Hi, I would like to tell you about the project I have been making ever since the NWN first got out.
Plot:
The gameworld is built on one basic plot, and there are many sideplots
too.
Erdethron, who is now the darkest creature known within the realms of
peace, bears a story of great bitterness. Once, nameless ages ago, he
was ordinary man from a poor farming family. In time, the family had got
a heavy debts upon them, and the ways they should pay the debt, they
barely couldn't make a living to themselves. Erdethron prayed for the
Gods to help. To his great disappointment, the Gods refused to help his
family. Erdethron tried to find out the reason, but the Gods wouldn't
tell him why they could not help his family. Someone would have just
bent under the Gods' word, but Erdethron could not. It was impossible
for him to understand that why such divine beings who bear immeasurable
power, could not help one poor family in dying need. In his bitterness
and anger, Erdethron cursed the Gods and openly insulted them. As
blasphemy was a deed of great crime, Gods laid a warning upon him,
first. Erdethron's reason was blinded by bitter rage and he did
everything he could to shed bad light upon the Gods' decisions. They
gave him the final warning, after which there would be no return.
Erdethron did not listen to them, and he could not see what would lie
ahead. His family would have survived if Erdethron had just listened to
the Gods' word, but now when they cast their punishment upon him, all
was lost. The punishment was that the Erdethron was cast out from the
Gods' grace and light, and whenever he would die, only descent to Lower
Realms would wait for him. After hearing the Gods' decision, Erdethron's
family broke down completely. Their willpower decayed, and they didn't
try to fight for life anymore. Slowly they withered away, and
Erdethron's rage was limitless. He was so disappointed in himself,
letting his family down, because that he could not bring a better living
to them, and because he made them face this cruel fate. And also he
hated the Gods, which refused to help them. He began to hate himself,
and hate everyone around him. Anger after anger, hate beyond hate,
Erdethron slowly drifted to the shadows and descended to the blackest
realms, where his fury could grow in peace.
Got to admit, not very fresh plot overall.
Gameworld:
The Tower of Realms
The Tower of Realms is a structure which consists of Realms on top of
another. The lower Realms in the Tower are out of Gods' grace, a wild
badlands with mythical and mysterious creatures. And the further up the
tower, the more light and purity is seen. When people die, according to
their deeds they ascend or descend in the Tower. However, if they are
bound to the, for example, Warthrall Realm, they can travel through
other Realms if the necessary portals are provided. Being bound to some
realm means that the person's essence is bound to that level, and from
that level the person will descend or ascend after a lifetime.
Magic
In the worlds that dwell within the Tower of Realms, the powers by which
incantations are created and the powers of nature are commanded are
called forth from the stars that shine in the skies. One cannot become a
wizard; one is born a wizard. The one who is born to wizardry has the
understanding of the immerse powers which he can possibly hold. The
non-wizard beings can hold magic through enchanted items.
Here's a brief overlay of the module. More can be found from the link below:
http://nwn.wikia.com...es_of_Erdethron
Btw, how big is the active online playerbase nowadays in NWN?
