RPGWatch - Modder Savant Interview

Weclome back everyone to my next short interview with Neverwinter modder Savant (aka Stephen Nowland). We discuss his NWN mods, and new game novels.

Couchpotato: What made you start building modules for NWN, and did you foresee them becoming as popular as they did?

Stephen Nowland: Before NWN came out, I used to run pen and paper D&D games for my friends and had a wealth of material to go from. I wanted to create some adventures to run them through, but of course the build time was far more than I’d counted on. By then, the modding instinct had taken me over and I was determined to make it a good, standalone story. I’d previously written an unpublished adventure novel and began to factor elements from that into my mod. It was still pretty rough at first, but it smoothed out over time as I refused to give up on it. From there, I kept adding to and developing Aielund and the world around it. I never expected them to become that popular, though I’m pleased so many people enjoyed my work!