Sadly, Parry was one of those ideas that just didn't get the development time it needed. We were trying to address a few issues with the original game with the Parry skill. 1. The desire to have a de… (View Post)

I mean don't just make changes in the rules / code / systems for changes' sake. The game is played by many people in the current state and going in to "fix" something we think is broken cou… (View Post)

The NWN UI was a direct reaction against the Baldur's Gate UI, which obscured a large amount of the gameplay screenspace with heavily textured elements. For NWN I wanted a minimalist UI which was the… (View Post)

We have four guiding principles with regards to NWN: 1. Do not break backwards compatibility 2. Don't change, unhardcode, open up for modding/extension and add new functionality 3. Step forward slowl… (View Post)

Much of the 1.71 patch has already been implemented in the EE (View Post)