Set in the Dungeons and Dragons universe, Neverwinter Nights 2 is a role-playing game that puts the player in the typically weak position of peasant at the outset. But by the end, the player will become quite powerful. But whether the character is saving or dooming the land is entirely up to your actions.

Based on the Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 ruleset, Neverwinter Nights 2 makes use of an isometric point of view by default, but provides the player with the ability to control the camera at will. The player uses the mouse and keyboard to navigate through the various environments, issuing simple commands to party members with various hotkey combinations and mouse clicking. Players are given relatively complete control over all the characters within the party, and can take control over each character individually or simply have them all follow one character around, but this raises issues with the game's pathfinding AI.

As with the previous game, Neverwinter Nights 2 ships with a comprehensive toolset for the creation of user-generated content, allowing for significant modification and customization of the game's base content. This has allowed for a large community of multiplayer games based around original player content, creating a hefty amount of replay value for the title. Neverwinter Nights 2 was generally well-received, although it was criticized for its relatively steep hardware requirements, broken quests, buggy pathfinding AI, and several crash bugs.

Character Creation

Races

The wide variety of races in Neverwinter Nights 2 the player can choose from are:

• Dwarf
  
  • Gold Dwarf
    2 Constitution, -2 Dexterity
    Favored Class: Fighter
  • Gray Dwarf
    2 Constitution, -4 Charisma
    Favored Class: Fighter
  • Shield Dwarf
    2 Constitution, -2 Charisma
    Favored Class: Fighter

• Elf
  
  • Drow (aka Dark Elf
    2 Dexterity, 2 Intelligence, 2 Charisma, -2 Constitution
  • Sun Elf (aka Gold Elf
    2 Intelligence, -2 Constitution
  • Wood Elf
    2 Strength, 2 Dexterity, -2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence
  • Moon Elf
    2 Dexterity, -2 Constitution
  • Wild Elf
    2 Dexterity, -2 Intelligence

• Gnome
  
  • Deep Gnome
    2 Dexterity, 2 Wisdom, -2 Strength, -4 Charisma
  • Rock Gnome
    2 Strength, -2 Constitution

• Half-Elf
  
  • Half-Drow
    No ability score modifiers
  • Half-Elf
    No ability score modifiers

• Half-Orc
  2 Strength, -2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma

• Halfling
  
  • Strongheart Halfling
    2 Dexterity, -2 Strength
  • Lightfoot Halfling
    2 Dexterity, -2 Strength

• Human
  No subraces
  No ability score modifiers

• Planetouched
  
  • Aasimar
    2 Wisdom, 2 Charisma
  • Tiefling
    2 Dexterity, 2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma
  • Air Genasi
    2 Dexterity, 2 Intelligence, -2 Wisdom, -2 Charisma
  • Earth Genasi
    2 Strength, 2 Constitution, -2 Wisdom, -2 Charisma
  • Fire Genasi
    2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma
  • Water Genasi
    2 Constitution, -2 Charisma

• Orc
  
  • Gray Orc
    2 Strength, 2 Wisdom, -2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma

• Yuan-Ti Pureblood
  No subraces
  2 Dexterity, 2 Intelligence, 2 Charisma