12/11/99 - Latest News

Body Types and Prestige Classes
Berendir @ 9:09 am EST

Heres some more info from the Neverwinter Nights Vault.

Prestige Classes

Just for the record there has been no decision on what prestige classes, if any, will be included in NWN (other than the assassin class). We haven't got the list of the Forgotten Realms prestige classes (if there are any), so we won't be deciding what to inlcude for a while yet. We can't actually discuss the details of these classes due to our NDA with WOTC. When we have more information on this and we are allowed to talk about it, we will let you know.

Race Based prestige Classes

Our choice not to make our prestige classes race-based stems from our underlying design philosophy. In NWN's initial release, we want to provide everyone with as much potential and possibility as possible. Race-based prestige classes means race-based exclusion and, for now, at least, we feel that would be counter-productive.

That said, race-based prestige classes are something we'd be more than willing to consider for any future expansions.

Heres a a few options on body types:

Your body type options are:

(Choose one of each)

:Male or Female

:Human, Elf, Half-Elf, Dwarf, Halfling, Gnome, or Half-Orc

:Normal, Heroic, Portly or (possibly Thin)

:one of many head models

As you can see, there will be quite a number of combinations available to you.