If Baldur’s Gate 3 has given you a hankering to play tabletop Dungeons & Dragons video games set within the titular metropolis, D&D Past has you lined. The Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer is a digital complement full of information about Baldur’s Gate, from its geography, to the gods which might be worshipped there, to the darkish secrets and techniques it holds, to new guidelines on your character backgrounds that higher characterize seasoned locals.
You possibly can declare it utterly free by heading over to D&D Past, and peruse it at your leisure utilizing the positioning’s helpful wiki-like format.
It is a actually sturdy bundle of stuff. It would not embrace a pre-written journey, however there’s tons of fodder for creating your personal tales within the metropolis. I like that there is extra than simply pure lore—it contains related stat blocks, maps, and random tables, and is sprinkled with loads of helpful rumours and journey seeds to construct on.
The Baldur’s Gate 3 connection is stronger than you may realise, too. This Gazetteer was initially included within the Descent Into Avernus marketing campaign ebook. In addition to that includes some motion in Baldur’s Gate, the marketing campaign really serves as a direct prequel to Baldur’s Gate 3, letting you play out the hellish fall of Elturel, expertise the Blood Battle that Karlach fought in, meet the arch-devil Xariel, and extra.
It has its flaws as a marketing campaign—enjoying via it a few years in the past I discovered it fairly unfocused, with plenty of leaping round between totally different kinds and tones—however enjoying Baldur’s Gate 3 I’ve been pleasantly stunned how related a lot of its occasions ended up being to the sport’s backstory.
If that sounds interesting, you may choose up Descent Into Avernus for $30 for on D&D Past. However in case you’d somewhat provide you with your personal Baldur’s Gate marketing campaign, you ought to be completely set with this Gazetteer for no cash in any respect.
