From June 18 – July 3, 2012, the NWN1 community will be focused on a community-building event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of NWN, to thank the current players of the game, and encourage new players.
Brian also discusses the upcoming LIVE NWN Podcast event at the 2012 Origins Game Fair! This is a must listen to episode for the NWN1 Community!
Welcome to Netheril Rising, a Neverwinter Nights 1 persistent roleplaying server set in the Forgotten Realms. The setting is focused on the ancient past of the Forgotten Realms, specifically the early history of the Netheril Empire. The main settlement of the server is the town of Hadrian; a border town recently settled by the Netherese on the very edge of the expanding Netheril Empire. Though the Netheril Empire is powerful, it is still in it’s infancy and far from the Arcane power of Forgotten Realm lore.
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Darkness Enthralled Part 1: Back Tracking
“After awakening in a field surrounded by bodies, you struggle to regain your memories and understand what exactly happened to you the night prior. Plagued by odd nightmares and unexplainable coincidences, you begin to realize there is something sinister at work here. The town of Darren offers you a safe haven and a chance to take back what’s yours from the Darkness that Enthralls around you.”
FEATURES:
- A huge focus on environment and atmosphere in 70 areas. I didn’t stop working on an area until I felt it met my highest expectations.
- Extensive use of CEP to help make unique creatures, items, and placeables like you’ve never seen.
- 35 unique side quests, most of which chain multiple times.
- 15,700 words of dialogue make up an unsuspectingly dramatic story with twists and turns that holds you in tight.
- Creativity you won’t see in any other series.
REQUIREMENTS:
- CEP 2.3/2.4
- Community Music Pack
(CMP_hak.zip, CMP_v1.0.A.zip, and CMP_v1.0.C.zip required. DO NOT USE .hak included in CMP_v1.0.A.zip!)
- Fresh level 1 character.
PLAYER’S NOTES:
- This module is very placeable heavy, some lower end computers may have trouble loading certain areas.
- Although there is a bleeding system, death is PERMANENT, save OFTEN.
- Rest requires an inn room or a tent kit. I did this to discourage people finding the closest free bed and continually go there rather than an inn.
- There are no henchmen with exception to certain sections of the modules. This module focuses on your character.
- This module REQUIRES a fresh level 1 character, scripts won’t fire correctly if you tamper with XP.
- If you use a camera mod, I discourage having the camera extended out all the way before area transitioning. I’ve had crashes.
- This series is meant for a certain breed of NWN player. One that can enjoy roleplaying and take a second to look around at the details. There is plenty of combat but heavy hack-n-slash types may find it boring.
PERSONAL NOTE:
I put a LOT of work into the beginning of this series and truly only want it to bring some kind of enjoyment into your life. If you enjoyed it, hated it, or thought it was okay, please comment here so at least I know there was more than some non-emotional cyborg race downloading my module. o.o I expect there to be some bugs or issues, and I will try to update them as much as possible, but I won’t have nearly as much time to dedicate for the next couple of months. This also played a hand in the time I wish I had to develop this module. I got it to a point I could be proud of but there still maybe some small mistakes (including spelling and loading screens). I just didn’t have enough time to test and test and test. I apologize if this hinders anyone’s experience. With this said, I do think a lot of people will enjoy playing what I’ve created, and I personally thank you for the download.
Please join Brian and Ben from the Realms of Trinity, as they hold an open mic session talking about many topics that include the upcoming Neverwinter, The Cormyrean Expanse, NWN Community, and much more!
After your adventures in the Calim Desert, you have returned to Calimport, ready to assume your new duties as one of a noble’s personal guards. Your new employer has assured you that he expects more from you than routine guard duty, and will be assigning tasks appropriate for someone with your varied talents and experience. What’s more, there is no knowing what may happen if you find yourself even peripherally involved in all the courtly intrigues of Calimshan. There is little doubt that your time in Calimport will be full of adventure.
Provides a full set of 575 creature UTC’s for your modding pleasure.
No longer must you be satisfied with creating a copy of a creature you wish to change, now you may update, tweak and mutate the Standard Bioware creature set to your hearts content, leaving zombie traps and gargoyle scripts intact! Update your favorite creatures to CEP or other custom appearances, or adjust their stats, and fix those pesky errors.
Please join Aroen and Brian from the Realms of Trinity and the NWN Podcast as they are joined by Tybae and Andarian from the Academy for Modding Excellence (AME) as they unveil the winners of the 2011 AME Cycle and discuss the organizational changes and exciting happenings at the AME.
In the news, we discuss the latest updates on the NWN IGN Vault, which include new modules and models for both NWN1 & NWN2.
Here are the results of the “Custom Content Challenge” for December 2011 that took place on Bioware Social Forum here: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/191/index/
The theme was: “Winter Stuff”
And here are the results of the various participants!
Thanks to all those who contributed content:
Cestus Dei (Link) – Snow Flurry and Snow Fury creatures (2 creatures)
Draygoth28 – Polar Bear and Winter Wolf Mount creatures (2 creatures and 2 tails)
Mistress (Link) – Winter loadscreens (6 loadscreens)
Rubies – Snuggly Balls of Death creatures (2 creatures)
TarotRedhand (Link) – Frosty Ground placeables (26 placeables)
TarotRedhand (Link) – Frozen Book icons (10 icons)
The Amethyst Dragon (Link) – Snowshoe clothing, item and placeables (1 foot part for both phenos, 1 item icon with on the ground model, and 3 placeables)
Vibrant Penumbra (Link) – Snow Moguls placeables (3 placeables)
Thanks to the Alpha Testers: kamal, Arkalezth, and CaptainZombieYeti. With their help I’ve finally reached a point where the Beta Version(which includes the last parts of the mod just up to before the ending scenes) is now ready.
Now with the Beta’s Release more help is needed to iron out the last bugs, and other mis-sights that remain and some that may have been introduced. So if time allows I would appreciate it if any new or old testers can do a play-through of this mod to help identify those issues before its release. As always credit will be given to those who do. Thanks.
Tintable lion, tiger and bear models that are white by default. Tiger and lion skins were originally by Hellfire and Cyphre, and are part of Cyphre’s Companions Pack.
Please join Aroen, Zeus, and Brian from the Realms of Trinity and the NWN Podcast as they are joined by The Amethyst Dragon, a Neverwinter Nights Custom Content Legend, and creator of the World of Aenea and of the new Neverwinter Nights Info Website.
In the news, we discuss the latest updates on the NWN IGN Vault, which include a plethora of new modules for both NWN1 & NWN2.
Community member Steve Savicki has pointed out that Mac users may be in a pickle with the newest operationg system, Lion, not allowing them to play NWN. One of the answers out there is this article showing how you can keep OS Snow Leopard loaded as well, keeping NWN at your fingertips.
It’s close to midnight, and something evil’s lurking in the dark…
Somewhere south of Buldamar, a salt mining city in the eastern Shaar, the caravan you are escorting has been waylaid by undead. With the help of Mychael, son of Jaxx – a bard of some renown – you have little choice but to investigate the source of the undead.
Recommended starting level is 10. Lower level characters will have the chance to level up if they choose to. Basic equipment is generated for new characters.
Wulverheim is a Neverwinter Nights 2 Campaign Module inspired by The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Experience a beautifully hand crafted Sandbox open world and game play concepts never before seen in Neverwinter Nights. Live another life in another world, create and play any character you can imagine, from the noble knight paladin to the sinister cult blackguard.
Explore the province of Wulverheim, and talk to the locals. See what troubles them and help them for rewards or simply cause whatever mayhem your dark heart desires.
One thing will lead to the next, but where will it end?
Please join Jastin and Brian from the Realms of Trinity and the NWN Podcast as they are joined by Paul SteMarie and Gavin AKA Sixes Thrice, from Project Q.
In the news, we discuss the latest updates on the NWN IGN Vault, which include a plethora of new models for both NWN1 & NWN2.
Please join Jastin and Brian as they interview the brilliant author of the Aielund Saga NWN Module series and novel. This is surely a special episode that you don’t want to miss. NWNP Ep 150 special episode plans are covered in the news segment as well as some new content submissions on the IGN Vault, which was just brought back up!
The spell clock is a new element in the NWN2 user interface. It’s like a digital alarm clock intended to count spell duration (but it could also count any other time period). It could be very useful when casting long term buffing spells and want to know how much time is left before they expire.
Please join Brian, Jastin, and Ben aka Aroen, as they interview the creators of the highly detailed and original NWN Persistent World, Genesis II. Brian, Jastin, and Ben cover the new news of Cryptic’s buyout and the latest information on the Neverwinter project. Afterwards, they cover some of the latest vault submissions for NWN1 and NWN2.
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Announcement from: http://www.playneverwinter.com/transition
We’re happy to report that Cryptic Studios is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Perfect World Entertainment. These are exciting times for Cryptic! As we integrate more completely with Perfect World, our companies will come together to deliver quality MMO experiences.
As part of our separation from Atari and integration into Perfect World, we must make a variety of changes to our products, websites and services. Most of the more immediate changes players will see are cosmetic or are back-end modifications, but there are areas that you should be aware of. For example, we’re swapping out logos, revising the Privacy Policy and changing Atari Tokens to Cryptic Points.
Naturally, you have questions and we’d like to answer them as best we can. So, please check out our FAQ and our Q&A Discussion Thread linked below to learn more about what this transition means for you.
This hak contains clothing, helmets, tails and wings. It is not CEP friendly and is not meant to be a plug and play type of hak. You will need some skill in combining the 2da files and quite possibly renaming the files themselves if you want to use the content.
21 New Containers by Borden Ha’elven
7 Containers in High, Medium & Low versions. Their 2da entries are from 1000 to 1020 in the placeables 2da. The small one is best used just for jewels, gold and other small stuff.
Please join Brian Bloom and Ben aka Aroen, as they interview the creators of the NWN2 Persistent World, 3rd Age, Rise of Sauron. Brian and Ben also do the Origins 2011 wrap up and cover a security issue caused by the Bioware Community Server being down. You don’t want to miss this one!
Improvised weapons (4 clubs and 2 throwing shoes) by Estelindis (estelindis@gmail.com)
Portrait (1 portrait) by Mistress (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&id=20023)
Monstuhs (2 creatures) by Rubies
City Interior 2 tiles (2 tiles) by _six_six_six(http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&id=108290)
Trash piles and shelter placeables by The Amethyst Dragon (http://aenea.aforumfree.com/t3676-self-promotion-thread)
This submission has an exterior area with a mining quarry in the ruins of an old structure. There is also a Cave Entrance, a small leanto with campfire, and an Inn.
NWNServerConsole is a replacement for the broken ServerMonitorConsole remote server management applet. It allows remote administration of the player list and ban lists of an nwn2server.exe instance (if the server’s server admin password is configured), including the ability to unban players without a server restart.
Please join Brian Bloom, Ben H.(Aroen), Douglas Bowser, Charles Bowser, and Mike Johnson (our on location media producer) as we make our epic appearance at the 2011 Origins Game Fair in downtown Columbus, OH. While we were there, we got a grand tour of the event, thanks to staff at the GAMA media/press staff. We cover new NWN Modules and modules/PW’s close to their Hall of Fame status.
While we were at the game fair, we had the honor of interviewing Shane Hensley, the Executive Producer of Cryptic’s upcoming title, Neverwinter. At the end of the interview, we have included a bonus interview of GMX (Geek Media Expo) as they discuss their upcoming events that pertain to D&D content authors.
With over 20 years of experience in the interactive entertainment industry, Shane started out as a freelance designer and writer and has worked on hundreds of computer, card, role-playing and miniature games, as well as novels, for over a dozen companies and his own company, Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Shane joined Cryptic Studios in 2004 as a lead on City of Heroes/Villains and on a number of prototype projects. He left Cryptic for a brief period to create his own games and was appointed head of several studios in Arizona before coming back “home” to work with his many great friends at Cryptic. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in History and Political Science, served in the VA National Guard, and received his MA in Special Operations from the American Military University.
Video Cast Version *Does not include Shane Hensley interview
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The Relbonian Chronicles is set in its own unique world and mythology, designed to have its story unfold through the participation of several key characters.
As such, “Chapter One” is designed to be played with the Dwarven Fighter called “Gerbilaf Bandiwide” which will be included with this module. Please note that playing with any other character will not only spoil your enjoyment but also render parts of the module impossible to play.
The team behind the Astoria series of roleplaying modules is proud to present its upcoming release – CITY.
Set against a dazzling, star-lit bohemian world, CITY invites you to explore an original setting inspired by Victorian England and 1930′s New York.
Explore the Metropolis, encountering original factions, races, enemies and locations – designed with intricate detail and character.
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You start out as a nobody in the City of Aurora. Ma wants you out! ‘Go make something of your life!’ You have a few gold, a dagger, and the clothes on your back! Get started by taking a few delivery jobs to make some coin. But be careful… Some packages are valuable and there are those who would love to get their hands on them. Advance to bigger and better adventures. Hunt down an escaped convict in the city… kill off a band of Orcs… save the little children of Aurora.Do the side quests to gain items and experience.
A shortish, fun, Arabianesque adventure for single player or a band of adventurers. The module can be run fully without a DM, but contains DMFI wands and dicebags, and several other DM aids (see the DM Notes included). You have left your home town for your own reasons, and bought passage with a friendly elven captain named Lyell. He has brought you to Hajlimar, where he has left you to wander the docks. What excitement does the exotic port of Hajlimar hold? And who is this Baronness DeCallya you keep hearing about?
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Our interpretation of the classic B2 module from TSR. There are similiarities and differences between this and B2. Players expecting an exact conversion will not find it here!
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