History Trivia / NeverwinterNights

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** A ''WebVideo/DiceCameraAction'' portrait pack was in the planning stages, before being scrapped due to Wizards of the Coast's sudden cancellation of that series.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original campaign underwent major rewrites during the publisher transition from Interplay/Black Isle to Atari, and as a result many features, characters, and plot threads [[https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/nwn-oc-plot-was-cut-possibly-due-to-publisher-meddling.74097/ were cut]]. Some of the cut content including Lord Nasher dying during the final battle, Aribeth betraying Maugrim, and more roles for Sedos Sebile, a minor NPC in the final game with her unique portrait and model.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Because of the change between publishers, from Interplay to Atari, changes were made in the storyline so that characters from Baldur's Gate wouldn't carry to Neverwinter Nights.

* TheOtherDarrin: All the henchmen from the original campaign returning in ''Hordes'' have different voice actors.

* DummiedOut: Time constraints resulted in ''a lot'' of stuff getting cut, like Neeshka and Bishop's romance plots[[note]] it's not entirely clear what was cut from Bishop's; as it stands he has as much romance content as Casavier, it just doesn't affect his actions in the finale[[/note]], an encounter with the [[HumanoidAbomination animus elemental]] Sydney summoned to murder Qara, [[NoodleIncident why Casavir left Neverwinter]], an exchange between Sand and Qara indicating she's actually ''[[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum holding back]]'' a considerable amount of power...

* DummiedOut: Time constraints resulted in ''a lot'' of stuff getting cut, like Neeshka and Bishop's romance plots[[note]] it's not entirely clear what was cut from Bishop's; as it stands he has as much romance content as Casavier, it just doesn't effect his actions in the finale[[/note]], an encounter with the [[HumanoidAbomination animus elemental]] Sydney summoned to murder Qara, [[NoodleIncident why Casavir left Neverwinter]], an exchange between Sand and Qara indicating she's actually ''[[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum holding back]]'' a considerable amount of power...

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** Originally ''Wizards of the Coast'' told ''Creator/BioWare'' and Atari that all of their Adventure modules couldn't use established [=D&D=] settings (Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Greyhawk, etc), leading to the creation of modules such as ''Witch's Wake'', ''Shadow Guard'' and ''Kingmaker'', all of them being meant to start their own settings for future adventures. Then, out of nowhere, ''Wizards of the Coast'' demanded that all of their Adventure modules be set in established settings, leading to the abrupt cancellation of ''Witch's Wake'' and ''Shadow Guard'''s storylines with the former ending on a {{Cliffhanger}} and the later on a DownerEnding.

* ReferencedBy: The short story "Pimpf" from ''Literature/TheLaundrySeries'' has protagonist Bob Howard getting involved in the NWN modding community to keep modders from accidentally summoning {{Eldritch Abomination}}s with the toolset. Author Creator/CharlesStross, incidentally, is the inventor of several iconic D&D creatures, one of which, the Slaad, appears in the game.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For a while, there was no official support or distribution for some premium modules such as ''Infinite Dungeons'', until ''[=GOG=]'' released most in their Complete Edition.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Because of the change between publishers, from Interplay to Atari, changes had to be made in the storyline so that characters from Baldur's Gate wouldn't carry to Neverwinter Nights.

** Same thing happened with ''Tyrants of the Moonsea''. It was meant to be a premium module before its cancellation by Atari. The mod was release for free, but [[LeftHanging in an uncompleted state]]. More than 10 years later, ''Beamdog'' has re-released as intended by the mod's creator with updated art, more quests, bug fixes and a better ending resolution.

** Same thing happened with ''Tyrants of the Moonsea''. It was meant to be a premium module before its cancellation by Atari. The mod was release for free, but [[LeftHanging in an uncompleted state]]. More than 10 years later, ''Beamdog'' has released as intended by the mod's creator with updated art, more quests, bug fixes and a better ending resolution.

* UnCanceled: Played with. ''Darkness over Daggerford'' was a planned premium module before Atari canceled it. The module was then release for free to the NWN community. When ''[[UpdatedRerelease NWN: Enhanced Edition]]'' was released, ''[=DoD=]'' also got an UpdatedRerelease with changes to the quests, characters, the storyline and other improvements. The original version is still available for free while the Enhanced Edition of the module can be bought on Steam or GOG.

** An entire chapter is set inside Underdark, with quests consisting in cleaning Mind Flayers' and Beholders's dungeons, while Drows are the main antagnosts. During the chapter, the party's home is inside a Drow city.