Baldur's Gate 3 News

I'm so relieved Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't have D&D's alignment system

D&D alignments suck. There, I said it. They suck in every edition of the tabletop game, but they particularly suck in D&D videogames. What a relief to hear Baldur's Gate 3 isn't using them at all...
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What you need to know about D&D5E to play Baldur's Gate 3

In Baldur's Gate 3 there are "something like 600 spells and actions," according to Larian's release showcase. That sounds intimidating, especially if you're not already au fait with Dungeons & Dragons, which is an arcane game that evolved out of tabletop wargaming in a dark and ancient lost age called the 1970s...
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Baldur's Gate 3 is "your very own Game of Thrones written for you"

Baldur's Gate 3 is almost here, and Larian Studios outlines how the upcoming D&D RPG game wants to present you with a Game of Thrones-style story that feels specifically written for, and reactive to, you. With the Baldur's Gate 3 release date mere weeks away now, new and returning players will want to check out exactly what Baldur's Gate 3 plans to offer.

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There's only one thing I want to know about Baldur's Gate 3: Can I turn my enemies into chickens?

Sometimes the best skill you get in an RPG doesn't come until you're near max level and have ascended to godhood, casting Ultima or Summon Meteor or some other megasplosion of fire and fury. Sometimes the best skill is the one you start with at level one. In Divinity: Original Sin 2, that skill was Chicken Claw, and I'm desperate to know if Baldur's Gate 3 will have an equivalent...
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The best D&D multiclass builds coming to Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3's multiclass system has me giddy to get busy crafting some kind of messed up new type of guy out of the component parts of Dungeons & Dragons like I did in CRPGs of yore, a Fighter / Mage / Artificer / Hierophant / Whatever, man. Multiclassing has always been synonymous with getting the most out of these games for the more grognardy sort of RPG-liker...
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