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Luce brings some newer concepts to Neverwinter Nights, such as regenerative spells, animal companions (for all classes), scaling spells/feats, etc... We strive to make your gaming experience well rewarded and keep it difficult, but attainable. The story of Luce is somewhat given away from the picture you may see on this page. More of this will be revealed in game.

*Please note that we have limited number of scripters and builders, but we get stuff done :)

If you have any questions please reach me on Steam, I check it regularly.

XP rewards are set low(ish) as we plan on capping the main story to level 20. At the moment, we have enough content to keep you busy for a good few days. We constantly create new ideas/scripts, so you may have the best time of your life and encounter boss fights like never before!

This is not a role-play server (in-mind), but please do go ahead if you prefer. Shops and quests are operated in a timely fashion to keep the game organic and realistic (as much as we can). Some other elements may seem to operate like a role-play server however (low XP, limited gear, etc...), but there are hidden treasures and chances to get some powerful items. More of these will be added as we go, to keep things bountiful.

-Don't kill players (unless both parties are role-playing or it is DM approved)

-If you'd like to pick-pocket, only do so on non-player creatures

-Please help each other, as the fights are designed to be challenging

Maximum Level
-Caps at 20, including Animal Companions and other summons.

Fully Released
-Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Fighter, Rogue

Not In Yet
-Druid, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Sorcerer

Disabled
-All original NWN prestige classes, Wizard
*Prestige abilities can be earned via levelling, quests, or items.

-Party members that turn in quests MUST BE in the same area. This also applies to any quest advancing/items during boss fights, etc...

-The player that lands the blow (or their companion) will determine the status of quest completion for themselves and their party members. All members must be on the same progress level to advance together (same journal/quest progression).

-Questing level cap between players has been set to 3.

-There are XP bonuses for playing among friends. Please see the XP tag down below for details.

CR
-Currently up to CR 16

Abilities
-Some mobs do make use of fighting feats: ex. disarm, knockdown, called shot

Bosses
-After landing a killing blow to some bosses, the player gains the option to focus on bonus skills/abilities the boss soul may bring. This is selected by using the Soul Jar on the owner (if the player owns one). These split your earned (from kills) XP between your player and the activated boss soul. As your boss soul levels up, its effects will increase.

-Bosses spawn every 15 minutes (with the exception of a few).

-There is a chance a boss will drop extra items (20 on a d20 roll). Generally, they drop a key to open a nearby treasure chest

Creatures
-There are three creatures for now that will become a companion: bear, spider, and an undisclosed.

Forms
-Companions grow stronger as they level. Every 5 levels, they grow into an improved form. They follow attribute and feat distribution practices similar to a PC toon (every 3 levels - new feat, every 4 levels - attribute increase).

-They also get buffs and this improves every 5 levels.

The How
-You may visit west of Luce; head towards "Forest Path". Somewhere around there, you will find Frago, who teaches how to capture a wild beast. It is recommended you do this first thing so your companion levels alongside your character. Do bring some gold with you.

-You may visit the inns to rent a room and as a result rest indefinitely.

-Outside of inns, a character may rest once again after 120 seconds multiplied by their level:
*ex: a level 4 character can rest again in 8 minutes (real time)

-You may also pay 500 GP multiplied by level ( level 4 toon = 2000) GP) in Temple styled buildings, to reset this time counter - so you can rest right away. This charges 'Book of Progression' as well, which then is used to let a player be 'calm' enough to rest right away.

-Mentioning again, do make use of your 'Book of Progression' to trigger a rest. The book gets filled once again after a server restart (every 4 hours). This can be also be enabled in temples/healers in various towns (adds 3 charges instead of 1).

-Why did we implement this? This will force the player to prepare ahead of time and make use of health kits often. Also, it encourages a caster to make use of regenerative spells (so you don't have to rest).

-You may type "rest_counter" in chat to see how long you have until a rest is allowed. 1 tick equals 120 seconds (plus whatever you had remaining since past tick was in effect).

-You may use the Stone of Recall in your inventory to port back to town (for free, 1 / Day use). From Luce, you may also use the main town portal to port back to: where you died, party leader, where you last used your stone (this costs 500 gold).

-There are hidden portals across the realm that can be discovered and travelled back to. This is useful for replenishing kits/items during a long quest line. For this, do use the second portal in Luce, near the coast line.

Scaling
Depending on monster level compared to player:
-5 levels: 1
-4 levels: 2
-3 levels: 3
-2 levels: 4
-1 level: 5
Same level: 10
+1 level: 20
+2 level: 30
+3 level: 50
+4 level: 75
+5 level and more : 100

Companion XP
-Companions can earn up to 150 XP and aren't limited to the party level difference cap of 3 levels.


Multi-classing
-Original NWN multi-class penalties still apply. Favoured classes have been altered (a bit). We are working on allowing one of your classes to get 'pure' bonuses, even when you have multi-classed. This will be earned via a quest.

Companions
-Animal companions earn their own XP.

Party XP
-Players and companions must be at a maximum of 50 meters apart to gain XP.

-Members that have done the same quest, but has the quest item in their inventory (some bosses allow this), will receive bonus XP when another player hands in the quest item

-When players hand a quest in together, their WHOLE party (regardless of quest progress) receives bonus XP (the more players the merrier)

-There is an additional party bonus XP when adventuring together, calculated by taking the average of all XP earned, divided by 4.
*ex: 20, 15, average= 17.5, divided by 4 is ~ 4 Bonus XP (the maximum is 50)

-XP level cap between players has been set to 3.

Scaling
-Spells often scale up every 5 levels and reach their maximum at level 15 caster levels. Our plan is to implement quests to increase spell damage output as well as DC for higher level casters.

Focused/Regenerating Spells
-As mentioned above, a caster may use a tool to regenerate their uses in spells. This involves careful study of spell schools, as only one spell from each school may be 'focused' on. The caster will gain bonus feats at level 1 to make use of this method. Focused spells may alter the base spell to increase in effectiveness. During questing, you may come across an NPC to teach you how to do this :)

Spell Failure
-For non-focused (regenerating) spells, there is a spell failure chance from a roll of 20. Upon rolling 1, the caster's spell will fail, possibly damaging them. This can be omitted via using 'focused' spells. Armor spell penalties still apply as normal.

Spell Criticals
-Some spells allow for criticals, similar to weapon hits. These are generally based on a d20 roll (crit on a 20); however, a few quests/items in game may further improve these as well. Mostly, these will increase damage, but some spells introduce various effects instead.

-There is no haste spell/effect on this server (at least for players); nonetheless, there are items/features that provide movement speed and extra attack bonuses.

-Feat distribution and availability has been modified.

-Only Fighters can take Weapon Focus feats, as well as improved forms of some generic feats, such as: Improved Expertise, Improved Cleave, Improved Disarm, Improved Critical, etc...as well as the 'Weapon proficiency (exotic)' feat.

*These are strictly available as fighter bonus feats (not general).

-Only Rangers can take bow focused feats (Point blank shot, Rapid Shot, Rapid Reload).

-Rogues do get Improved Two-weapon Fighting as a bonus feat.

-No epic feats can be taken, but some are given at pre-epic levels or via items/quests.

-Players will make use of almost all skills, so it is crucial to build a well-rounded character as much as possible.

UMD
-For items that normally have spell effects - such as scrolls, UMD + Spellcraft skills are combined to determine if one can properly cast using these items. If the roll is not sufficient, the user may be hurt. Some items give bonuses for the DC calculation, depending on certain classes.

-Generic UMD calculations are in effect, to calculate if a character can equip an item. The required skill level for these are higher than default NWN settings.

Weapons & Armor
-Some items require specific stats to be equipped. Please check item descriptions for hints.

-Weapons and armor are capped at +3 ac/attack/enchantment bonuses.

-There will be quests around improving one's effectiveness with weapons for, such as: damage output, crit-chance.

-Only Fighters and Paladins may (naturally) equip heavy shields (tower shield) and full-plates.

-Maximum dexterity bonuses for armor has been reworked.

-Weapons provide damage only based on their size and types. For instance, most 'simple' small weapons will give the user the same weapon damage bonus. As the types increase, so going from 'simple' weapons to 'martial or likewise- the damage roll of weapons increase.

Remains
-Monsters have a chance to drop randomized loot. This is put in to help players generate gold.

Chests
-It is quite safe to assume that players will need at least one skill in Disable Trap and Open Lock.

-Boss chests have a timer before the items in them disappear. They will be refilled once the boss has respawn.

-There are "dangerous" chests, that are hidden across the world;. These generally require high points in Disable Trap and Open Lock.

-Depending on boss difficulty, chests may include 'Enchanted' items, which are pretty much randomly generated armor or weapons.

Soul Jar
-Once a player obtains a Soul Jar, then they may benefit from capturing a companion, or even special abilities after they land the killing blow on a boss. Read the description of the Jar for more details.

Focus Orb
-The Focus Orb helps a player regenerate spell uses. Read its description once you fully unlock it please.

Enchanted Items
-As a treasure chest is filled by the spawn of a boss and an enchanted item is made, the stats of these enchanted items reflect the lowest member's level in the killer’s party. The amount of each enchantment and the total number of enchantments on these items are determined by this level. The effects scale every 5 character levels - if the chest permits. Only some chests allow for higher quality items to be spawned.

-The required level to equip these random items are also set by the highest level character in the party.

-An equipped enchanted item will bind to the wearer on the first successful attempt.

*Only party members near by will be able to use these enchanted items (ex. party kills boss together and item gets distributed amongst. If an enchanted item is bound, no other player may use the item. You may however sell the item back to a merchant (Pawn Shop). Once sold, another player may buy and successfully equip these. The binding effect will still apply to the next wearer. We are thinking about building an auction house in the future for these special items.

-Once a character's HP is below 0, a roll can be made to raise back up. This roll is based on the player's BASE Concentration and Heal skill. Either one of these skills must be at a minimum of 5 for this roll to be in effect. The higher these skills are (in conjunction), the player is more likely to get up.

-A party member can also use heal-kits to bring a dead PC back to health. This can only be done once between character rests for the dying player.

-Upon respawning, the PC will lose 25 percent of XP earned since levelling, and from total gold carried. There is no XP penalty for players lower than character level 3; however, if they have more than 200 gold, 25 percent of the total gets removed.

-Be wary of secret traps in certain areas. These re-spawn even after they have been disabled. Traps may not be recovered.

-Horses cannot be mounted just yet. Only some classes will be able to make use of this in time.

-The server restarts every 4 hours. You may type " server_time" to see how long it has been since the previous restart. By voting to extend server restart, the players may gain an extra hour of play (via 'delay_restart' command). Upon rejoining, you will spawn back in "The Nightmare Begins" area, so please time your questing accordingly.