[MUD-Dev] BioWare to demonstrate Neverwinter Nights at E3

[F. Randall Farmer]

Quoting from the press release at http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000420/biow=
are_de_1.html


"BioWare to demonstrate Neverwinter Nights at E3

...

Neverwinter Nights allows you to experience all the magic and multi-playe=
r
excitement of a pen-and-paper Dungeons & Dragons=AE game on your home com=
puter.
Set in the Forgotten Realms=AE campaign setting, the characters come aliv=
e with
the latest 3D graphics technology powered by NVIDIA. Neverwinter Nights i=
s
played using Wizards of the Coast's newly updated Third Edition Dungeons
& Dragons rules.

..."

AD&D? Yikes!

Has anyone been Alpha/Beta testing this game who's not NDA'd? The quote
above is frightening to me.

The AD&D rules have never scaled well at the upper end, in my experience
(25 -yikes- years of experience with the various flavors, though I don't
know much about Third Edition.)

People playing high-level characters were supposed to convert from
roll-playing to role-playing.

As a DM, I was always adding non-combat responsibilities to the
characters/players as they became Lords,Arch-magi,Overlords,Bishops,
Dons, etc. They loved it, but it became less and less about combat tables.
:-P It was more and more about making good choices and the repercussions.

I've found that high and low level characters don't mix well using
straight AD&D.

Perhaps some of the staff are on this list? If so, please tell me that
the above quote just marketing hype. (One can hope!)

Randy





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