Neverwinter Nights 2: What's New on the General Forum?

Non-standard Stacking Rules?:

So from the locked-for-length thread, the developers have stated that NWN2 does not allow stacking of bonuses in any shape or form.

And I went "What the heck?" That isn't 3.5 d20 rule.

What doesn't stack is *enhancement* bonuses. Divine, intuition, holy, size, rage, dodge, concealment are not enhancement bonuses.

The golden rule in d20 3.5 is that the same sort of bonuses don't stack, only the most powerful bonus of that category applies.

I can understand wanting to limit it, but I have to say that you just gutted barbarians. Two magic items (+4 con and +4 STR) now renders an entire class moot, as the Barbarian still gets their pentalties to AC and can only do it limited times... where the fighter with a belt and amulet is now better in everything but speed and can wear heavier armor.

With NWN2 being "locked" in for final release, I'm suddenly worried that this isn't the game I wanted to buy.

It's starting to drift too far from 3.5 for me.

Blackguard Spell Feats - Why Such Awful Spells?:

I understand that blackguards and assassins are going to have to wait for the expansion to get their spellbooks. It's a real shame it'll take so long, but there's not much that can be done.

What *can* be done, though, is to give Blackguard *decent* spell feats. Inflict Serious Wounds? Inflict Critical Wounds? Contagion?

These spells are totally worthless, and they really ought to be replaced by useful spells if we're to be forced to wait for the expansion.

My suggestions?

Keep Bull's Strength.

Add Corrupt Weapon. Just recolor the Bless Weapon icon and slightly alter the scriptto change its effectiveness vs Good.

Add Darkness - you already have the icon from the assassin spell. Just tweak the spell script to look for blackguard levels as well.

Add Veil of Shadow. This spell just grants 20% concealment in turns per BG level.

Add Abyssal Might. This is a very useful spell from Book of Vile Darkness.

Finally, add Unholy Sword. With 10 BG levels, it will only last 10 rounds, unfortunately. But I'll take 10 rounds of a +5 weapon over Inflict Critical any day.

Compatibility with Vista?:

Is NWN2 going to be compatible with MS Vista, all versions of MS Vista or only certain versions?

Also, using MS Vista, would memory requirements be affected in the game vs. MS XP?

Enjoy!