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The founders of Troika Games were making Fallout 1 when <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> wasn't even in Larian's mind (I don't know when Larian was founded). They also made Fallout 2 and Arcanum, it is NOT a new company. Besides, not to offend anyone, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> was not very original with the character generation. As for mixing attributes, there's a thing in D&D called "multiclassing".
Arcanum and Fallout 2 are simply the 2 best games ever made.