NeverWinter Nights 2

BlueDragon1981 · May 11, 2006

(Source of all these http://dravensportal.uptonspc.com/drvpforum/index.php/topic,341.0.html)

NeverWinter Nights was a widely successful game...which leads to why NeverWinter Nights 2 is one of the most widely anticipated games for the PC since Diablo 2.

I can't wait for this game and I will be purchasing it no matter what....I will collect pennies if I have to.

Here is the official site ... http://www.atari.com/nwn2/index.php

Also in a business sense you should buy stock in atari (and obsidian if they are a public company) before this game is released. This way once the game sells big time you can make money of the stock that you bought at a low price before the game was released.
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Features (source: http://www.atari.com/nwn2/about.php)
Neverwinter Nights 2 (NWN2) is a computer role-playing game set in the fantasy world of the Forgotten Realms, one of the popular campaign settings of Dungeons and Dragons. It takes the player from the tiniest of villages into a sweeping tale of danger and war, chronicling their rise from a peasant to a full-fledged hero of the Realms, defending it against one of the greatest threats of the age.

Build a character that suits your style of play - good or evil, chaotic or lawful, with any number of skills, feats and professions available at the click of a button. Whether lobbing fireballs and researching forgotten spells as a powerful Wizard, hacking a trail through legions of orcs as a Fighter armed only with a battle axe and your courage, or taking on the role of a Rogue that can slip into the shadows at a moment's notice and take the purse from even the most perceptive of guardsmen. Choose your alignment, your allies, your companions, and how you want your character to develop... design the character you want, role-play the way you want, and carry the battle to the enemy.

The design aspects of Neverwinter Nights 2 don't stop there, however. Past the campaign included with the game itself, Neverwinter Nights 2 also gives you all the tools you need to build your own modules, campaigns, and adventures for your friends - move buildings, terrain, script encounters, write dialogues, create quests and items - everything you need to create an epic adventure of your own is included in the toolset for you and any other worldbuilder to use.

So if you are interested in adventure - or building adventures of your own - look no further. Neverwinter Nights 2 is on the horizon, and adventure awaits.
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Here is a featured enemy. (Source: http://www.atari.com/nwn2/creatures/creature.php?id=4)

Iron Golem

Large Construct

129 Hit Points, AC 30

Ability Scores: Str 33, Dex 9, Con -, Int -, Wis 11, Cha 1

CR Rating: 13

Special Abilities: Damage Reduction 15/adamantine, Darkvision, Magic

Immunity (yes, we said magic immunity - great, huh?), Magic Fire heals it (even better!), Poisonous Breath not unlike your aunt, and does not speak.

Iron golems, as their name suggests, are made out of iron. Not ordinary iron, but sort of this magical, animated iron that allows them to move comfortably and stomp, crush, and mangle the hades out of anything in their path. Fortunately for most adventurers, these nigh-invulnerable guardians are often stationed as sentries and guards for wizards and powerful priests, usually to guard treasure hordes or else to simply guard the mage while he or she is sleeping or using the privy.

Iron golems are basically huge, powerful, well-armored thugs that stand around looking menacing. Oh, and they can breathe poisonous gas on opponents, which sucks, because they really didn't need that to kill intruders in the first place, and it took a lot of dead adventurers before someone took the time to record it and let everyone know to not only up your armor class before going into battle with these juggernauts, but make sure you have poison resistance, too.
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What's New in NWN2? (source: http://www.atari.com/nwn2/faq.php?sec=3)

1. I’ve heard Neverwinter Nights 2 uses the newer 3.5 Edition D&D rules. What kinds of things are different now? (Back to top)

Wizards of the Coast made many adjustments to the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rule system to improve game balance and make the game even more fun. Neverwinter Nights 2 incorporates many of these changes, including a Ranger class that offers more interesting and useful abilities throughout each of its levels, and many tweaks to Spells, Feats, Skills, Monsters, and much more.
2. What’s new with the user interface (UI)? (Back to top)

Neverwinter Nights 2 provides a robust and skinnable user interface using XML. Modders can now have customized UI’s and their own artwork that they provide with their campaigns. Enterprising modders also have access to limited UI functionality via script to create their own customized UI – imagine the possibilities for mini-games and the like!
3. Are there any new races or subraces? (Back to top)

Neverwinter Nights 2 features many new subraces from the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. Each race comes with their own strengths and weaknesses, and many have special abilities to reflect their special heritage.
4. Are there any new prestige classes? (Back to top)

There will be new prestige classes. In addition, there will be a new base class – the Warlock. The Warlock is a powerful new magic-using class with a unique list of spells.
5. What’s new with the Toolset? (Back to top)

Quite a bit! The toolset has been re-engineered from the ground up to be easier to use, more flexible and more intuitive than ever. For more information, check out the section of this FAQ on the Neverwinter Nights 2 Toolset.
6. Will dialogue work the same way as in Neverwinter Nights? (Back to top)

Functionally, dialogue is similar to the first game – but the presentation of that has been brought into the next generation. Cinematic dialogues, as seen in the Knights of the Old Republic games, are utilized to allow for more dramatic conversations and cutscenes.
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Atari's Stock is selling at around 74 cents per share....a great buy. Wait a little while and once you believe the stock is going to start going down...sell. I believe it will double after the game to around 1.48. So you would almost double your investment.

Just a few more sources about the game.....

http://nwn.bioware.com/
http://pc.ign.com/articles/536/536518p1.html
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/neverwinter-nights-ii/666610p1.html
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/neverwinternights2/index.html
http://www.3dgamers.com/games/neverwinternights2/
http://nwn2forums.bioware.com/
http://www.obsidianent.com/press_releases/nwn2_announcement.html
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Davey Bones · May 11, 2006

Since I'm familiar with both the 3.0 and 3.5 rules, I'm curious to see the impact it will have on the game. I'm currently playing NWN version 1.66 (?) (The Diamond Edition), and I'm overall pleased. The only things I can see changing with the new rules would be some tweaks on the classes and prestige classes, and having to spend one less feat to be an effective two-weapon fighter (3.5 rules rightfully dumped the "ambidexterity" feat as it was too cumbersome).

My only concern? Adding the Warlock as a core class. I have the Complete Arcane (the supplimental rulebook where this class first appeared), and it is one of the most poorly-designed classes I've ever seen, and I've been playing DnD for over 20 years. I just don't see how that class will work. But then again, I guess we shall see when the game is released...

BlueDragon1981 · May 11, 2006

Yeah I'm sure they will add a few of their own things to make it work...and only the strict D&D players will notice the change.

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