Arcanum: Introduction

Welcome to the On-Line Arcanum!

Lhari-Orin (and more specifically, its two prominent continents named Realmz and Anarym) is a world where dragons roam, elves flourish, and wizards of all calibers seemingly weave magic at their whim. Therefore, it is not surprising that many items dweomered with magical properties are found in the possession of powerful individuals or adventurers, or often unearthed from long-forgotten ruins and lost treasures.

Hence, within the following pages, you will find the most peculiar (if not unique!) magical items that are found in the Sword Lands Trilogy (namely Trouble in the Sword Lands, War in the Sword Lands and Wrath of the Mind Lords) and Prince of Death Cycle (namely Dead of Night, Dragon of Death and Realm of Death) scenarios for Realmz.

Note that only those items created for these scenarios are included herein - indeed, all those numerous magical items which are considered as "regular" Realmz items are not listed here (besides, most of these have already been discussed about in another tome, the Book of Items, by Dan Ilut). In addition, note that non-valuable and non-magical items such as normal keys, letters, passes, et al., which can also be found in the Sword Lands Trilogy and Prince of Death Cycle scenarios, were omitted in the present book in order to focus only on the magical and truly special items.

So, without further digressions on my part, enjoy!

Pierre H. Vachon (Psion)
Sherbrooke (Québec), Canada
January 2005

P.S. Please, everyone give a big hand of applause and gratitude for Takeshi Young (a.k.a Flabio the Mage) who was responsible for the daunting task of making all of the Arcanum into this on-line version! Hear, hear!

A Foreword from the Generous Sponsors of this Tome:

We at Adventurers Inc., always searching for ways to improve our services, have sponsored and edited the compilation of the following tome, to be used by the good folks most important to us: you, the adventurers. After all, as our slogan always sincerely claims, "If you're not successfull, We're not successfull".

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the countless adventurers who have supplied their own tidbits of information about the numerous items described herein, often at the price of life and limb. But then again, as all experienced adventurers know, "You can't have your Holy Sword of Absolute Retribution without first prying it away from the claws of a demon prince that is defended by his hoary hordes of warrior demons!". In any case, after years of careful information-gathering, checking and compiling, we now proudly present to you this "Arcanum".

For free, of course!

The description for each item presented in this tome is arranged according to the following:

Name
(picture)
Item Type (including whether item is cursed)
Base Damage (if weapon)/Armor Rating (if piece of armor)
Add-Ons (effects on the possessor's attibutes)
Extra Damage (if applicable)
Special (special abilities of the item)
Value (in gold pieces; also indicates if item is Unique)
Scenarios: (Sword Lands Trilogy and/or Prince of Death Cycle scenarios in which the item can be found - Legend: TiSL, Trouble in the Sword Lands; WiSL, War in the Sword Lands; WoML, Wrath of the Mind Lords; DoN, Dead of Night; DoD, Dragon of Death; RoD, Realm of Death)

We hope the information within this guide will prove useful, and that whenever you peruse its pages, you will think fondly of us at Adventurers Inc.. If you wish to drop by to see us, and perhaps even make use of our services, remember where you can find us: either at our (newly re-opened) branch in the town of Aranys, at our Home Office in the great city of Tanirith, or in the city of Seacrest (off the Azure Coast, on the continent of Anarym). New branches in Wailsrond, Lantharond and Sharranth are already under construction! We are open day and night, every day of the sevenday, 4 sevendays a month, every month of the year (disclaimer: major catastrophic events such as unleashed hordes of undead, freed demon lords, awaken mind lords, free-roaming dark gods, wars, and the like, may result in our branches/offices so-afflicted being unable to respect this pledge concerning our open business hours - sorry).

So enjoy this tome, and don't forget to drop by our offices!

Safe journeys, and safer returns!

These pages and their contents (except otherwise noted) are © Pierre H. Vachon (Psion) and may not be reproduced in any way or for any purpose without the express permission of the author.

These pages and their contents (except otherwise noted) are © Pierre H. Vachon (Psion) and may not be reproduced in any way or for any purpose without the express permission of the author.

The Sword Lands and Anarym are © Pierre H. Vachon.