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SubRosa
post Aug 16 2014, 07:58 PM
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I dusted off my copy of Neverwinter Nights 2 a few days ago. I installed - or actually reinstalled it - a few months ago along with Neverwinter Nights 1. I played through most of NWN 1 back then with a dual-weaponed Fighter/Rogue named Kestrel.

Earlier this week I decided to take a crack at NWN 2. I found that I had never installed the two expansions, so I threw those on too (I have NWN1 Diamond Edition, and NWN2 Platinum). Then I discovered that my NWN2 version was not up to date, even though I had thought the Platinum edition was the final version. So I tried updating it through the built in updater. But Atari's server doesn't work anymore, so I cannot. I went looking online for the manual patches, but could not find them anywhere either. Though I did find a manual patcher program that would work if I had the patches. In the end I found NWN2 on Gog, and just bought it from them again. That gave me the final version of the game, which does not require the cd to be in the drive to play. Thank you Gog, for being reliable after the original publisher of the game refused to support their product.

This is what worries me about Steam, not to mention all modern games that require you to log into a server to authenticate before you can play your single player game. Are they still going to support games like Skyrim 10 or 15 years from now? Or are they going to shut those servers down for new games instead? Then we will have to either buy a DRM-free version of the game from Gog, or resort to pirates to make an illegal crack to play the game we legally bought. devilsad.gif

Anyway, I rolled a new toon to beat the game with (yes, that is just for you Wyrd, in case you ever read this wink.gif ). She is a Wood Elf named Antheia. I went with my old standby of a Ranger. Since Kestrel was a dual-wielder, I went the archer's path with Antheia. So far she has slogged her way through the swamp, Fort Locke, the graveyard, and all the side dungeons. A few minutes ago she and her crew stepped onto the docks at Neverwinter itself.

I experimented a bit with her Ranger animal companions. First I tried a wolf, because of their knockdown ability. But her Wolf Asena hardy ever knocked anyone down. So then I tried a boar (named Varahi), but that one did not do anything for me either. Finally I went to Artio, the brown bear. She isn't super either, but has managed to live through most of her battles, which is better than the other ones did. Thankfully you can resummon your companion if they die, so they don't really die.

Speaking of which, I have been using the NWN2 Character Editor to change her animal companion. It lets you edit most things about your character, but not everything. It doesn't allow you to edit your companions at all though Turns out you can edit all the companions too. When you go to the file open screen, you have to open each character - be it the player or companion - separately. The PC is the playerlist.ifo file, and the companions each have their own *.ros file. It requires installing Java, which did not thrill me.

I am using NENs Final Face Head Hair Combination Project, which adds a few heads and bunch of hairs from Oblivion, including our old favorites by Ren and Corean. There are not that many mods for NWN2 on the Nexus though, but I did find links to a bunch of them in this post - just click on Show Spoiler to see them all. I downloaded the Easy Mod Compilation from near the top. I am using the extra heads from that as well, but I am still not really thrilled with what is out there, at least for the elf faces.

The Compilation does come with a really handy little mod that allows you to multi-class your companions. It is the three loose .xml files in the zip file. I used it to multi-class Neeshka to a Swashbuckler/Rogue, which seems perfect for her.

Speaking of multi-classing, I just multi-classed Antheia as a Sorcerer as well. That will allow her to eventually become an Arcane Archer (a Prestige Class). She just needs a few more Ranger levels to get her Base Attack Bonus higher. Being a Sorcerer gives her a few arcane spells in addition to the few Ranger spells she has. She took one that gives a +20 to her attack rolls, along with a Color Spray - which I have always liked. Since she is usually the first in the party, the latter makes for an excellent opening move when entering a room. Being a Sorcerer also gave her a Familiar. She chose a cat named Sekhmet. So now she has a bear and a cat. Since Elanee is also in the group, she has a badger companion. So now there are four people and three animals, making quite the army tramping around the Sword Coast.

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post Jun 17 2019, 05:40 PM
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Rader, one thing I am remembering about NWN is that potions are definitely your friend in this game. I keep the bottom row of the first tab in my inventory filled with potions, sorted by type for easy access. Healing of varying types on the right of course. Other good potions to stock up on are:

Barkskin = armor class bonus
Aid & Bless = nice bonuses for a fight
Clarity = makes you immune from mind effecting spells like Fear or Charm (a necessity in certain dungeons!)
Antidote = removes poison effects
Lore = Gives you a bonus to your lore skill, for identifying magic items
Bull's Strength, Eagle's Splendor, Owl's Wisdom, Cat's Grace, etc... = each gives a bonus to a particular stat. Pick the ones best for your class
Haste = Double your actions. Save these for big boss battles.
Lesser, Normal, and Greater Restoration = gets rid of all sorts of magical penalties. I am not sure if these come in potions, but they do come in scrolls that all classes can use.

You can even have a companion drink a potion in your inventory. I forget exactly how. I think you can drag and drop the potion from your inventory onto their picture in the UI.


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SubRosa   Neverwinter Nights   Aug 16 2014, 07:58 PM
Acadian   What a superb tour guide you are of games I have n...   Aug 16 2014, 10:13 PM
SubRosa   Gog.com is the best thing to happen in computer ga...   Aug 16 2014, 10:33 PM
mirocu   Wow! That pic of your character was almost eno...   Aug 17 2014, 02:05 PM
Acadian   SubRosa, thanks for editing in that article. You...   Aug 17 2014, 03:46 PM
SubRosa   I think Buffy would feel at home in the Neverwinte...   Aug 17 2014, 05:28 PM
SubRosa   Ok, I fixed the spellcasting issue. There was an o...   Aug 17 2014, 11:03 PM
Acadian   Oh, good news on the spellcasting problem! I...   Aug 17 2014, 11:38 PM
SubRosa   Gog has both NWN1 & 2 for only $25 if you...   Aug 18 2014, 12:52 AM
Acadian   When I was BG'ing, I'm trying to think why...   Aug 18 2014, 03:41 PM
Lopov   When I was BG'ing, I'm trying to think why...   Aug 20 2014, 11:13 PM
SubRosa   There was another game called Neverwinter Nights t...   Aug 18 2014, 04:30 PM
SubRosa   Tonight I created another NWN2 character. Meet my ...   Aug 20 2014, 01:53 AM
Acadian   Welcome to your Drow Paladin! She looks great...   Aug 20 2014, 02:48 AM
SubRosa   That is the vanilla game in those pics. Except for...   Aug 20 2014, 11:19 PM
Acadian   Oh wow on the unmodded background - that is some v...   Aug 21 2014, 12:47 AM
SubRosa   Tonight my newly created Sephiroth won the Harvest...   Aug 21 2014, 03:31 AM
mirocu   Such pixies! Me wanna play!! :O :O   Aug 21 2014, 03:49 PM
Acadian   I saw these on your other thread, but note here th...   Aug 21 2014, 04:23 PM
mirocu   I saw these on your other thread, but note here t...   Aug 21 2014, 04:45 PM
Lopov   Beautiful shots, I like the one with the pigs the ...   Aug 21 2014, 07:42 PM
SubRosa   I saw these on your other thread, but note here t...   Aug 21 2014, 09:25 PM
Pseron Wyrd   toon I HEARD THAT! :nono:   Aug 22 2014, 06:13 AM
Acadian   toon I HEARD THAT! :nono: Well, she...   Aug 22 2014, 02:53 PM
SubRosa   toon I HEARD THAT! :nono: I had hoped ...   Aug 22 2014, 05:03 PM
SubRosa   I am having fun playing a paladin. You do not get ...   Aug 23 2014, 03:02 AM
Acadian   Yay for Paladins! :D   Aug 23 2014, 04:04 AM
SubRosa   Turning the Undead   Aug 23 2014, 11:11 PM
mirocu   Turning the Undead Sweet pixie! :D By golly...   Aug 24 2014, 03:46 PM
SubRosa   [quote name='SubRosa' post='227568' date='Aug 24 ...   Aug 24 2014, 04:29 PM
mirocu   [quote name='SubRosa' post='227568' date='Aug 24...   Aug 24 2014, 05:10 PM
Acadian   What a great shot. Nice capture of the effect and...   Aug 23 2014, 11:34 PM
Lopov   That's indeed one great shot of Turning Undead...   Aug 24 2014, 10:05 PM
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mirocu   Yet another series of amazing pics! :D I real...   Aug 25 2014, 04:18 PM
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mALX   I have noticed the same thing about Obsidian. It ...   Apr 12 2015, 04:08 AM
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mALX   Oh, that eyeball is ... urk. Freaky. OMG, Teres...   Apr 25 2015, 01:47 AM
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Rohirrim   Have y'all seen this?   Sep 4 2015, 12:38 AM
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Acadian   Very cool! :)   Jun 13 2019, 12:04 AM
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