11/03/99 - Latest News

Female Characters in NWN
Berendir @ 4:34 pm EST

Some news on Female Characters from the Neverwinter Nights Vault.

A question was asked concerning how Female characters would be portrayed, and heres what was to be said:

I agree that female characters should not be forced to to fit a sterotypeed 'sexy girl' image.

Role playing is all about designing your own character, and we want to give the players as much choice as possible. I have been designing a wide variety of clothing and armor styles for both sexes. You will certainly have the choice to play a scantily clothed maiden if you wish, (may of our players do), but you may also choose to play a heavily armored female in a very practical set of full plate.

(The same goes for the males in fact. We have some cute little vest and tights combos for the guys who want a more festive look).

We plan to make five 'styles' for each armor class, and 10 for clothing, for each sex. In addition we are aiming for 200 character protraits to choose from, as well as the ability to load your own portrait art. You also have a text description to further personalize your character. So there will be a lot of options for role play.