Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, Neverwinter Nights 2 will feature more than 10 new companions that players will encounter and join in their ongoing adventures in the lands of Faerun. Players will be able to select up to three additional companions to adventure with at any particular time. Along with the larger party size comes increased companion complexity in all aspects from enhanced usefulness and combat effectiveness to dramatically improved personalities, dialogue and story background.In addition, companions in Neverwinter Nights 2 take full advantage of the game's complex influence system, which dramatically alters the player characters'alignment and the world's reaction to the player based upon the actions and choices made during the course of game play. Just as the world will change based upon the player's actions, companions will also react directly to the player characters'alignment and the decisions they make. The more a companion trusts the player the more likely it will share its history, fears and even secrets. Likewise, the more divergent the player's point of view is from a companion, the greater the potential for loss of influence and, in some cases, may even lead to the companion abandoning the player during gameplay.