Character Origin and Deity

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• maverickwerewolf Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 36

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Pretty much everywhere you look, the information will seem overwhelming. :P
  
  For easy sources of knowledge, you could read up on the Forgotten Realms wikia:
  http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
  
  But that's still a lot to take in. As for deities, Wikipedia actually has a pretty nice article on the FR deities, but it's a pretty dang incredible wall of text, so that might also be hard to take in if you're unfamiliar with the setting:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Forgotten_Realms_deities
  
  Wikipedia also has a good consolidation of race info. What you're looking for is the Core Races, each of which have their own articles, so try not to pay too much attention to the huge list of weird monsters below that - at least, not until later. :P
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_race_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)
  
  Of course, there are tons of editions of D&D out there, so things can get confusing. For instance, tieflings were always humans with demonic ancestry up until 4th edition, in which they became some kind of weird race whose ancestors bargained with devils for power, or something. In Neverwinter, I'm not sure what they're going with, but I think they're just rolling with tieflings have some demonic heritage. That's the way it was in 3.5 edition D&D, and since Neverwinter Nights was 3.5 edition D&D, I would assume they're going with that. Of course, I might be horribly wrong, so I have no idea.
  
  Sorry if all of this is still overwhelming and not helpful at all. >.> I was introduced to D&D through playing the various games set in the Forgotten Realms (Baldur's Gate saga, Icewind Dale series, Neverwinter Nights, Neverwinter Nights 2, etc.), and then I started reading up about it on my own with monster manuals and stuff. Playing the games - especially the Baldur's Gate saga, which is a masterpiece, and Neverwinter Nights, which would inform you more of the history behind Neverwinter - is really the most fun and easy way to get to know the setting and lore, in my opinion.

  Dedicated NWN roleplayer for 7+ years, the Village of Creation (VoC) server

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• vuzetheory904 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 0 Arc User

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Awesome dude! Thanks for the insightful tips and links, I'll defiantly look at everything and take it all in the best I can. I just really want to come into this game with some sort of knowledge you know? Since everyone I've seen so far knows far more than I do. In particular, I'm watching a press beta video, and they are getting excited over the littlest things, and I kind of feel left out lol. Because I should be getting excited as well, but i'm like wtf is that lol? Of course this is a MMO, and the core game-play is quite easy to figure out, but the essential deep, prolonged game play is going to run around lore, and history and what-not. And what fun is playing a game like this if I don't know anything. I'm considering going back and playing neverwinter nights I think it is. That might give me a little insight on what I need to know, alongside the baldur's gate saga. Being that was one of the choices for your origin.

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• gillrmn Member Posts: 7,800 Arc User

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  vuzetheory904 wrote: »

  * Sorry if this question was already asked *
  
  Coming from a complete newbie toward the entire Never-winter saga, and the broader picture the dungeons and dragons saga. What the best way for me to actually gain some knowledge about these two things? As seen on the character creation video, you have quite a bit of choices, for someone who doesn't know anything it can be a tad overwhelming.
  
  Thanks.

  All the not-dead 4e Deity you can see in my signature in deity thread.
  
  About character origins, I am writing about them in 4e introduction thread(also in sig) but not yet complete.
  (Check their page 1 for index)

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• noolidnerd Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 151 Bounty Hunter

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  All the currently selectable dieties are good, (which makes me think the Harpers might be tied into the storyline at some point.) though Tempus and Kelemvor have both good and evil worshipers. I'm glad you don't pick a specific alignment at creation though, as your character is allowed to evolve more naturally.

  [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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• firesnakearies Member Posts: 307 Arc User

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Kelemvor, Oghma, Silvanus, and Tempus are all neutral gods.

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• venomdemme Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 42

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Still there no Chaos gods. Yet you can wear tattoos from chaos gods.

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• bruddajokka Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 447 Bounty Hunter

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  It's kinda stupid Tymora, and Waukeen aren't selectable gods. Tymora is more or less the goddess of adventurers, and Waukeen is the goddess of Mercanaries which all Adventurers basically are at their core. It's dumb as hell they aren't available.

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• firesnakearies Member Posts: 307 Arc User

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Yeah, those are the two gods I feel should really be added to the list for sure. Tymora and Waukeen. They would fill in the thematic gaps and allow for more appropriate choices for a lot of neutral/roguish/general adventurer type characters.

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