MGON have posted a preview of Biowares Never Winter Nights. Heres a bit:

    NWN marks a departure from Bioware's previous titles. The game revolves around on-line play in a very unconventional sense. Rather than make a flying leap to latch onto the coat-tails of massively multiplayer games like Everquest or Ultima Online, Bioware has chosen to pave their own road taking a different direction. This will be accomplished by returning to their pen-and-paper roots. The power of narrative will be placed in the hands of the end-user this time round, allowing players the power to create their own castles to invade, royalty to rescue, and dragons to slay...