A central character in the PC role-playing game Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura was named Nasrudin, an Elf wizard who was renowned for his great wisdom.

Numerous synonyms were used to make oblique reference to the stone, such as " white stone " ( calculus albus, identified with the calculus candidus of Revelation 2: 17 which was taken as a symbol of the glory of heaven ), vitriol ( as expressed in the backronym Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem ), also lapis noster, lapis occultus, in water at the box, and numerous oblique, mystical or mythological references such as Adam, Aer, Animal, Alkahest, Antidotus, Antimonium, Aqua benedicta, Aqua volans per aeram, Arcanum, Atramentum, Autumnus, Basilicus, Brutorum cor, Bufo, Capillus, Capistrum auri, Carbones, Cerberus, Chaos, Cinis cineris, Crocus, Dominus philosophorum, Divine quintessence, Draco elixir, Filius ignis, Fimus, Folium, Frater, Granum, Granum frumenti, Haematites, Hepar, Herba, Herbalis, Lac, Melancholia, Ovum philosophorum, Panacea salutifera, Pandora, Phoenix, Philosophic mercury, Pyrites, Radices arboris solares, Regina, Rex regum, Sal metallorum, Salvator terrenus, Talcum, Thesaurus, Ventus hermetis.

After Arcanum, Chris returned to Black Isle Studios and shortly after became the Lead Programmer for the Baldur's Gate 3 project and was responsible for re-designing the engine and building a solid programming team.

The company was focused on role-playing video games between 1998 and 2005, best known for Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.

After Arcanum was released in 2001, two teams started to work on two separate games.

While a student in the F. R. A., Samael Aun Weor methodically studied the entire Rosicrucian library and it was here that he allegedly learned the secret of the " Great Arcanum ", or white Sexual Magic – the esoteric key which purportedly underpins all of the world's great religions.

The main rulebook The Arcanum, noted for its extensive magic system, was published in 1984, which was followed by a cleaned up and expanded Second Edition, as clearly indicated on the cover, in 1985.

The Arcanum was one of the many fantasy RPG games that followed the popularity of Dungeons & Dragons RPG.

Arcanum was a real mythology alternative to D & D's increasingly fantasy fiction game.

The story was first published in Gaslight Arcanum, and was subsequently collected with Newman's other Moriarty crossover stories in Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D ' Urbervilles.

The book was described as follows: " This work treats of the Arcanum of the Opposer, a magical formula of the Crooked Path concerning the Powers of Self-overcoming.

* Arcanum ( comic book series )

These conclusions, published anonymously in his book Arcanum punctuationis revelatum ( Leiden, 1624 ), were hotly contested by Johannes Buxtorf, since they conflicted with those of his father, Johannes Buxtorf senior ; Elias Levita had already disputed the antiquity of the vowel points, with which neither Jerome nor the Talmud showed any acquaintance.

* The Peryton found in Warhammer Forge's expansion book, Monstrous Arcanum, shares a lot of characteristics with the Peryton.

* Founding father of surrealism André Breton's 1945 book " Arcanum 17 " invokes The Star as a figure of healing and reconciliation in post-war Europe.

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura ( more commonly known as Arcanum ) is a role-playing video game developed by Troika Games and published by Sierra Entertainment.

Around half the stories in the collection had previously been published separately: " A Shambles in Belgravia " in BBC Online's Sherlock Holmes anthology, " A Volume in Vermilion " in Sherlock Holmes ' Mystery Magazine, " The Red Planet League " in Gaslight Grimoire, and " The Adventure of the Six Maledictions " in Gaslight Arcanum.

Arcanum which is knowledge akin to prognostication ( Divination ) derived by the various systems ( metaphysical in nature ) used to obtain foreknowledge from the Fates or fate ( i. e. to tarot reading, Cleromancy, magic or Magical thinking ).

* The Arcanum ( novel ), a novel by Thomas Wheeler

* Arcanum ( album ), a 1996 album by Acoustic Alchemy

* The Arcanum ( album ), a 2000 album by Suidakra

* Arcanum, a piece of music by Ezequiel Viñao

* Arcanum, a Catholic encyclical letter written by Pope Leo XIII in 1880 on the topic of Christian marriage

* A song by At The Throne of Judgment on their album The Arcanum Order

For their eighth album, Arcanum ( 1996 ), the band decided to take a retrospective look back by re-recording some of the band's most popular tracks.

Many ideas and concepts which would become integral to Talislanta first appeared in an early role-playing game written by Stephan Michael Sechi in 1983, Arcanum, also known as The Atlantis Trilogy.

Arcanum is a fantasy role-playing game ( RPG ) by Bard Games, set in the ancient world before Atlantis sunk.

However, Arcanum gained a strong following by offering several things D & D didn't have.

A new 3rd edition has also been released by Death's Edge Games, which consists of three books ( Arcanum, Lexicon, and Beastiary ).

*" R. A. Lafferty: Effective Arcanum " by Don Webb

An earlier encyclical of Leo's on marriage, Arcanum Divinae Sapientiae ( 1880 ) had described in passing the Genesis account of the creation of Eve from Adam's side as " what is to all known, and cannot be doubted by any ..."

2003 saw the release across Europe of their first full length album, Firefrost Arcanum, by Empire Records.

Each Major Arcanum depicts a scene, mostly featuring a person or several people, with many symbolic elements.

There is usually a reward for completing a side-quest, although quests in some games such as Arcanum or Geneforge can limit or enable certain choices later in the game.

* In Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, Halflings are in between human's and dwarves's size, and they possess a bonus in all thievery skills, including backstabbing.

After Fallout, Chris left Interplay to join Troika Games during which time he designed the engine used to complete Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.

They started the initial design in 1998 on a steampunk / fantasy crossover computer RPG named Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura and convinced Sierra Entertainment to publish it.

PC Gamer and GameZone awarded Arcanum 90 out of 100, with the latter also conferring its Editors ' Choice accolade.

The story takes place on the continent of Arcanum, which despite its initial fantasy setting, has just started going through an industrial revolution.

Gameplay in Arcanum consists of traveling through the game world, visiting locations and interacting with the local inhabitants, typically in real-time.

Arcanum begins with the player creating his or her character, choosing from a large variety of races, attributes, technological skills, magical aptitudes, and background traits, or the player may choose a predefined character.

* www. troikagames. com / arcanum. htm Official Arcanum Page ( archived )

In Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura wererats are enemy monsters that can be found in the wild, in the sewers and in other places.