sure you look at it that way it is all about killing, if you have to solve a puzzle, but to get to the puzzle you have to kill the monsters then yes your philosophy is right <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> but we are in a D&D Game and half the fun is killing Bad Evil things (presuming you are of my alignment <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ) and then there are the brain scratchers where you think Dang! how am I gonna get past this or should I kill it maybe I can talk my way past it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> IOW it all depends on how you approach the game, if you really want to you can finish NWN OC in 1 night, simply by ignoring everything that happens and follow the main quest to rid the evil from NWN <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />