Table of Contents Introduction ..............................................................................................................................4 How to Use this Manual ...........................................................................................................5 Quick Start................................................................................................................................6 The ReadMe File .......................................................................................................................6 System Requirements ................................................................................................................6 Setup and Installation ................................................................................................................6 System Configuration ............................................................................................................... 6 New Game ................................................................................................................................ 6 Saving and Loading .................................................................................................................. 6 What’s New in Neverwinter Nights 2......................................................................................7 Dungeons & Dragons Concepts...............................................................................................8 Dice .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Character Class ......................................................................................................................... 8 Ability Scores ........................................................................................................................... 8 Hit Points .................................................................................................................................. 9 Armor and Armor Class (AC................................................................................................... 10 Level ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Skills ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Feats ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Leveling-Up ............................................................................................................................ 13 Alignment ............................................................................................................................... 13 Combat Basics ........................................................................................................................ 14 The Attack Roll ...................................................................................................................... 14 Damage ................................................................................................................................... 14 Critical Threats and Hits ......................................................................................................... 14 Attacks of Opportunity ........................................................................................................... 14 Saving Throws (Saves) ........................................................................................................... 15 Magic ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Neverwinter Nights 2 Basics ..................................................................................................17 Character Creation .................................................................................................................. 17 Race & Gender ....................................................................................................................... 17 Appearance ............................................................................................................................. 17 Class ....................................................................................................................................... 17 Alignment ............................................................................................................................... 17 Ability Scores ......................................................................................................................... 17 Background ............................................................................................................................ 17 Additional Customisation ....................................................................................................... 17 Playing the Game ................................................................................................................... 18 Navigating the Game World ................................................................................................... 20 Camera Control ...................................................................................................................... 20 Interface Guide ....................................................................................................................... 20 Character Panel ....................................................................................................................... 20 Inventory Panel ............................................................................................................................... 21 Spells Panel .................................................................................................................................... 21 Quickcast Panel ............................................................................................................................... 21 Journal Panel .................................................................................................................................. 21 ESC Menu ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Common Interactions ............................................................................................................. 22 Multiplayer ............................................................................................................................. 23 Player Profile .......................................................................................................................... 23 Player Versus Player ............................................................................................................... 23 Local and Server Characters ................................................................................................... 23 Picking a Character ................................................................................................................. 23 Moving Characters between Games ....................................................................................... 24 Forming a Party ...................................................................................................................... 24 Communicating ...................................................................................................................... 24 Hosting a Game Server ........................................................................................................... 24 Creating Worlds ...................................................................................................................... 24 Player’s Handbook .................................................................................................................25 Race ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Human .................................................................................................................................... 25 NWN2.com 1 Planetouched .......................................................................................................................... 25 Elf ........................................................................................................................................... 26 Dwarf ...................................................................................................................................... 26 Gnome .................................................................................................................................... 27 Halfling ................................................................................................................................... 27 Half-Elf ................................................................................................................................... 28 Half-Orc .................................................................................................................................. 28 Class ....................................................................................................................................... 28