Neverwinter Nights 2 Curious Details at NWN2News

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NWN2News has summarized some Neverwinter Nights 2 info, found in the latest edition of the U.S. PC Gamer magazine. Here's a tidbit:

• Your PC starts in West Harbor; small, non-descript hamlet
• Several years ago West Harbor was caught in the middle of a massive battle between a entity known as the "King of Shadows" and an unknown opposing force. Your hamlet was almost decimated and would have been if not for a third player in the battle who seemed to come from no where and destroyed both the King of Shadows and his attackers.
• Since this third entity did not leave any survivors no one really knows many of the details about the whole event.
• Story starts when several strangers come to your village looking for something. It is implied it may have something to do with the defeated King of Shadows.
• You start out as a typical commoner. No one really pays much attention to you; you are no more or less special then anyone else in the village and the NPCs react as such.
• You need to build your reputation to become/be considered a 'hero'. They do not give any real specifics in the article on how you do so but they state it will not be due to repetitive 'rescue the cat' or 'fed-ex' type quests.
• Your PC can be any standard race, subrace or class.
• New Base class the 'Warlock' will be introduced in NWN2.
• The article states the Warlock is a excellent offensive magic caster class.
• As we were already told Strongholds are in, but they are more then "window dressing". They will serve as the PCs base of operations and will be important to the main story.
• You can hire NPCs to staff your stronghold and gain benefits from such. The example given is you can hire a Scholar to research new spells while you are away on a quest.
• Companions who join you will you have their own motivation, interests and depending on your actions may open up side quests for you... or tick them off and have them up and leave. They will work similar to KotOR2 and it's influence system.

Head on to NWN2News for the rest.

[ October 11, 2005, 22:07: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

 

First, WTF is Warlock?

Second, I just love it how characters become all-powerful and all-known but are still given the same "get lost, commoner" lines even when they command strongholds. Hope there's not going to be anything like that in this game.

 

My exact point. Warlock was fine in Might and Magic 7 (highest druid title for the evil path IIRC -- and wasn't it in Heroes, as well?) but I don't see it in D&D. Some feats and skills are already a far stretch but a new base class? It wouldn't be such a problem if they only had it for players but they're probably going to use it on NPCs. Yeah, very much D&D experience.

If you want a big offensive spellcaster, you just take a sorcerer with Spell Penetration and Greater Focus: Evocation. If you like, you can take fighter levels.

 

Warlock is a base class from D&D. IIRC from Complete Arcana.

Mmm, Eldritch Blasts.