Recommended mods?

[KneeKo]

Hi guys,

So I've played NWN about 15yrs ago, in it's bugged, vanilla form. I just bought the game here on Steam, and I was wondering if anyone has a curated list of mods to improve the game.

I like with anything that rebalances/improves/adds classes, as long as they're not lore-breaking too much.

I also like UI/Graphical/animation enhancements.

All I humbly ask is to not recommend "game-breaking" mods that do not make sense to the lore and the like.

I appreciate the answer/s in advance!

[Proleric]

There's not much consensus on must-have gameplay mods. The focus tends to be more on modules - see for example
https://steamcommunity.com/app/704450/discussions/0/1626286205687011593/

[Alessondria]

Reborn UI
UI revamp... not essential but it makes the text more readable (I use the optional NWN2 text pack from the Vault as well), Colorized icons to identify scroll types easier, and a slew of other things.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2306430219&searchtext=

Neverwinter Nights Faster Rest
Resting from (what the default is 10 seconds or something?) down to 3 seconds. Do yourself a favor. Pure scripts so might mess with some player-made adventure modules (just move it or rename folder before playing if it gives issues)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1321231680&searchtext=

Loadscreens with Artworks
I'd consider this ascetically essential. Dunno if UI Reborn changes this but I merged them and installed in my overrides.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2256996165&searchtext=

High resolution damage numbers
Also merged this.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2269246634&searchtext=

Enhanced Player Portrait Pack
Any portrait pack really adds some flair. Download em and look at them to see if you'd actually use them as they only apply to your own character, have to manually select at creation. THIS one (I think its this one) also is a (much needed upscaled) replacer to AI monsters.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2834893651&searchtext=

Official additions by Beamdog
They made NWNee. The weapon ones are great (extra pieces) and I'd consider Enhanced Aribeth as essential... because Aribeth for NWN is like Tifa for FF7.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198407315141/myworkshopfiles/?appid=704450

Beamdog HD Pack
FIRST install this one. Use recommended offsite installer which will install inside your NWN folder, not as an override. Its a replacer.
https://nwn.wiki/display/NWN1/Beamdog+HD+Pack


As for rebalances and patches, I don't know. I know about a mod that redoes the main offical NWN campaign but not played it. The Wailing Death Enhanced (Original Campaign)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2800241985&searchtext=wailing