Official campaign

The NWN2 official campaign will be set around the City of Neverwinter, although it will not be a continuation of the NWN1 campaigns. The reason for this has been stated to be that a character playing through the official campaigns of NWN and its two expansion packs will have reached around level 30, and so there is little more development to do. In the NWN2 campaign, players will start from level 1, and there will be a level 20 maximum.

The official fact sheet says:


 * Bards sing tales of heroes from ages past, but never have the Forgotten Realms so desperately needed a champion. Years have passed since the war between Luskan and Neverwinter, almost enough time for the wounds of war to heal. But the brief peace the Realms have known may be at an end. Tension growing between the mighty city-states means the Sword Coast again teeters on the edge of open war. Unnoticed, a greater danger stalks the City of Skilled Hands. Unbeknownst to the denizens of the North, deep in the Mere of Dead Men, dark forces from across the Realms have been rallied under the banner of a legendary evil. If left unchallenged, all of the North is doomed to fall under its power.


 * Even in this darkest hour, hope remains. A mysterious relic is borne to Neverwinter in the hands of a lone hero so that its secrets may be unlocked - secrets that carry the fate of all the North. So begins an epic tale of shattered alliances, noble acts and dark deeds to be told across the Realms for generations to come.