Ah, it was about a year ago when I read that figure.
I read somewhere where there was over 200K copies sold. Not a bad figure but not a great one either.
Don't mean to diverge from the current subject, but one race that does exist in arcanum but isn't playable is the Bedokkian(sp?), those lizard-man...
Not to mention the women at Madam Lil's, and you can get expert with the madam herself right after you get aprentice.
That depends on the individual item. All magic items have a "power" rating associated with it, the higher the rating, the higher the PC's MA...
I really found it fun playing a half-orc with an arsonist background. The racial prejudice towards the half-orcs enriched the role playing...
I seem to remember Teech Bate's ship captain and Franklin describing at least some locations that did not seem to be part of the Arcanum continent...
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