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What
is Neverwinter Nights?
Neverwinter
Nights (NWN) is a computer game set in a huge medieval fantasy world
of Dungeons and Dragons. This role-playing game (RPG) puts you at the
center of an epic tale of faith, war, and betrayal.
As a player,
you are able to choose what skills and abilities you will develop as
you voyage though the complex and dangerous fantasy world of Forgotten
Realms. Be a deadly and dangerous Rogue moving through the shadows using
stealth and secrecy, be a scholarly Wizard and wield powerful magic
against your enemies, be a hulking Barbarian whose lust for battle is
matched only by his terrible rage, be a armor-clad Paladin who protects
the innocent and vanquishes his foes, be a crusading Cleric who heals
the sick and defends the helpless… be all this and more.
Neverwinter
Nights allows you to create your own worlds. This revolutionary game
will come with all the tools needed to construct your own unique lands
of adventure. The Neverwinter Nights Aurora Toolset allows even novice
users to construct everything from a quiet, misty forest or a dripping
cavern of foul evil, to a king’s court. All the monsters, items,
set pieces and settings are there for world builders to use. But do
not stop there; construct traps, encounters, custom monsters and magic
items to make your adventure unique.
But the
Neverwinter experience is not just for one person - adventure with all
your friends. Neverwinter Nights can be played online with up to 64
friends, all sharing in the adventure. You can organize and run your
own adventures through the role of the Dungeon Master and control all
the monsters, creatures and characters your friends meet as they journey
on their quest. A powerful piece of software that is included with Neverwinter
Nights, the DM Client, allows nearly unlimited control for running your
own adventures for your friends.
In full accordance with the new, 3rd Edition D&D rules, Neverwinter Nights
allows you to play any combination of 7 races and 11 classes. Aside from
the traditional Humans, Elves, Half-Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings,
you can also play the powerful new Half-Orc. Wizards, Priests, Paladins,
Druids, Rangers, Fighters, Rogues, and Bards abound but are they any match
for the new Sorcerer, Barbarian, and Monk classes? They'll leave you to
find out.
Short
Story Synopsis
Players
begin the official campaign in the northern city of Neverwinter on the
eve of a deadly and all-consuming plague. The sickness spreads quickly
from its origin in the beggars' quarter, and soon all of Neverwinter is
under quarantine and falling victim to what will become known as the Wailing
Death. A plea for help is sent to the allied city of Waterdeep, and the
powerful wizard Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun arranges for a
collection of rare and magical creatures to be delivered to Neverwinter
where they might serve as reagents to a cure. The heavily guarded caravan
enters the troubled city with great secrecy, but to no avail. Somehow
betrayed, the caravan is beset by unknown assailants who succeed in releasing
the Waterdhavian creatures into that Neverwinter night.
At
the behest of Lord Nasher and the young Tyrist paladin, Aribeth de Tylmarande,
the adventurers of the city set out to recapture the dangerous creatures
of Waterdeep, cure the Wailing Death, and unravel the conspiracy of Neverwinter's
mysterious betrayers. With the lifting of the quarantine, the players
follow the web of betrayals north, in search of answers and the words
of a lost prophecy.
System
Requirements
| |
Required |
Recommended |
| Processor |
Pentium®
II 450 MHz or AMD K6 450 MHz |
Pentium®
III 800 MHz or AthlonTM 800 MHz |
| Operating
System |
Windows
98/ME/2000SP2/XP |
| RAM
(Windows 98/ME) |
96
MB |
128
MB |
| RAM
(Windows 2000/XP) |
128
MB |
256
MB |
| Hard
Disk Installation |
1.2
GB |
2.0
GB |
| CD
ROM or CD/DVD ROM Drive |
8X |
| DirectX |
DirectX®
version 8.1 |
| Video
Card |
16
MB TNT2-class OpenGL 1.2 compliant video card |
NVIDIA
GeForce 2/ATI Radeon |
| Sound
Card |
DirectX®
certified sound card |
| Multiplayer |
IPX
or TCP/IP via LAN or Internet |
| Multiplayer
via Modem |
56k
(2 players max) |
broadband |
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