Better Half Orcs

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

Gives half-orcs immunity to fear and removes their Charisma penalty.

What You’ll Need

• A text editor (Notepad, Notepad++, VS Code)
• A few 2DA files from here
  • racialtypes.2da
  • race_feat_horc.2da

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Step 01: Open racialtypes.2da

Step 03: Change “ChaAdjust” from -2 to 0 for Half-Orcs

Step 04: Open race_feat_horc.2da

Step 05: Add Fear Immunity

• The “FeatIndex” points to a row in feats.2da (not required, but useful to reference).
• Row 300 is “Aura of Courage”, a Paladin ability that provides immunity to fear.
• The starting numbers and “FeatLabel” don’t do anything.

Step 06: Move Files to the Override Folder

• If you’re on Windows, the folder is at My Documents\Neverwinter Nights\override.
• If you’re on Linux, the folder is at ~/.local/share/Neverwinter Nights/override.

Step 07: Test Changes

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Summary

• We are overriding the ability scores and starting feats for half orcs (details here).
  • Half-Orcs no longer have a -2 to Charisma.
  • Half-Orcs are now immune to fear (Aura of Courage).

These changes only apply to new characters. Loading an existing save won’t change that character’s feats.