Neverwinter Nights 2 Persistent World Server Balance Guidelines
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MWMDragon�s
Neverwinter Nights 2 Persistent World Server Balance Guidelines
I created this guideline over a few weeks from many different sources and the NWN2 toolset itself. The
reasoning behind creating such a rule set or �starting point� was to take the burden of server balance off
the developers and designers, and give Persistent World development teams a standard for which
creature creation to begin. By using these guidelines you can be sure that you won�t have to keep
playing with creature stats to maintain the flow of your project. One big complaint about many
persistent world servers being run on NWN2 right now is the lack of balance, I hope to help this problem
with this document.
This guide is made for a medium magic server but it is also able to balance all the way up to Raid
Encounters if needed. Levels covered here are from 1 to 30 for every class of creature starting from
small to large, normal boss to raid boss. Including the creatures
� Hit Points
� Armor Class
� Damage (Generic with bonuses and Class Specific)
� CR (Including how to recalculate CR after alteration by you and your team)
� Ability Scores (Again from small to Raid sets)
This is by no means a written in stone document, everything in here is a starting point for you to build
from. I know some will disagree with how I have allotted this stat or that stat but this was generated
based on current and past DND / NWN2 documents, and you are welcome to edit your creatures stats
any way you please ;)
Resources used:
� Dragon Magazine
� NWN2Wiki
� NWN2 Toolset
� DND 4.0 Edition Manuals
� DND 3.5 Edition Manuals
� Google ;)
I hope you find this document useful in helping balance your server or module.
If there is any confusion about how to use this document please let me know and I will write a tutorial putting this to good use ;)
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Posted by ffaerie at 2011-11-23 17:24:08 Voted 9.00 on 11/23/11
Posted by InsaneSmilie at 2011-04-01 15:07:18 Voted 8.00 on 04/01/11
Good for Persistent Worlds maybe, but not so great for single player mods. I tend to prefer using the D&D 3.5 advancement system and basically just level a creature up to increase it's challenge.
Posted by shockwolf at 2010-08-05 04:45:05 Voted 8.75 on 08/05/10
8.75 - Excellent, Recommended to anyone who wants to balance out those hostiles.
I've found this is really useful for my PW, thanks.
It would be nice if it gave more of a clue on what is considered a Small, Medium and Large for all the races, especially the Giants� I'm still scratching my head over that one. :-/
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Posted by bealzebubba at 2009-09-27 18:48:25 Voted 9.00 on 09/27/09
just what I was looking for, but the instructions could be a little more clear.
Posted by greencherry at 2009-08-06 18:30:43 Voted 9.75 on 08/06/09
it is helpful .
Posted by Cladius at 2009-07-10 23:40:02 Voted 9.50 on 07/10/09
Very helpful indeed, much appreciated.
Posted by mwmdragon at 2008-10-14 20:20:28 Voted 10.00 on 06/27/08
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Posted by jlf2n at 2008-10-14 13:48:16 Voted 10.00 on 10/14/08
As a first time world builder, this was a life saver. All of our mobs over at Baldur's Gate: The Sword Coast Chronicles are drawn from this manual.
Posted by Owl_X at 2008-10-10 07:11:12 Voted 9.00 on 10/10/08
Cool stuff!
Posted by Tanvaras at 2008-10-10 03:55:46 Voted 9.75 on 10/10/08
Very useful indeed, Thanks for posting this up for all to use.
Posted by phoenix_133 at 2008-10-10 00:01:32 Voted 9.75 on 10/10/08
Thank you very much for this great aid. Even though I do not run a server, I think this surely helps a lot of people and paves the way to great NWN2 multiplayer that I as a player can enjoy again. _________________________ Earthdawn is the pen&paper RPG of choice. Still looking for someone making an Earthdawn-game with Neverwinter Nights! Please get in contact if you have any details on the matter. Thanx!
Posted by buddywarrior at 2008-09-30 10:24:36 Voted 10.00 on 09/30/08
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Finally charts and numbers to go by.
Posted by buddywarrior at 2008-09-30 10:23:34 Voted 10.00 on 09/30/08
For years you have been great for the community. Keep it up!
Cheers. 10
Posted by WarrLoxx at 2008-07-01 12:28:47 Voted 9.75 on 07/01/08
Now I can finally balance the creatures I make - thanks for putting this together.
Posted by mwmdragon at 2008-06-27 22:39:00 Voted 10.00 on 06/27/08
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Posted by NeVerSun at 2008-06-27 04:24:03 Voted 9.25 on 06/27/08
Very, very nice work. As always :) _________________________ My NWVault-Prefabs
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Posted by Jaysyn at 2008-06-26 08:37:28 Voted 8.00 on 06/26/08
Nice. Once suggestion would be to add a note under the elemental entry regarding that different elemental types (fire & air) should swap STR & DEX entries. _________________________ -=Jaysyn=-
Posted by Falvin at 2008-06-25 17:09:30 Voted 9.00 on 06/25/08
Great work! :) It looks very useful :) I think that it will help me in making my encounters. ;)
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