Another cheap plug

If you know me, you know that I used to be completely addicted to a game called Neverwinter Nights (NWN). NWN was great because it allowed for true roleplaying experiences, and as I actually like RPGs for the fact that they let you get *into* a character and create a story for the character, that was a huge deal for me. I created Caldur Stend, an elven fighter in the service of Torm, but his elven nature constantly tore at him, trying to make him more chaotic in nature than the strict laws of his religion demanded. His story had lots of internal conflict, as well as external conflict (falling in love with a woman named Sofia d'Orleans, fighting with a man named Xander Kross, who was basically an evil foil of Caldur, dealing with the struggles of his friends Brastias, Caine, and Will). It was a lot of fun, and to this day everyone involved in those stories remembers them fondly (the man who played Xander has actually written 20+ chapters of a novel about his own story).

Now, Neverwinter Nights 2 is in production. The game looks amazing, and I can't wait to play it. I hope to establish another great character with intriguing story on a server in the near future.

My fear, however, is that the server won't be as much fun as the former. The server I used to play on, back in the day, was Lands of Acheron (LoA). LoA had very strict rules which kept the riff-raff not interested in roleplaying *away* from the server. It also had very low magical content for items, meaning that 20th level people weren't really any better off, equipment wise, than 5th level people (I kept the same longbow from the time I was 5th level until the time I was 27th level). I did get some rather low-level, special items for my character because of the story line I created for him. It was really cool having those items, and they helped to make the character special rather than overpowered. All of this worked together well to make for a good RP experience.

However, the man who made the LoA server is now more interested in World of Warcraft, so he has no plans to make LoA again on NWN2. This is a shame. Fortunately, the people who played Brastias and Xander are getting together to make a new server. Will it be as good as LoA? I don't know... but I'm looking forward to it with excited, if nervous, anticipation. Sphere: Related Content