Realities Beyond

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• Realities beyond
• a NWN2 mod by diophant
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• After careless experiments with ancient magic, you find yourself stranded in
• another realm. The way back home is harder than expected, because this
• apparent peaceful kingdom is at the edge of a civil war. Also you have to
• choose whose side your on...

• About 900 hours of development and 65 hours of beta testing.
• 3 different but interweaved main plots.
• Large sandbox-style world. Feel free to explore wherever you like. At least
• until someone bashes your head...
• No generic NPCs. Each NPC has a different conversation and a different vire
• of things. Ask them about the recent events and the history of the land.
• No generic loot.
• New forging and alchemy system.
• Some new creatures and unique items.

required NWN2 version: 1. 23, no addons are required. Starting level: 1; start with a newly created character. Ending level: 3-4; depending on the performed sidequests, you will reach about 5000-6000 XP. Duration: Depending on the chosen faction and sidequests, I need 3 to 5 hours for a walkthough.

The module is a remake of my old NWN1 mod and was planned to be the first module of a larger Campaign. Regarding the development time of this mod, the second part would be released when noone remembers NWN2. Thus I will not continue this campaign, but within the next weeks, I will provide some scripts such that the unique items of the mod can also be used in other mods.

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Required hakpacks:

Item Placeables by Tero Kivinen: http://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn2/hakpak/original-hakpak/item-placeables Unzip itemplaceables105. 7z and copy itemplaceables.hak to your hak directory.

LB Map functions by Lance Botelle: http://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn2/other/gui/lb-map-functions-fog-war-lb Unzip LB_FogOfWar_ActivePassive_110211_v102.rar and copy lbfogofwar.hak to your hak directory.

RWS snowtrees by Robinson Workshop: http://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn2/hakpak/original-hakpak/rws-snow-textures Unzip Snow.rar and copy snowtrees.hak to your hak directory.

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Installation and Starting the mod:

Unzip the Archiv to My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2. To start the game, choose "New Campaign", not "New Module".

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Gameplay changes:

• XP: You do not get XP for slain enemies (with a few exceptions), but for
• quest progress. The reason for this is that the three different main plots
• involve different battles. Moreover, I do not want to disadvantage players who
• prefer to sneak by there enemies, or lure them towards other NPCs, which will
• do the dirty work for the player.

• Death: There is nothing more final than death. So save often and in
• different slots, because there will be no swift resurrection in the next
• temple for you.

• Etiquette: Most people are not happy if you face them with a weapon in your
• hand. Before talking to someone, it is better to sheath your weapon, unless
• you want to rob him. Furthermore, you can get into a lot of trouble if you get
• caught while picking locks or if you loot everything that you find in someone
• elses house.

• Rest: You can say how long you want to rest. Regenerating feats and spells
• requires a resting time of at least 8 hours. Health is regenerated
• proportional to the resting time, each hour you regenerate one eighth of your
• maximal hitpoints.
• If you ever tried to buy a new sword at 4 am, you will know that also shorter
• resting durations make sense.

• Opponents: Also opponents are healed while you are resting. It does not work
• to bring you enemy down to half of his hitpoints, run away, rest to replenish
• your spells, and then return to finish him off. Furthermore, your opponents do
• also heal when you load from a savegame, therefore you should not save during
• a battle. Only the dead remain dead - at least most of them...

• Alchemy: I reworked the alchemy system. There is a difference between
• alchemistic and magic potions. To brew an alchemistic potion, put the
• ingredients on an alchemist's workbench, and