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Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News November 2, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update November 2, 2007   Hello everyone. It's update time again. For this issue we will be taking a look at a mod by Chimneyfish that makes the NPC heads available for playable characters. We will also look at an area prefab by SGK73 and we have a small interview of Kaedrin, author of some great Prestige Classes and some expanded spell books for some of the NWN2 Prestige Classes. But first, before we go too much further, please take a moment to answer thi
Chris Avellone's Blog

Awards for video game writers... but not designer-writers.

I have to confess, I was pretty happy to hear the Writers Guild of America, West was giving awards for video game writing.   Award Criteria and Submissions   Then the fine print came out, which basically invalidates all the writing work we did at Black Isle and Obsidian for the past ten years, including:   "Submitted games MUST have separate credit for writing (i.e. Written By, Story By, Writer, Story Designer, etc.). Writing credits must be verified by their inclus
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News October 19, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update October 19, 2007   Hello everyone! It has been a while since the last Community Update. Things have been pretty busy here, with the release of Mask of The Betrayer in Europe and America - with Australia not too far away. The forums are super busy everyone seems to be enjoying the game.   This week we are going to take a quick look at some of the community works. Robinson Workshops is close to releasing a treasure chest full of builder goodness
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News Sept 29, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update September 29, 2007   We have had a busy week with the release of Mask of The Betrayer and the 1.10 patch. As such, the update had to be pushed back slightly, hence the Saturday update this week. For this update we will talk a bit about the 1.10 patch, Mask of The Betrayer and take a look at a veritable cornucopia of community-made custom content.   1.10 Patch The 1.10 patch was released this week. It is the 1.07 patch with only data fixes, to cu
Chris Avellone's Blog

Un-Ravel-ling Torment.

Some fan-based questions I answered recently, posting them to share - it's about Ravel Puzzlewell from Planescape: Torment and some of the thoughts behind her creation.   What was the origin of Ravel?   We had a number of physically powerful enemies in Torment, and I thought a night hag would be a good adversary, especially if she was a cryptic, deadly puzzle maker. As the game went on, the idea that Ravel was a branching creature whose life resembled a great tree (or bramble
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News September 14, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update September 14, 2007   It's that time again. This week we look at the Sacred Fist prestige class, a couple great community mods and the Sundren Persistent World.   Mask of The Betrayer   Sacred Fist Sacred Fists are independent organizations found within many temples. Their ascetic members have turned their divine magic inward, bringing their bodies and wills into harmony. Sacred Fists have forsworn the use of weapons and heavy armor. They con
Chris Avellone's Blog

Questions about Work

I occasionally get interview questions from students aspiring to be designers. I try to warn them, but...   ...anyway, if you're curious, here's some answers. And some questions to go along with them.   1. What is a typical day for you as far as working on a project or projects?   I get into work at 9:30, and try to work for an hour without checking email. This work can be writing design documentation, designing a system, doing mock-ups for an editor or toolset, or
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News September 7, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update September 7, 2007   Today's Community Update brings us a look at the Arcane Scholar of Candlekeep prestige class in the upcoming Mask of The Betrayer expansion. We will also get a look at some community-made Visual Effects packs and the Persistent World Spotlight is here again. Also, in case you didn't know, the 1.07 beta patch has been released, so we talk about that a very little bit.   Beta Patch 1.07 "Premonition" Released!   The 1.07 Beta p
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News August 31, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update August 31, 2007     For this edition of the Community Update, we are going to start off with a note from Nathaniel Chapman. He is one of the Assistant Producers on NWN2 and MoTB and is now leading the effort for ongoing support with the game. This is in the patch notes, but I thought it would be good to post here as well. We will also take a look at the Invisible Blade prestige class and some great spears made by community member, Feydakin.  
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News August 24th, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update August 24, 2007   Another week has passed and we are now another week closer to the release of Mask of The Betrayer.   This week we will announce the winners of the Fan Art contest and talk about the next contest and contests to come. We get another voice recording from one of the MoTB characters, and we take a look at some of the community creations.   Mask of The Betrayer   Over the last few weeks we have been seeing quite a bit of discuss
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News August 17th, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update August 17, 2007   Time for another Community Update! This week we will take a look at a great Community Initiative, read a bit about MoTB from a player's perspective and check out a couple great community modifications.     Community Content Compilation Thunderblade_33 has taken the initiative to develop a Community Content Compilation project. Rather than steal his thunder, I'll let him explain it:     I think this is a great idea. You
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News August 10, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update August 10, 2007   Another week, another update. This one should be fun... (Make sure you read to the bottom. That's where the juicy bits are).     For The Music Lovers! Many of you have been seeing me prattle on about how much I love the music for MoTB. Well, today you get your chance to hear for yourself.   This clip is the main theme from Mask of The Betrayer. Please right-click it and save the file to your hard drive before listening.
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News August 3, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update August 3, 2007   Time for another Community Update. This week we are going to look at some new spell chants for MoTB, a new feature for builders in 1.07 and a great Persistent World. We will also get a small peek at the options screens for the new camera and controls and a great new community addon by cdaulepp!     New Feature for 1.07   One of the things we have been trying to do is include some of the improvements from the expansion in the pa
Chris Avellone's Blog

Blog o' Romance

So, I generally despise writing companion romances (I think unrequited and/or doomed ones are ultimately more dramatic), but there are some techniques I've accumulated over the years that I try to incorporate into writing and designing romances in RPGs.   A lot of these things came out while writing Gannayev-of-Dreams in Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, and I suppose it could hold true for other inter-party romances in games. What follows is a summary of some points we kicke
Chris Avellone's Blog

NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer + Convention Season

Off to Comic-Con within a week, although we won't be showing Mask of the Betrayer there, the plan is to show it at Gen-Con Aug 16-19, and PAX Aug 23-25 as it currently stands. This may fluctuate, so don't quote me on this.   In honor of convention season, I present some things to look forward to at game conventions.   Enjoy and have a good weekend, folks.
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News July 20th, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update July 20, 2007   This week's NWN2 News Update was delayed so that we could bring you a certain piece of news.   Pool of Radiance Remastered Released in Spanish     The folks at the Spanish community Neverwinteros and the Spanish translation group ClanDlan have translated the original Pool of Radiance Remastered by the Hall of Fame author Markus 'Wayne' Schlegel into the Spanish language.   The mod is fully translated and available for dow
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News July 11, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update July 13, 2007   This week we take a quick look at the NWN2 Fan Art Contest, Some great user-made content and we take another small peek at the NWN2: Mask of The Betrayer expansion.       NW2 Fan Art Contest   I thought I would show off some of the entires for the NWN2 Fan Art Contest. The contest ends July 31st, so get your entries in quickly. We have two categories you can submit your entries for. The first category is Your Favorite Creature
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News July 3rd, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update July 3, 2007   Welcome back to another NWN2 Community Update. This week, I am doing the Community Update a day early, due to a Holiday in the United States. Today's edition features some of the Console Commands that will be available to DMs in 1.07, a little information about Multi-Select, some changes to the camera and controls in Mask of The Betrayer, a look at an upcoming Persistent World, and a little surprise for patch 1.07.   Multi-Select T
Neverwinter Nights 2 Blog

NWN2 News June 27th, 2007

Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update June 27, 2007   So this week, we get another peek into one of the new playable races in the Mask of the Betrayer expansion, some great custom prefabs to make your modules more interesting and easier to implement, a couple screen shots from Rogue Dao Studios' Purgatorio mod and the first Persistent World focus for the Community Update. Enjoy!   Mask of the Betrayer Secrets: Genasi   With Mask of the Betrayer, Genasi will be making their debut. Ma

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