**Pros:**

\- A fantastic dark, bleak, unique, and semi-futuristic, middle-of-the-apocalypse setting.

\- Great, unique, and interesting companions to truly care about and even have a great laugh with.

\- Plenty of skill checks (especially favors Nature-based or Magical-based classes)

\- Music choice was excellent and added a lot to the atmosphere.

**Neutral:** 

\- Generally easy combat with a few touch encounters here and there. Not a complaint from me, but definitely not a Swordflight level experience here.

\- Could possibly miss many Companion banters if you do not talk to your Companions individually, which NWN2's interface can make it rather cumbersome.

**Cons:** 

\- Several bugs that interfere with quite a few quests which unfortunately render them unfinishable. Main Quest was not broken thankfully, but the completionist in me was disappointed when some side quests could not be completed. 

\- Shops will run out of money to give you for selling items. Thematically makes sense, but is annoying when it comes to gameplay.

\- Many dialogue options only appear once, which can be annoying for missing out on extra details about whatever you wanted to learn about, or straight up miss out on a small quest or two.

  
**Mini Review:** Decided to try NWN2 again and get past its cumbersome controls and interface. Saw **Pilgrim - Chapter 1** by Grog on the Vault and it sounded right up my ally; and within an hour I was already starting to really love this module. 

I rolled a Water Genasi Druid who took a dip in Barbarian for a brewing rage upon reflection of his past life as a slave (canon backstory of your PC: once a Thiskan slave to Master Ducarte). You mostly explore alone or with companions you choose to bring along for the ride - which i highly recommend, I think they are one of, if not the biggest standouts in this module; my favorites being Nephias a One-Eyed Elf woman, and a fellow ex-slave, but also ex-fighter pit Dwarf which you'll meet later on. You'll move about, exploring and seeing a Faerun in the far future where magic and tech has advanced even further and how the people within it are reacting to the end of the world as the Sun actively dies out and an eternal winter freezes over(But also how people react to a magical and technological revolution from before the end of the world). There is always a feeling of oppression, loneliness, and desperation throughout.      

There are plenty of Skill Checks, mostly for **Heal**, **Survival**, **Spellcraft**, **Wisdom**, **Concentration**, and **Intelligence**. Pilgrim 1 is perhaps best played as a Caster with some skill in **Persuade**/**Intimidate**/**Bluff**.

Biggest complaint I have, beyond the unfortunate bugs with many quests, is the **shops** and often times **'one time dialogue options'**.

**Shops**: Most, if not all of them will run out of money as you continue to sell your items. It makes sense in a thematic way, but after exploring and looting and finally accumulating some items to make some money with, encountering "This shopkeeper does not have enough gold" became increasingly annoying.

**One-time Dialogue Options**: These will appear every once in a while, starting from the first settlement you come across. I would sometimes choose one dialogue option just for intrigue before considering the other, but little did i know that other option would often not show up afterward, losing out on some extra detail or even whole quests, according to the Walkthrough. Pretty frustrating after a while, but nothing game breaking or anything.

Overall, a brilliant module and is easily now one of my favorites across NWN1 and 2 (granted I have played very few of 2's modules). Eagerly ready to play Chapter 2!      

Pilgrim - Chapter 1: An Excellent Bleak & Atmospheric NWN2 Module That Should Not Be Missed.