No Genesys documentation on this, but I think I answered the question myself by reading the sql scripts. Looks like the 'nvc' variants of sql scripts set up nvar fields in the tables. The other scripts set up var fields for the same tables. Pick one or the other.
At this point, I'm guessing these 2 scripts are required for a fresh install on Oracle: eldb_oracle.sql, isdb_oracle.sql