Oh Spickey thnx but I do not buy anything using the net and credit cards... I have found the game for 15.00 € which is a very good price but I have to check if its compatible with my XP. Now that you mentioned it...
Well, it works on my system and I have Windows Xp Pro.
You control the character in Arcanum the same way you control your character in Fallout or Beyond Divinity (but you have only one character: the NPC fight automatically).
Spick: Experiment, mate. I just created a fighter/watermage character and I intend to fight unarmed. All I need is a heavy pair of gauntlets <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />. The game's about experimentation. My first character I played was a techie.
fable: I'd have to disagree with you. The game's ranged weapons aren't too well balanced but that's all. If you play techie, if you take either poison, springtraps, molotov cocktails, you'll find it more useful than magic. As for harm spell, remember that if you use Necromancery often, your alignement lowers. Such is the cost of the dark arts <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />.