How Baldur's Gate 3 Got Me To Care About Dungeons & Dragons Lore

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There have been a few gateways into over the last few years, but there could be an argument that is the best of the bunch. Unlike and, is set in the world of Faerûn ('s world), much like the prior games and other CRPGs in the late 90s and early 2000s, such as. With still being a massive name and benefiting from gaming being bigger than ever, it's no wonder that 2023's Game of the Year has turned many onto the tabletop RPG.

has also proven to be the perfect game for veteran players, especially for forever DMs who haven't had the opportunity to play many characters and classes throughout their sessions. The game is a masterclass in using lore to tell a compelling story with wacky yet complex characters, and while has produced its own version of the «Matt Mercer Effect,» the co-op features replicate the experience quite well. It gets people to care about the world of too, in a way that many other popular products have been unable to.

has suffered from wanting to add everything, and as a result, some of its lore can feel tacked on and haphazard. benefits from its three-act structure, keeping things open yet concentrating on what makes the world of Faerûn interesting, particularly the mind flayers and gith. Their conflict and lore are unique to and provide the main narrative, alongside the Dead Three, and this proves that is determined to focus on what brings to the table from a world-building perspective, rather than the more generic elements.

This brought lore to my attention for the first time, despite playing the TTRPG since 2018. Back then, was the major window into, but that series uses Matt Mercer's world of Exandria, and I began playing the TTRPG through homebrew worlds. I also began DMing with a homebrew world, and my group had largely ignored 's world of Faerûn, treating what had been written by Wizards of the Coasts as set dressing, rather than an actual world. Very little before gave me the sense that lore was interesting enough to invest in.

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