
  8. Philes

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    This is a great thread. I only knew 2 of those 9. FUCK I need to actually play through this game past the wheel clan one of these days.
     
  9. Dark Elf

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    You're saying you haven't actually finished Arcanum yet?

    Is it the usual anxiety halfway through the game that somehow trying out a different character concept would be even more awesome?
     
  10. Vorak

    Vorak Administrator Staff Member

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    Telcontar hasn't gotten to Tarant yet.
     
  11. Philes

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    Yup. My game save files are all titled "this guy won't last" and "WHY CAN'T I FINISH THIS FUCKING GAME" or something very similar.
     
  12. Dark Elf

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    You have to take a very deep breath, focus yourself, say "goosfraba" a few times and realise that there will still be an Arcanum on your computer even if you finish it.

    Now I understand your choice of location.
     
  13. Quaid

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    It actually took me YEARS to finish Arcanum. I started in 2001 and played through about 50-75% of the game. I think somewhere past the wheel clan. But then my motivation in the plot fizzled. In about 2005 I jumped back in and kept pushing onward, just so I could see how the game finished. I'm sure I didn't see many of the side quests, and I didn't do anything with the shrines/gods.

    I am ashamed to say the farthest I got in Planescape: Torment is right outside the morgue. I didn't find the morgue very interesting. But after all the ballyhoo about how great the story is (and I very much love a good story) I feel I MUST replay the game and see it through to the end.

    My favorite plot hook is still 'find the water chip or we're all fragged' :lol:
     
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    Heh, I was done with Arcanum in a few months :D
     
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    The first time I played the game it took me a while to beat. The second time I played it (which was a few months ago) I beat it in about 2 weeks :D :lol:
     
  16. Dark Elf

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    While I'm normally just as indecisive as the rest of you lot (IWD2 has never progressed beyond the monastery even though I've made several serious attempts to finish it over the past three or so years), but Arcanum was actually different. I did try out a few character concepts, usually not further than Tarant just to get the feel of the game, but then I created Baltazar Stormhammer, the half-ogre battlemage I beat the game with.

    Unfortunately, he had the "Ran Away With The Circus" background and thus couldn't get the 18 WP required for Disintegrate and Teleport, spells I was DYING to try out. :D
     
  17. jfkoski

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    Oooh, very good, Vorak - full points for 3 (Dark Elf already got 1); half points for 4; goose-egg for 1.

    I meant before that for #4.
    #7 is wrong. Where did the train come from (i.e. the line)?

    1 full point for rroyo.
     
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    I have no idea what #10 is because I haven't gotten that far! DAMMIT IT'S EVEN MARKED EASY

    By the time I found this board, I was already on character #3. It was initially an honest location statement, now it's an ironic disclosure at my inability to get far in this game.
     
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    10. it's Pelojian, right? Or was he just bound to the fountain after he died...
     
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