chevalier
Mon, 28th Aug '06, 9:35am
Here are today's Neverwinter Nights 2 forum highlights, collected by NWVault (http://nwvault.ign.com). Please take into account that these are only single parts of various threads and should not be taken out of context. Bear in mind also that the posts presented here are copied as-is, and that any bad spelling and grammar does not get corrected on our end.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">J.E. Sawyer, Lead Designer</font>
Diety Selection part 4 (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=491924&post=4281371&forum=95&highlight=)
For time and flexibility, we did not force domain selection based on deity. There are quite a few FR deities that, by the book, have access to very few PHB domains, with the majority being FRCS domains (which we lack). However, there are ten slots in each nwn2_deities.2da row for domains; we just don't use them.
EDIT: And we also don't use favored weapons.
More: There is no code in place to restrict domain selection, but I think it could be done in the character creation/level up .xmls.
Barbarian Rage (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494014&post=4281471&forum=95&highlight=)
<hr />good news for barb fans.... So for clarification, If barbs stack with everything, but FB's and DD's don't stack, do Barb bonuses stack with FB bonuses? (Brain having issues wrapping around that one).<hr />The frenzy goes into the general list of strength bonuses, so if it is the highest (which in +10 form, it definitely is), you would get +10 and an additional +4/+6 from the rage.
More: <hr />I honestly do hate to nitpick, Mr. Sawyer, but the Barb still gets +8 at level 20, correct? You only listed +4/+6. Just before anyone goes nuts. lol.<hr />You can't get to level 20 barb if you're multiclassing to FB.
Deities (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=493114&post=4282086&forum=95&highlight=)
<hr />Is Lliira and Sharess in the selectable deities list? Good choices for us ethical hedonists. http://forums.bioware.com/_commonext/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif<hr />Yes, both are.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">Patrick K Mills, Production Tester</font>
An observation about ZOTS. (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494056&post=4281135&forum=95&highlight=)
<hr />Is it my fault that my creation sometimes gets horribly abused? You are a meanie. http://forums.bioware.com/_commonext/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif<hr />The road to the Demonweb Pits is paved with good intentions.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">George Ziets, Designer</font>
NWN 2 requests..... (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494136&post=4281344&forum=95&highlight=)
In fact, you'll see all of that except the epic levels and the horses.
Well, actually you won't see the gryphons either. Or the hippo gryphons.
But we've got the rest!
Romance! (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=493971&post=4281363&forum=95&highlight=)
In answer to some of the earlier questions on this thread:
I do not think there are any same-sex romance opportunities in the OC (however, I did not write any of the romance dialogs and am not 100% sure about this). We unfortunately had to cut a lot of our planned romance subplots, due to time constraints, and we were only able to implement a few male-female romances.
Both male and female PCs *will* have romantic opportunities.
We do have plenty of opportunity for cross-race romances - I don't think your PC's race matters at all, and at least one of your romantic interests is a non-human. http://forums.bioware.com/_commonext/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif
More: Ladies will get more than one choice, in fact.
More: More romances were originally planned. We did not gut existing romances.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">J.E. Sawyer, Lead Designer</font>
Diety Selection part 4 (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=491924&post=4281371&forum=95&highlight=)
For time and flexibility, we did not force domain selection based on deity. There are quite a few FR deities that, by the book, have access to very few PHB domains, with the majority being FRCS domains (which we lack). However, there are ten slots in each nwn2_deities.2da row for domains; we just don't use them.
EDIT: And we also don't use favored weapons.
More: There is no code in place to restrict domain selection, but I think it could be done in the character creation/level up .xmls.
Barbarian Rage (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494014&post=4281471&forum=95&highlight=)
<hr />good news for barb fans.... So for clarification, If barbs stack with everything, but FB's and DD's don't stack, do Barb bonuses stack with FB bonuses? (Brain having issues wrapping around that one).<hr />The frenzy goes into the general list of strength bonuses, so if it is the highest (which in +10 form, it definitely is), you would get +10 and an additional +4/+6 from the rage.
More: <hr />I honestly do hate to nitpick, Mr. Sawyer, but the Barb still gets +8 at level 20, correct? You only listed +4/+6. Just before anyone goes nuts. lol.<hr />You can't get to level 20 barb if you're multiclassing to FB.
Deities (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=493114&post=4282086&forum=95&highlight=)
<hr />Is Lliira and Sharess in the selectable deities list? Good choices for us ethical hedonists. http://forums.bioware.com/_commonext/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif<hr />Yes, both are.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">Patrick K Mills, Production Tester</font>
An observation about ZOTS. (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494056&post=4281135&forum=95&highlight=)
<hr />Is it my fault that my creation sometimes gets horribly abused? You are a meanie. http://forums.bioware.com/_commonext/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif<hr />The road to the Demonweb Pits is paved with good intentions.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">George Ziets, Designer</font>
NWN 2 requests..... (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494136&post=4281344&forum=95&highlight=)
In fact, you'll see all of that except the epic levels and the horses.
Well, actually you won't see the gryphons either. Or the hippo gryphons.
But we've got the rest!
Romance! (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=493971&post=4281363&forum=95&highlight=)
In answer to some of the earlier questions on this thread:
I do not think there are any same-sex romance opportunities in the OC (however, I did not write any of the romance dialogs and am not 100% sure about this). We unfortunately had to cut a lot of our planned romance subplots, due to time constraints, and we were only able to implement a few male-female romances.
Both male and female PCs *will* have romantic opportunities.
We do have plenty of opportunity for cross-race romances - I don't think your PC's race matters at all, and at least one of your romantic interests is a non-human. http://forums.bioware.com/_commonext/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif
More: Ladies will get more than one choice, in fact.
More: More romances were originally planned. We did not gut existing romances.