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Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Pre-Release Thread [EARLY ACCESS RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]
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Most of the big 5E modules are meant to be compatible with the starter set's adventure, which takes PCs from level 1 to 5. These modules usually have a quick 1-5 chapter/adventure with a similar purpose, and then the real module begins at level 5. I imagine Descent Into Avernus will do the same.
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Where are all the 50+ year old authors and gamers? These pricks look to be between 20 and 30. Slightly autistic of me to say this, but I'm sensing a very "out with the old, in with the new" marketing strategy. And that normally means leaning to SJWism.
Apologies for bumping the thread. I should have left it to see how far it sunk into the bowels of the Codex with respect to the amount of interest BG3 is clearly provoking.
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It's a good thing the video gaming industry is embracing young people. The trend is usually old farts clutching at their positions like parasites until they die and no young people have any chance whatsoever. What kind of young people they are accepting, however, is a different matter.
oThere is nothing to sense, that's old news.
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LESS T_T
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ToC and sample page of Descent in to Avernus from Amazon:
Also more Road to Baldur’s Gate encounters on D&D Beyond:
Also more Road to Baldur’s Gate encounters on D&D Beyond:
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After the depiction of hell and hellish creatures in Moderkainen's Tome of Foes, I can't care less about what this supplement is about. Generic sterile bullcrap all over. That is hell indeed.
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Keanu Reeves kinda looks like the Nameless One in Neerasrc's portrait there. What? This thread is about BG3?.
Ok.
People are playing demo on Pax WEST. (Divinity: Fallen heroes) We still haven't seen an in-game video. No leakage news. What about bg3? No news. What's Larian trying to do? It's not clear either. Also keanu reeves = namless two -)
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I believe that when this shitty module from 5e are released, we will see something real about BG3. As Infinitron said above, they are using one another for marketing purposes.
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Sacibengala
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This graphics, though...
Remember you typed this password: How do you turn this on [Age of empires 2 cheat code]
Source: https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/6/20853368/dungeons-and-dragons-descent-into-avernus-preview-review
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The four types of Infernal War Machines players will have access to in Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus. Top to bottom there’s the Scavenger, the Demon Grinder, the Tormenter, and the Devil’s Ride. The largest is the size of a garbage truck, while the smallest is no bigger than a motorcycle. Wizards of the Coast
Source: https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/6/20853368/dungeons-and-dragons-descent-into-avernus-preview-review
The four types of Infernal War Machines players will have access to in Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus. Top to bottom there’s the Scavenger, the Demon Grinder, the Tormenter, and the Devil’s Ride. The largest is the size of a garbage truck, while the smallest is no bigger than a motorcycle. Wizards of the Coast
The majority of the action itself takes place on the first level of the Nine Hells. It’s a blasted landscape that smells of fire and brimstone. Cast in an eternal twilight, the sky is lit by pieces of other realms that rain down like meteorites. Making matters worse, reliable maps simply don’t exist. Expect distances to change as locations move across the land of their own accord.
By far the most exciting part of the module is the opportunity for players to acquire their very own Infernal War Machines, bringing to mind the rides from the Mad Max series. These magical vehicles are heavily armed and armored, and literally consume the souls of the damned for fuel. Ranging from two-wheeled motorcycles to assault barges the size of garbage trucks, they’re the most thrilling machines to enter the D&D canon in a very long time.
Thankfully, the systems designed for fighting with and on Infernal War Machines are relatively light. Each one has the same style of stat block that you get with any other creature in the game, including strength, dexterity, and constitution scores. But the vehicles themselves depend on players to perform their actions, and keeping the battle stations on your Infernal War Machine properly manned at all times is a kind of minigame all its own.
None of this feels like a burden, or a departure from 5th edition D&D, in any way. In fact, the authors of Descent Into Avernus go out of their way to stop players from turning the experience into a tactical miniatures game. “It’s more important to capture the emotion of a chase,” they write, “than know the exact location and orientation of every vehicle on the battlefield. [...] Keep it fun and fast-paced, and push the rules aside when they get in the way.”
Each of the vehicles has its own personality. The book is filled with great descriptive language for how they move across the land, and the obstacles that might get in their way. Just as important are the warlords who employ them on the battlefield.
Among them is Bitter Breath, described as a “resentful, vindictive warlord” recently demoted to live out its days in the Hells within the shell of a horned devil. Then there’s Feonor, a “willowy, neutral evil archmage with milky-white eyes and a parasol made of bones and human flesh.” And, finally, Princeps Kovik, a former commander of the Nine Hell’s 8th Infantry Legion, known as the “Terror Incarnate,” whose history includes battles along the banks of the River Styx itself. And those are just a few of the module’s more minor characters.
Even though the module takes place literally in hell, that’s not to say that the action threatens to pull D&D weirdly off the rails. On the page, the entire experience feels confidently PG-13. There’s also a hefty dose of humor, and plenty of levity to go along with the darkness. One of the player’s closest confidants, for instance, is a pint-sized flying elephant named Lulu who literally shoots “radiant sparkles of positive energy” out of its nose.
The art throughout the Descent Into Avernus, which costs $49.95, is exceptional. The stand-out feature is the fold-out map by the great Jared Blando. There’s also a dice set that goes up for sale alongside the module. For $24.99, the set includes a smaller version of that fold-out map, as well as a series of handouts to help players get to know the more common denizens of the Nine Hells. Add in a felt-lined rolling tray, and you’ve got an uncommonly good value for players. Here’s to more lore-heavy add-ons like this in the future, rather than just a few polyhedrals inside a nice box.
By far the most exciting part of the module is the opportunity for players to acquire their very own Infernal War Machines, bringing to mind the rides from the Mad Max series. These magical vehicles are heavily armed and armored, and literally consume the souls of the damned for fuel. Ranging from two-wheeled motorcycles to assault barges the size of garbage trucks, they’re the most thrilling machines to enter the D&D canon in a very long time.
Thankfully, the systems designed for fighting with and on Infernal War Machines are relatively light. Each one has the same style of stat block that you get with any other creature in the game, including strength, dexterity, and constitution scores. But the vehicles themselves depend on players to perform their actions, and keeping the battle stations on your Infernal War Machine properly manned at all times is a kind of minigame all its own.
None of this feels like a burden, or a departure from 5th edition D&D, in any way. In fact, the authors of Descent Into Avernus go out of their way to stop players from turning the experience into a tactical miniatures game. “It’s more important to capture the emotion of a chase,” they write, “than know the exact location and orientation of every vehicle on the battlefield. [...] Keep it fun and fast-paced, and push the rules aside when they get in the way.”
Each of the vehicles has its own personality. The book is filled with great descriptive language for how they move across the land, and the obstacles that might get in their way. Just as important are the warlords who employ them on the battlefield.
Among them is Bitter Breath, described as a “resentful, vindictive warlord” recently demoted to live out its days in the Hells within the shell of a horned devil. Then there’s Feonor, a “willowy, neutral evil archmage with milky-white eyes and a parasol made of bones and human flesh.” And, finally, Princeps Kovik, a former commander of the Nine Hell’s 8th Infantry Legion, known as the “Terror Incarnate,” whose history includes battles along the banks of the River Styx itself. And those are just a few of the module’s more minor characters.
Even though the module takes place literally in hell, that’s not to say that the action threatens to pull D&D weirdly off the rails. On the page, the entire experience feels confidently PG-13. There’s also a hefty dose of humor, and plenty of levity to go along with the darkness. One of the player’s closest confidants, for instance, is a pint-sized flying elephant named Lulu who literally shoots “radiant sparkles of positive energy” out of its nose.
The art throughout the Descent Into Avernus, which costs $49.95, is exceptional. The stand-out feature is the fold-out map by the great Jared Blando. There’s also a dice set that goes up for sale alongside the module. For $24.99, the set includes a smaller version of that fold-out map, as well as a series of handouts to help players get to know the more common denizens of the Nine Hells. Add in a felt-lined rolling tray, and you’ve got an uncommonly good value for players. Here’s to more lore-heavy add-ons like this in the future, rather than just a few polyhedrals inside a nice box.
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https://media.wizards.com/2019/dnd/downloads/UA-AberrantLurk.pdf
maybe this is connected to bg3: 2 new sub classes, one with a connection to mind flayers and another connected to kraken and understea monsters.
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