I then moved on to ask about the DM client. One of the things that actually attracted me to NWN so many years ago was the fact that there would be a DM, which I really enjoyed playing with pen and paper. Also while only a few people actually use the DM client in NWN, it's a key aspect when playing in small groups and persistent worlds. Just like there are only a fraction of people working on modules, imagine how poor the community would be without them.

Josh explained that because the recent work of integrating multiplayer and GameSpy matching was more complicated than expected, it made the work on the DM client get delayed to the point now where they will offer it as a free download on release to make sure that it's a full package. One thing that Feargus stressed is that there will be a DM client and there is a thread on the official forums where people are offering suggestions on what improvements they'd like to see.