Sundren, a Neverwinter Nights 2 persistent world, sent along some great news about their creation:

The Sundren development team's goal is to provide and support the best persistent world experience in Neverwinter Nights 2. The group is comprised of creative and technical talent with experience of "modding" numerous games, dedicated to delivering in a timely fashion high-quality content.

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Sundren is a fictional land located South of Icewind Dale in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting for Dungeons & Dragons. For indepth information on Sundren, please visit our wiki. Although a roleplay server by nature, Sundren prides itself on a diverse balance of playstyles. In Sundren, group/party exploration is encouraged and at most times necessary to accomplish a given goal. Sundren's key style is between Dungeon Master Events & Interaction, as well as detailed rich areas with scripted quests. Player versus Player Combat (PvP) is also possible on the server, with only a few rules in order to prevent griefing and/or abuse.

Sundren has a diverse featureset, here a few things that make Sundren unique.

* Completely Custom loot drop system which actually generates items and uses a colour code system to determine their rarity. This system uses an entire database that stores every item in the game. Sundren's loot system is by far the most robust and diverse system of its kind ever made in Neverwinter Nights 1 or 2.

* Unique faction system saves your faction standing with various groups in Sundren. Quest to gain influence with different factions to get access to unique stores and/or items.

* Special ingame tools like a character deleter, and future additions include a description editor.

* Unique experience system which punishes grinders but benefits groups of players and roleplayers

* Tons of custom scripting that spice up gameplay, such as environmental hazards

* Want to use social skills in more than just DMFI dicerolls? NPCs in Sundren employ use of many skills in conversations

* A highly balanced, constantly evolving economy that achieves harmony between crafting, stores, and loot drops to provide a unique but challenging experience

* Our server is an enterprise class rackmount HP Proliant for maximum performance and uptime.

* Tired of constantly downloading PWC files? Updating your game to play on Sundren is a snap with our custom-built inhouse Sundren Updater!

Here's a few other things Sundren has.

* DMFI with Languages
* Superior DM interaction with PnP style gameplay
* Fishing
* NWN2 crafting (modified to fit Sundren's economy, with overpowered items removed, and custom recipes added)
* Unique death system which makes death undesirable, but not character-breaking
* Custom resting to add more challenge to dungeon crawling, and prevent abuse
* Dozens of unique stores and items to fit almost every class
* Weather
* Templates such as a Vampire (DM-given only)
* Various small gameplay changes, such as a knockdown cooldown timer

* New updates almost daily based on community feedback

What could Sundren possibly be missing? Only you can help us with that. Sundren evolves based on its community feedback which all our developers take to heart.

Sundren features work from some of the most talented mappers in Neverwinter Nights 2. Don't believe us? Check it out for yourself.

Email: saulus@sundren.org