Thay - Realm of the Red Wizards

[Balanor]

Thay.
The word is spoken like a curse throughout Faerûn.
It is a land of magic, shrouded in mystery. A land of evil, built on the backs and blood of slaves. A land of treachery where one must be wary not only of enemies, but also those considered allies. A land of opportunity for the cunning, bold, or ruthless. A land of death and despair for most others.

Welcome to Thay. May you survive the experience...[thaypw.org]
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Thay is a long-running Neverwinter Nights persistent world set in the Forgotten Realms, which allows players to join and even become leaders of the military, magical, and political forces in one of the most evil lands of Faerûn. The setting begins in the years prior to the Salamander War, the Time of Troubles, the arrival of the Tuigan Horde and the crusade to stop it, and more than a decade before Szass Tam makes his first bid at ultimate power - all events that greatly affect the realm of Thay.

One of the primary goals of Thay is to provide new experiences and many options to players every time they decide to adventure in the realm of the Red Wizards. To this end, systems have been created that dynamically generate creatures, items, treasure, encounters, traps, quests, and even areas. This provides a world and situations that are always different in some way and presents ever-changing challenges for both new and returning players. Make yourself at home!

-The Thay PW Team
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Download the Thay PW Hakpak[thaypw.org] to join!

Website - http://thaypw.org/portal.php
Steam Group - http://steamcommunity.com/groups/thaypw

[Balanor]

Thay's first NWN:EE-only update[1drv.ms] was released today. One of the cooler things is that we now have open face helms, crowns, and tiaras/circlets thanks to new NWN:EE functionality. Subscribe to the Thay PW Custom Content mod, log in, and check them out!

[Balanor]

Since Thay was made available in NWNEE on December 21, we've been in a beta testing phase. However, I'd like to formally announce that Thay will be "going live" along with NWNEE when it launches on March 27, which means characters created in Thay on or after that day will be permanent!

Even though we're "just now" going live on March 27, Thay has been around and continuously developed for over 10 years. It is a large, well-polished PW with many custom features[1drv.ms] and things to keep our players entertained. For example, we have over 120 areas of adventure, and 650 areas in total, not to mention two overland maps (Thay[1drv.ms] and the Underdark[1drv.ms]) comprised of leagues-upon-leagues of travel and adventure opportunities. There's thousands of custom magic items, forges to enchant your own items, unlimited quests, and much, much more.

Maybe even more importantly though; we've also been actively developing on NWNEE using the new features that have been rolling out. A couple examples where we've made use of NWNEE functionality are that our players now have true open-face helms, as well as a very robust player-housing system[1drv.ms] which now generates player-decorated buildings and even lets players name those locations (among many other configurable options).

If you'd like to get a sneak peak and investigate Thay yourself before we go live, you can visit the "Forgotten Realms Thay" server which is found in the Multiplayer server list in NWNEE. Otherwise though, I'd invite you to stop by on or after March 27 and join in the "go live" festivities.

[Ryuu]

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[Balanor]

The Thay EE server is live! Once you have the release of NWNEE downloaded today, subscribe to the Thay PW Required Custom Content mod, login to create your permanent character(s) and get a jump on things, and to participate in DM events being held throughout the day.

Hope to see you there!

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

Is there some underdark mixed in with it, thought I saw some reference in some previous listing.

Excited for it either way though :)

[Balanor]

Yes, the entire region of the Underdark beneath Thay is available for exploration, with the Drow 'segmented city' of Undrek'Thoz is the most important location there. There's more info about our recent Underdark additions here.[1drv.ms]

Hope we see you in-game sometime!

[💖 Officer Hotpants 💖]

I might actually look into this. I was just looking at the workshop item a moment ago.

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

Very Cool! Also are there any restrictions on being an elven-slave/indentured mercenary?

[Balanor]

There are no restrictions, although if a character does become a slave (voluntarily or involuntarily) they basically stop gaining notoriety, which is our reputation system used to determine when certain benefits become avilable to a character. Someone can always just RP they are indentured to another person instead, if you still want that PC to gain notoriety.

Either way though, elves are the least notorious of the non-subrace characters a player can create, so even as a free character, elves become notorious as a slower rate than most other races (especially humans). Thay is a realm ruled by evil racist human wizards after all...

[JonWoo]

So how does this work? I'm a complete newbie to NWN and the older D&D games and how their MP worked. Is it like an MMO or something?

Sorry if that's a dumb question.

[Cihra]

Originally posted by Jonwoo89:

So how does this work? I'm a complete newbie to NWN and the older D&D games and how their MP worked. Is it like an MMO or something?

Sorry if that's a dumb question.

Not a dumb question in fact welcome to NWN ^^ most dedicated server are persistant 24/7 online and has a decent community to roleplay with. You will easily suit yourself within this new world. Its not "MMO" type from today because of the 64 players but interaction is surely going to happens. It can look like your typical MMO experience of 2010's games but with less grinding. And its DnD universe so . Simply follow the flow & the peoples and I'm sure you'll find it very interesting.

(Feels free to correct me on things if I'm wrong my goal was simply to answer him quickly)

@Balanor : Interesting server. I'm gonna hop on tomorrow to check it out for sure ^^

[Internet Cafe]

I have to ask, but is this a normal PW? I don't want to join SinFar thing, that was horrifying.

[Balanor]

Persistent Worlds, like Thay, could be considered "mini" MMOs. Basically, a PW is a NWN module that runs 24x7 and has been designed to accommodate multiple people and multiple simultaneous player logins (up to 96 players at a time in NWN). PWs are designed by fans of the game and these designers can and will often modify the world based on player activities and feedback from their players.

For example, the Thay PW is a NWN module that has been designed to encompass the entire land of Thay in the Forgotten Realms, using the D&D 3.0 and 3.5 rulesets for many of its systems and features. So if you look at a Forgotten Realms map of Thay, that is how the Thay PW module is laid out with its cities and points of interest. But then there is much more that has been setup to provide entertainment as well - many adventure locations, unlimited quests, item enchantment and creation, character and clothing customization options, and a bunch of other features.

Not every PW has the same setup and features though, so if you login to one and determine it's not really suited to your style of play, it's very easy to just move on and try out another.

[Balanor]

Originally posted by Weed Wizard:

I have to ask, but is this a normal PW? I don't want to join SinFar thing, that was horrifying.

While normal is a bit subjective, Thay was designed to stay as close to official Forgotten Realms 3.0 and 3.5 lore as possible. For example, we have a limited selection of subraces that are supported, and since humans rule Thay, they are the "easiest" race to first get started with if you just want to check us out. You will not find "half-dragon, half-demon, half-god" characters with wings and glowing eyes and 100 attacks per round in Thay. ;)

Also, Thay is a roleplay server where we ask players to stay in-character while around others, or else keep OOC conversations limited to in-game "Tells" (Private Messages). While some of the themes on the server are mature, we are *not* a social server like Sinfar, if that is something you are concerned with. Thay is more about running traditional D&D events and campaigns than things like ERP or making the most unique characters possible.

[Internet Cafe]

Originally posted by Balanor:

Originally posted by Weed Wizard:

I have to ask, but is this a normal PW? I don't want to join SinFar thing, that was horrifying.

While normal is a bit subjective, Thay was designed to stay as close to official Forgotten Realms 3.0 and 3.5 lore as possible. For example, we have a limited selection of subraces that are supported, and since humans rule Thay, they are the "easiest" race to first get started with if you just want to check us out. You will not find "half-dragon, half-demon, half-god" characters with wings and glowing eyes and 100 attacks per round in Thay. ;)

Also, Thay is a roleplay server where we ask players to stay in-character while around others, or else keep OOC conversations limited to in-game "Tells" (Private Messages). While some of the themes on the server are mature, we are *not* a social server like Sinfar, if that is something you are concerned with. Thay is more about running traditional D&D events and campaigns than things like ERP or making the most unique characters possible.

Yes, traditional RPG thanks.