Neverwinter Nights 2: NWN 2: MotB Kevin Saunders Interview at ingame.de

German site ingame.de has posted a terrific article and interview with Kevin Saunders. The article goes in depth regarding races, classes and prestige classes:

ingame.de: Two new base classes have been announced: The Spitit Shaman and the Favored Soul. Both of them use divine magic. So what's the difference between them and a Druid or Cleric?

Kevin Saunders: The biggest difference is that both cast spells spontaneously (like a sorcerer) instead of memorizing them in advance. This makes them more flexible in some ways, though they are restricted by how many spells they know (as sorcerers are). Except for their spell list, the spirit shaman and druid are very different, with both having many class abilities. For example, spirit shamans cannot wild shape, but they have many powers over spirits, which includes creatures such as elementals. The favored soul also has some unique abilities, gaining energy resistance and weapon specialization in their deity's favored weapon.

ingame.de: As things are now prestige classes won't be allowed to raise beyond level 10 and thus will never reach epic levels which seems an awful restriction for character development. Is there any chance that this might still be remedied? Maybe in a future patch or another expansion?

Kevin Saunders: Well, you still have an epic level character and access to epic level content even though your prestige class level is limited to 10 - once you're character level is 21, you're epic! So you still can choose epic feats, for example. Also, after level 20, in NWN2 you gain a feat every other level (instead of every third level as in D&D and during the first 20 levels).