I will preface this by saying I AM NOT A WINDOWS 8 USER. I have been using the NWN TOOLSET since the game came out, however, and I'm willing to try to help you work through your dilemma.

Typically, to place a creature, you click the creatures button in the upper right corner of the interface then select the creature's category (example OPEN A MODULE, OPEN AN AREA WHERE YOU WISH TO PLACE A CREATURE, next click CREATURES button, click STANDARD button, select category 'Animals' subcategory 'Bears', then select 'Black Bear', now click on your map where you wish the creature to be located. This should complete the process. Let me know if it fails at any stage and we'll address any further issues from there.

Hope this helps.

Be well. Game on.
GM_ODA

That sounds like you're in the custom creatures tab. You'll want to be in the "standard" side, as mentioned above.

Here are some more excellent resources:

(these guides are thorough, but not up to date. There are newer functions that these don't cover, but it will get you going in the right direction. You can worry about OnChat and TileMagic and whatnot later)

http://neverwintervault.org/sites/neverwintervault.org/files/project/690/files/toolset_manual_v1.06.pdf

http://neverwintervault.org/sites/neverwintervault.org/files/project/691/files/tbp_guide_to_building_ii_the_design_manual_v0.05.doc.pdf

And when you start scripting, be sure to check out: http://www.nwnlexicon.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

There's also plenty of YouTube stuff out there and many current and old builders here. So feel free to keep asking questions.

Thanks. Thanks to you two I've solved my problem. I was clicking on the creature button in the area contents window as opposed to the blue prints one. I blame the tutorial thing.

Excelent news! And you are very welcome - I'm happy to have a hand in helping.

If you are ever interested in working as part of a team, we DO accept GUEST BUILDERS - we have excellent documentation and can always offer advice or answer questions you may have. The 'we' here is the team that brings you ArgentumRegio - a PW server found at IP 96.31.77.127 info at playnwn.com

We need some help building monster lairs atm, A LOT OF MONSTER LAIRS which could be good 'small job' experience for you as a BUILDER to help you 'get your feet wet'.

Anyway, if you or others are interested in helping to build an amazing server featuring fly/swim/climb/jump/squeeze-thru and runs stable as can be at 1337+ Areas too - contact me on the forum (link found in the web site playnwn.com)... see the thread 'a call out to DMs' to volunteer.

I'll check your module out. It looks right up my alley.