 Obsidian Entertainment began planning Mask of the Betrayer , codenamed " <unk> " by its developers , before the release of Neverwinter Nights 2 . The game was announced in April 2007 . Obsidian Entertainment 's CEO , Feargus Urquhart , said that Mask of the Betrayer would continue the story of Neverwinter Nights 2 , and improvements would be made in character development and the companion system along the lines of a previous Obsidian game , Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic II . Lead designer Kevin Saunders described the game as " high @-@ level " , and characters would need to be at least level 18 before starting . A character could be imported from the first game , or players could make one from scratch and take advantage of Mask of the Betrayer 's new races , classes , and other features . The races consisted of two new types of elf as well as all four basic types of elemental genasi ; all of which had been commonly requested by the fan community . New base classes include the favored soul and the spirit shaman , both divine in nature . Prestige classes include the Red Wizard of Thay , the first time the class has appeared in a video game , and the Arcane Scholar of Candlekeep , a new class created by the game 's developers . Obsidian stated that the game would also include over 100 new feats and spells , including many epic feats . 
