NWN Preview @ IGN PC
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Even with accessibility as their aim, the team at BioWare is implementing the 3rd edition rules in their complex entirety. As producer Trent Oster explains, "When you fail to do a complete implementation, you will skew the balance of the rules system. It's balanced around its entirety. The less you implement, the less you can rely on its inherent balance." It's a much more detailed version of the rules. But instead of relying on a specific and exception-oriented approach, the new rules function according to systems. This means that there are fewer particulars involved but more general principles. Things like class-based restrictions are all but gone (although the systems tend to preserve their intent). Spellcasters will still probably shun armor and weapons, for instance.
