Gargaune
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Ehh, sort of. Technically speaking, you meet an "Old Man" with a peculiar speech mannerism. If the player catches on to who that is, that's a different story.It kick off with meeting elminster after escaping candlekeep and searching for a contact with the harpers.
It's a direct sequel, featuring the same protagonist, and that's precisely why I mentioned it as "even Baldur's Gate 2" - a campaign where you've been established as "a son of a literal god" and the "Hero of Baldur's Gate", and it still has a somewhat more subdued introduction. You start off as the prisoner of a strange, powerful mage, move on to sign up with an organized crime outfit, and the more outlandish stuff you mention comes as you progress through the game.Baldur's Gate 2 starts already on the epic note in the intro, by establishing you as a son of a literal god. God of Murder on top of that. And the Hero of Baldur's Gate. Then you fight for a control over a city (more or less), break out from the mage-prison for the strongest known mages, see/fight creatures from other planes (the Githyanki), go through the Underdark, fight dragons along the way...
Most of those plots I mentioned, when looked on in their entirety, have a gradual escalation to their stakes and circumstances to match your mechanical growth with the narrative progression and keep things interesting. BG3, however, looks like it will introduce content of a more extraordinary nature right off the starting line. I've seen Schumacher make slower starts and I worry Larian might try and cram in too much "awesome" stuff all at once and make it the opposite of awesome.