#love this moment #is aldanon (a) pure cloudcuckoolander or (b) ammon candidate for Olivier award #I guess scenario (a) #also, where is the fanfiction, people? #needs at least one story set before the OC #nwn2 #aldanon #ammon jerro

Lol. Lmao, even.

#there's an icewind dale mod problem? #tumblr broke the original links in my post so have just fixed them #new version pinned to my profile #happy gaming

NWN2 Cut Content: Summary with Links

Links to each instalment:

NWN2 Cut Content: West Harbour

NWN2 Cut Content: The Hollows – the base that wasn't

NWN2 Cut Content: Shandra as priest or paladin?

NWN2 Cut Content: Kendrick Savis

NWN2 Cut Content: Red Fallow's Watch

NWN2 Cut Content: Casavir

NWN2 Cut Content: Qara

NWN2 Cut Content: Privy Man

NWN2 Cut Content: Neverwinter Wood – the bloody enormous quest that wasn't

NWN2 Cut Content: The Rattlebag (part 1)

NWN2 Cut Content: The Rattlebag (part 2)

MotB Cut Content: Patron of the Arts

In other news, I've just signed up for Yuletide 2022. My first ever Yuletide. I'm not scared at all!! 😰

💜Awesome PC!

Greetings, let me introduce you my PC from Neverwinter Nights 2 - gray orc paladin Samira or shortly Sam

Lady with killing stare and heart of gold

Snerk. Though if Inquisition is any guide, he'll actually look ten years younger and have spent time lifting weights and undergoing a vigorous skin care regime at a geothermal spa in the Frostback Mountains. Srsly, Loghain gets a facelift every time he shows up.

Loghain showing up in da4, having to endure another war and apocalyptic event in his lifetime.

The Trial (10773 words) by TheWanderingKat Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Neverwinter Nights (Video Games) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Bishop & Knight Captain (Neverwinter Nights) Characters: Bishop (Neverwinter Nights), Male Knight Captain, Some luckless assassins, Shandra Jerro Additional Tags: Politics, Kat playing fast and loose with what defines a bard, A Whole Lot of Introspection, Probably an AU at this point, tw panic attacks, consistent chapter length? ahahahaha no Series: Part 5 of All the Wrong Notes in Chorus Summary: Luskan has shown its hand. Still scrabbling to figure out his place on the gameboard, Rhys is forced to adapt quickly as he drags his ragtag band of squabbling adventurers about the countryside in search of evidence to prove his innocence. Of this particular crime, anyway.

NWNember Day 4

Family

Submissions are open if you want to post to this blog directly.

Use the tag #nwnember if you're participating. Posts with this tag will be reblogged.

This is a suggested order, full list here. If you want to do it in your own order, that's fine.

If you want to participate with an existing post that fits any of these prompts, reblog it with the tag and a mention of this blog to have it reblogged.

I'll be posting daily reminders with the day's prompt according to this list during the event, starting December 1rst.

NWNember Preparations

Here, I put all the prompts in a randomizer.

Magical Mishap

Neverwinter Online: opinions, gameplays, pcs, screenshots, anything you wanna say or share about this game. (Ongoing)

Comedy Relief

Family

Inclement weather

Fire

Sanctuary

Lore: Do something related to your favorite piece of lore from the NWN series.

Headcanons: with all that cut content, there's plenty of loose ends in both NWNs and plenty of headcanons to fill them, care to share yours?

Build discussion: Talk, share, show-off your favorite builds, why the hottest builds available are / are not to your liking, or what makes a good build in your opinion.

A significant moment

Fish out of water

A moment of quiet (good quiet? bad quiet? up to you!)

Welcome surprise

A gift/"gift"

Festivities

Denial

Rolled a 1! / "congrats you played yourself"

Neverwinter Nights 3: the possibility of NWN turning into a trilogy was briefly discussed here after BG 3's launch. Want to see any character from the prequels making a comeback? Any loose ends from the prequels you want resolved in a NWN 3? What do you think the setting should be? Like, sometime after the end of the latest NWN 2 expansion or in a distant future / past?

Levelled up

Betrayal

Guardian

First impressions

Brutal Truth

PC showcase: screens of your pc's character sheet, talk about its build, in-game selfies, etcetera. Take this chance to show-off your characters.

Nat 20!

Confrontation

Trapped

Learned something new

Free Day

"Good old days"

Markets/buying stuff/selling loot

Submissions are open if you want to post to this blog directly.

Use the tag #nwnember if you're participating. Posts with this tag will be reblogged.

This is a suggested order, if you want to do it in your own order, that's fine.

If you want to participate with an existing post that fits any of these prompts, reblog it with the tag and a mention of this blog to have it reblogged.

I'll be posting daily reminders with the day's prompt according to this list during the event, starting December 1rst.

Tomorrow begins NWNember.

I hope you are ready for NWNember.

Want something for December?

There was no Nevervember this year so maybe something else next month? I've no ideas though, so you would also have to make suggestions.

Aaaand, it's results time. In first past the post terms, with 36.4% Discord has it! Well done, Discord. 🎆

However, with votes for other candidates totalling 45.5%, and excluding the floating sinking voters bound for Davy Jones's locker, Discord doesn't have an overall majority.

I thus propose that we split the year between Dreamwidth and DeviantArt, which no one voted for, where we'll all be equally dissatisfied. 🙃

No! My beloved peasant village!

The outlook for Tumblr is not rosy. Come all ye old game fans, you people who remember buying games in real brick-and-mortar shops, and tell me...

For assistance fitting the Silmarillion into your reading schedule, I'd recommend a daily dose or five of calcium carbonate. Plus limit fluids and fibre. : )

Enjoyed your blog entry!

It began late and is proceeding slowly, but I am once again rereading my favourite work of fiction of all time, J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The reason it began late is that in early April of this year I had decided to add a reread of The Hobbit to my annual tradition, and just like with its much longer sequel, to start it on or around the same date the adventure began. See, I thought I’d be done with it well before Hobbit Day, but I was sadly mistaken. And the reason my current reread is proceeding slowly too is the same reason it took me so long to finish The Hobbit, as well as being the somewhat unsavoury subject of this post and also the reason for the disclaimer at the beginning of it….

Last three hours!

No! My beloved peasant village!

The outlook for Tumblr is not rosy. Come all ye old game fans, you people who remember buying games in real brick-and-mortar shops, and tell me...

Not long left to vote...

No! My beloved peasant village!

The outlook for Tumblr is not rosy. Come all ye old game fans, you people who remember buying games in real brick-and-mortar shops, and tell me...

No! My beloved peasant village!

The outlook for Tumblr is not rosy. Come all ye old game fans, you people who remember buying games in real brick-and-mortar shops, and tell me...

In the description from the manual, it's meant to be a dead heat with neither winning. But if the sword hadn't exploded then going by the trailer, I'd be putting my money on the big shadow avatar. Ammon's fighting his heart(?) out and not inflicting any notable damage.

Neverwinter Nights 2 - Cinematic Trailer (Remastered 8K 60FPS)

[source (Senior Reporter at Kotaku), linked Kotaku article, two, 'FC 24's performance link', three, four, @/N7SeveranceDay (source of the last two images, "Account supporting BioWare employees laid off in 2023."), five, six, Polygon tweet, Polygon article]

"BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance" statement transcript:

“BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance On August 23 of this year, BioWare eliminated “approximately 50 roles at BioWare”. Following the layoffs, seven ex-BioWare employees engaged the services of R. Alex Kennedy to represent their interests, stating that the amount of severance offered was insufficient under Alberta common law. Counsel for the employees has attempted to reach a compromise that would avoid requiring lengthy court proceedings, but BioWare’s lawyers refused any offers to negotiate and settle out of court. The basis of Kennedy’s claim is that according to Alberta precedents and under Canadian law, these employees should be receiving approximately 1.7 months of severance per year of service they gave to BioWare. BioWare has now filed a Statement of Defence, which argues that the seven terminated employees are only entitled to two weeks of severance per year spent in service to BioWare, because of a contract provision that Kennedy says is not enforceable. The filing means BioWare will be taking these former employees to court rather than working towards finding an out of court resolution. The developers involved in the suit have expressed their disappointment: - “We are disappointed that BioWare prefers stalling and intimidation tactics to fair dealing with people who have given years, and in some cases decades, of dedication and hard work to the company.” - “We believe they are using intimidation and stalling tactics to try and get us to drop out. A lot of the more junior employees and those with families, who had more monetary pressure on them, could not risk waiting on a court case that may take many months more to resolve, and have already had to drop out.” - “At the time of the layoffs, BioWare offered us professional assistance in finding new employment, and an additional payment, but ONLY on the condition that we signed an agreement saying we cannot talk about any details of the settlement, and that we would completely waive any right to legal action or even to complain in any way about anyone associated with BioWare now or ever in the future. Tactics like that sure make me think that BioWare knows it is in the wrong.” - “Despite what they publicly announced when they laid us off, this process has been anything but empathetic, respectful, and communicative.” The latest BioWare layoffs were the third round so far this year, and many of the developers affected even in earlier rounds are still searching for work, though some have started to find new positions. Regardless of employment status, the members of the current lawsuit state they remain determined to pursue BioWare in court, regardless of their employment status: - “We strongly believe that if Dragon Age: Dreadwolf does not do as well as BioWare or EA wants at launch, there will be more, even larger layoffs. Therefore, regardless of our own well-being, we believe it is important to hold BioWare responsible and get a clear decision on what settlement amount is legal. We’re no longer part of the development team, so the best way we can help our former teammates now is to hold BioWare accountable and ensure that the next group who is laid off are not treated as poorly as we were.” November 7th marks “N7 Day”, which is a fan celebration of BioWare’s Mass Effect games featuring Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy. The developers involved in the lawsuit are hoping N7 Day this year will be a reminder to BioWare of the importance of loyalty to your crew, and hope fans can have a little fun and help express their support with memes and images using an #N7SeveranceDay hashtag. The ex-employees involved in the suit are all based in Canada and have an average of 14 years at BioWare.”

[source]

You can express your support using the hashtag #N7SeveranceDay.

Edit: [Part 2/update] [more on the Keywords topic]

Nolaloth is one of my favourite encounters in the game. Some really lovely writing there. Anyone remember watching The Storyteller Greek Myths (Jim Henson) when Perseus shows the head of Medusa to Atlas, the titan carrying the heavens on his back and so very tired, and turns him to stone, granting him mercy? It feels a bit like that.

Nolaloth: I can see from your eyes that this is what you came for. Now I must ask of you.

Nolaloth: Always I have been promised recompense at a later date, even now. My mind verges on insanity with the long years.