Please join Brian and Jastin from the Realms of Trinity, as they are joined with the owner of the NWN2 Persistent World, 3rd Age, Rise of Sauron. We will be discussing our persistent world alliance and all the upcoming and current projects that we have jointly in progress.

NWNP Episode 158: The NWN2 PW Alliance [ 44:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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The Amethyst Dragon’s Merchant Signs by The Amethyst Dragon
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=8126

This small package contains brand new merchant sign (shingle) models, made to replace the older DoA ones included in the CEP.

Custom Content Challenge 2012 Jan – Rogues By CC Makers
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=8122

CCC 2012 Jan:Rogues and other Shadow-walkers.

Here are the results of the “Custom Content Challenge” for January 2012 that took place on Bioware Social Forum here: Link

The theme was: “Rogues and Other Shadow-walkers”

And here are the results of the various participants!

+ Borden Haelven: Hide-in wardrobe (w/o lion or witch).
+ Borden Haelven: Sliding bookcase.
+ Cestus Dei (Link): Thief-proof (hah!) Vault.
+ The Amethyst Dragon (Link): The Shell Game
+ The Spirited Lass (Link): Banana Peel trap
+ Rubies: Improved spike traps, Trap drop model
+ Tyndrel: Wanted Posters
+ Vibrant Penumbra (Link): “Duck Duck Duck” Trap, Mallard duck, “A nasty surprise for Cestus”
+ _six & aaronn: Placeable, script, sounds – Timed Real Spike Trap
+ Tiberius_Morguhn: Placeables – Loot-worthy chests
+ Zwerkules: Secret HQ (Medieval City version – files included, but not in demo)

Modules

Inn of Chaos by icarus35
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=6324

This is a low treasure/XP adaptation of the Hero Quest scenario “Inn of Chaos” written by Greg Fewer for “Adventures Unlimited” #5.

You and your traveling companion arrive at the famed “Inn of the Weary Traveler” after many weeks on the road only to find it deserted.

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Kaedrin PRC Pack 1.42 Released

Please join Aroen and Brian from the Realms of Trinity and the NWN Podcast as they are joined by the creators of the upcoming Neverwinter Nights Persistent World, The Border Kingdoms as they discuss their upcoming release and its awesome features.

In the news, we discuss the latest updates on the NWN IGN Vault, which include new tileset and models for both NWN1 & NWN2.

NWNP Episode 157 [ 40:43 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Dungeon Tileset Spiral Stairs by Borden Ha’elven
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=8120

Two add-on tiles for the standard TDE dungeon tileset. A spiral staircase going down and one going up. The up staircase has a black texture designed to work with placeable roofs.

Reforged: Chopping Weapons by The Amethyst Dragon
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Models.Detail&id=482

This simple package contains completely remade models and all-new textures for hand axes, battle axes, dwarven war axes, greataxes, double axes, and throwing axes. There are two options when using this upgrade: hak or override.

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New Model

Demon Beast by Jestem
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Models.Detail&id=232

Need a BIG extraplanar? Tired of Balors/Pit Fiends? Try this!

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.

NWNP Episode 155 [ 47:47 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Good news for Mac users!

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.

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New Modules

Shaar Moan by Dan Pigdom
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2ModulesEnglish.Detail&id=503

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 by Shockwolf
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2ModulesEnglish.Detail&id=498

Introduction

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?

Your Fame and Fortune or Your Doom?

Please join Jastin and Brian from the Realms of Trinity and the NWN Podcast as they are joined by Mustang and Bucephalus, creators of NWN2 Persistent World, Dalelands Beyond.

In the news, we discuss the winner of the NWNP NWN2 Model Contest submissions and the Realms of Trinity solo re-scale, and lastly the release of Neverwinter Complete.

NWNP Episode 152 [ 45:47 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Neverwinter Nights Complete on sale!

Atari is now offering NWN1 with all expansions and Kingmaker, plus NWN2 with all expansions and Mysteries of Westgate for only $29.00 for the whole kit-an-kaboodle. A great deal for one of the greatest RPGs of all time, maybe someone on your holiday list merits such a great gift?

Click link on right side of page to purchase your copy!

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Legacy, Dark Age of Britain 1year anniversary in December EP 153 Guests

Creature Contest Winner: jestemwlodzimierz

Elven Sword Pack by ChuckerIINO
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2HakpaksOriginal.Detail&id=560

This is a set of elven style swords I made inspired by the artist Tom Loback’s wonderful illustrations from the Silmarillion. Included are a dagger, short sword, long sword, bastard sword and greatsword with models (mdb), templates (uti) and textures (tga). Download, upzip and place files in your override. Get them into the game using the console “giveitem” command.

Please join Jastin, Aroen, and Brian from the Realms of Trinity and the NWN Podcast as they are joined by Sebastian aka Pandemic13 creator of the upcoming NWN1 Persistent World, CITY.

In the news, we discuss the latest round of NWNP NWN2 Model Contest submissions and the campaign finale rollout of Realms of Trinity 2.

NWNP Episode 151 [ 48:56 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Night and the City created by haunted_shore based on travel-international
www.wix.com

http://www.wix.com/haunted_shore/nightandthecity

CITY is an open-world module set in a star-lit, urban metropolis.. What started out as a simple PW adaptation of the Thief universe, soon developed into an original setting with factions, stories, music and ideas all of its own. CITY takes place in various urban locations of an unnamed city, where other modules strive to create vast, sprawling vistas (often terribly) – CITY attempts to create a realistic and believable urban feel, with claustrophobic streets, heavy atmosphere and incredible detailed environments and lighting. That’s not to say CITY is monotonous, the designers have moved toward making each section of the city have its own distinct characteristics and themes, as well as creating lush tropical green houses, brooding sewers and colossal underground scrap yards.
“CITY is not a post-apocalypse server, or a survival mod or a steampunk adventure. It’s a fantasy module with the lights off, set within an ongoing period of urban decay.”
CITY features an extensive universe and allows players to either create a CITY-native or a new arrival, depending on how much reading they’re prepared to do.
New lore has been created for all base races of Neverwinter to allow players to remain comfortable in an otherwise intimidating environment.
A customised soundtrack is in place with original music written and orchestrated for the CITY module, as well as using licensed music from film & TV, classical and jazz.

Server location: Gamespy, Roleplay
Direct connect: subject to change until launch.
Website, Forum and download: http://www.createforum.com/astoriarenaissa/

Features include:

• CEP 2.4
• Level range: 1-10
• All Alignments accepted, but all enforced strictly.
• Races: All standard races.
• Subraces: Two subraces as well as subrace templates for joinable factions.
• No class restrictions. If a character becomes a threat to playerbase balancing, actions may be taken.
• Low magic.
• Progressive items are purchased with money gained from looting.
• Unique items are obtainable but are extremely rare.
• Characters are limited to 12 respawns, after that they must be raised by a character or npc cleric.
• Dead players leave (non-lootable) corpses that can be brought to temples for raising
• Characters bleed out upon loss of all hitpoints.
• Unique combat system. Critical hits made by monsters are translated into injuries and progressive wounds.
• Low monster XP, higher rewards for completing NPC and DM quests.
• Low-Medium levelling speed, no timers.
• Visually stunning level design.
• Reasonable amount of dungeons. At least half of them are designed to progress the full levelling scale.
• Custom Monk abilities (currently in BETA)
• Base classes adapted for DnD 3.5
• Unique items you won’t find in any guide books or expanded source material. Each with descriptions and lore.
• Roughly 150 new monsters, that won’t be found in any existing universe.
• Free appearance crafting.
• Player-run houses and businesses. A market district is set aside for purely this.
• Unique roleplaying experience, CITY offers you the chance to learn a rich and devilishly macabre universe from scratch.

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Welcome to the NWN2 Legends Persistent World and Plugins Site By MARSHALL

http://www.nwn2legends.com/

NWN2 NWNP Creature Model Contest:

Shambler from Quake by jestemwlodzimierz
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Models.Detail&id=478

Ghoul accessories by jestemwlodzimierz
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Models.Detail&id=218

Undead Lord by jestemwlodzimierz
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Models.Detail&id=219

New Lich Model by jestemwlodzimierz
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Models.Detail&id=220

Undead Butcher by jestemwlodzimierz
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Models.Detail&id=222

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.

NWNP Episode 147 [ 49:43 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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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.

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Realms of Mythology Clothing v1b by Realms of Mythology Creative Team
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=8070

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.

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Kaedrin’s PrC Pack v1.41.4 Released! (Community / Announcement)
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=nwn2communitynews.Detail&id=335

Version 1.41.4 is now available and contains over 150 fixes/changes/additions.

Please join Brian, Jastin, Mortis Corpus, and Ben aka Aroen, as they interview the creators of the legendary NWN Persistent World, Higher Ground. Brian, Jastin, and Ben cover the August IGN Hall of Fame inductions and go over the 2011 NWNP custom content challenge.

NWNP Episode 146 [ 59:49 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Path of Evil Campaign by kamal (Score: 9.41 / Votes: 31) Added on 2010-12-29J
Howls in the Dark by Rasvar (Score: 8.77 / Votes: 70) Added on 2008-07-19
Goblin Bandits of the Delimbiyr Route by Kevin Carr (Score: 8.70 / Votes: 67) Added on 2008-04-22
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Storytellers Hobbit NPCs by TheStoryteller01 (Score: 9.66 / Votes: 25) Added on 2006-10-27
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Mines/Cavern override with ceilings and lava pits by Zwerkules (Score: 9.95 / Votes: 26) Added on 2009-12-26
Aligned Head Visual Effects by Ippensheir (Score: 9.97 / Votes: 25) Added on 2005-07-25
SW Sci-Fi placeables bonanza by Jez/various authors (Score: 10.00 / Votes: 26) Added on 2010-05-13
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Updated Werewolf Model by Worm (Score: 9.78 / Votes: 25) Added on 2005-10-05
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Bad Day At Castle Eldath by Tony Tobin (Score: 8.60 / Votes: 33) Added on 2003-10-05
The Doom of Artemis Dukar by Dave Thorson (Score: 8.11 / Votes: 114) Added on 2002-08-06
Silstrei Knell v2.01 by Abaddon (Score: 8.11 / Votes: 60) Added on 2002-08-20
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PRC Neverwinter Script Compiler v2.0 by The PRC (Score: 9.95 / Votes: 25) Added on 2004-10-17
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Forgotten Realms – The North V3 by Dalantriel / SteeleButterfly (Score: 10.00 / Votes: 25) Added on 2008-11-10

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!

NWNP Episode 145 [ 51:27 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Custom Content Challenge June 2011 by CC Makers (Other)
Here are the results of the “Custom Content Challenge” for July

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=8057

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)

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Prefabs

Kamal’s Random Maps by Kamal
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2PrefabAreas.Detail&id=615

A few of these areas already appeared in the Path of Evil campaign if you played with the teleporter.

Mine Quarry & 2 Level Mine by Ugly Duck
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2PrefabAreas.Detail&id=616

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 by Skywing

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Tools.Detail&id=100

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 Aroen, Gary, Brian & Jastin from the Realms of Trinity as they interview The Amethyst Dragon, the creator of the Neverwinter Nights persistent world, World of Aenea. In this interview we discuss the beginnings of his persistent world, custom content, current works, and upcoming content.

In the news segment we cover several new Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2 modules and models recently added to the IGN Vault.

NWNP Episode 142 [ 49:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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New Module

Neverwinter Wood (Wake of Gauntlgrym) by Kenneth J. Lamella
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=6270

Neverwinter Wood follows the events after Guantlgrym. Drizzt Do’Urden sets off to Neverwinter for revenge. The last conspirator of Arklem Greeth’s plan to control the Sword Coast, awaits in the heart of Mount Hotenow. Settlers have come to rebuild upon the ruins of Neverwinter. They are alone in the wilds, hoping for a new life.

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New Module

Thesk – Adventurers in Mosshold by Maglalosus
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2ModulesEnglish.Detail&id=482

Ambushed by bandits while on your way South and escaping with only your life! You must now find money and equipment to survive. ‘Thesk – Adventures in Mosshold’ is a single player module for Neverwinter Nights 2. The Mask of the Betrayer and SoZ expansions are required to play this module. This module is designed for a level 1 character of any class/race. companions are provided, but you must look for them!

New Models

Shadow Dragon & Dracolich by Dann Pigdon
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Models.Detail&id=206
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Models.Detail&id=205

Two Fine Rapiers by ChuckerIINO
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2HakpaksOriginal.Detail&id=539

Join Brian, Aroen, and Zeus as we discuss the Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2 news. Also, in this episode, the creators of the new Neverwinter Nights 2 Persistent World, Legacy, Dark Age of Britain, join us for an in depth interview about their world. The server set in the dark ages era of Britain (roughly sixth century C.E.). Players are cast as denizens of this world (be it serf or Saxon, priest or heretic, mystic druid or knight, changeling or noble born peer). The actions of players, the organizations they form, and the lands they claim will determine the fate of a Britain. A Britain that is divided amongst warlords and petty kings as the Saxon, Gaelic, and Pictish hordes attack from without, and the old pagan faiths and followers of the new Christian god struggle for its soul within.

News:

• NWN1 Persistent World, Ages of Nordock – A classic Nordock by Richterm, updated to 1.69!
• NWN2 Sewer Tile Sets -by Tupoun
• NWN2 Prefab Area Athkatla – Waukeen’s Promenade
• NWN2 Realms of Trinity v3.0 Project Details & Status
• A guide to NWN2 PWs active out there
• New NWN Podcast thread in Bioware Social Network forums!

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