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I also new in playing Forgotten Realm type of D&D game and I have problem with my ranger character. I'm lost with playing Neverwinter Nights. I am more used to the Ultima's RPG.
The instruction doesn't tell me how to prepare and cast spell. The manual tells me what available spells the ranger can have, but how do I use the spell?
Hi, and welcome to the forums! NWN is a great game, and its versatility in multiplayer, and in the singleplayer, make it a unique game with endless possibilities.
In regards to spellcasting, you will notice a button under your portrait that will access spells. There is also a keyboard shortcut, which I don't know, but which can be found in the manual. Clicking it opens up your available spells and your memorized spells. Rangers don't get spells right off the bat like clerics, druids, sorcerors, and wizards, but once they reach spellcasting level, you will see some available spells. Drag the one you would like to cast later over into your memorized spells. You will see it on that side, greyed out. Next step is to rest--this gives you the time to actually memorize the spell and prepare it for use. Once you have rested, you can drag spells from the memorized list down to your hotbar for quick and easy casting. You can also rightclick yourself for the radial menu which has spellcasting on it, but this is a more lengthy process.
I hope that information gets you started. You can also start a pure spellcaster and take the tutorial levels to learn how to cast spells. Since you are a ranger, I would recommend starting a new druid or cleric to learn about spells, as they are similar in spellcasting.
You must also have high enough wisdom to learn the appropriate spell. If you only have a wisdom of 8, not very many spells will be available to you. If you want to play your ranger as more of a spellcaster, invest more points in wisdom so that you will have access to higher level spells. The exact chart of what spells are available to what wisdom score should be found in the manual.
Good luck to you, and don't hesitate to ask for help.
Good things come to those that wait--but only what's left over from those that hustle.
[QUOTE=Xandax]You can only have 1 henchmen in NwN and the Shadows of Undretide Expansion.
You can sometimes have 2 in Hordes of the Underdark.[/QUOTE]
That is not 100% true, since I managed to have all four (Linu, Dalean, Tomi and Sharwyn). I let them tag along and ressurect them as i find them, they will then join me and in the end I have all four. But if this is a bug or if Bioware have removed it with the update I don't know.
But mostly, you can only have one or two along as Xandax says.
Edit: I marked their names in black b/c I don't know if this spoils anything.
[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]ONLY RETARDED PEOPLE WRITE WITH CAPS ON. Good thing I press shift [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]Bah! Bunch of lamers! Ye need the lesson of the true powergamer: Play mages, name them Koffi Annan, and only use non-intervention spells! Buwahahahahah![/QUOTE]
I got the Neverwinter Nights Gold (which included Shadows of Undrentide) together with Hordes of the Underdark (2 boxes sold together for the price of 1).
Am I supposed to play NWN Campaign first, or SoU first?
Because when I've got the game, I started playing SoU, and wondering if this would make any difference. I think I may have made a mistake in playing SoU before the NWN Campaign.
The story lines are that the original NwN and SoU takes place around the same time.
The SoU character is (in terms of story) the one that moves on to HotU.
This means that both NwN and SoU are build for starting new characters. If you start NwN or SoU with a non-level 1 character they will be incredible easy
However - it is naturally up to you how you wish to play them, because you can import your characters between the various modules/games.
But story-wise it is NwN and SoU->HotU.
Playing SoU and then porting the character into NwN would likely make NwN way easy.
My advice for the first time through the game would be to play it as "intended".
Play NwN, and then start a new character in SoU and load either that one or the NwN one into HotU. (Storywise it is the SoU character that is "living" HotU).
Both SoU and NwN would be easy with higher level characters.
