BG3
riyahhassett
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I hope BG3 plots deals with attracting followers to the god of your choice. During the time of troubles Ao decreed that a god's power was tied to his number of followers. So when one creates their PC choosing a god would be part of the process/early quests. It would be epic to have different gods courting CHARNAME. I would like to see priest/paladin/monk kits for every god. After earning status/rep PC would become one the chosen like Mystra did, granting special powers for non-faith based classes. I could imagine demigods attracting mortal followers and viaing for god status. Wars erupting against different factions could be a online RTS aspect of the game. Race wars and alliances would be another aspect. All the money gained from adventuring could be spent in new ways like building temples and building up large amounts of followers. End game could be becoming chosen/king/high priest/general/rock star of your chosen race and religion. Forgotten Realms has a wealth of history to draw upon and that could be the crown jewel of BG3 as it was in the previous installments.
Starting areas would be different based on race and religion giving epic replay ability. For example a wizard would might become a pupil of Elmister. A drow ranger could be a pupil of dritzz. Evil surface elves could start out the game by being cast out of elven society (one of my favorites). Could you imagine being able to play any race from the forgotten realms and having your own custom area based on your character creation?
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Mounts as status symbols/something to buy/faster travel would be epic. Every kind of mount from Dragons to flying owls and everything else one has read in a novel. Mounts based on race. Female Paladins/ Elves get unicorns. Spellcasters and Druids gain special travel advantages like teleport/flight!
Non-weapon profiencies would be round out the role playing aspect of the game.
Online gladiator pits! Online profiles of your charcters and so guild could be formed. Everyone would try it once.
P.S. If you remake the TSR games for the Ipad ill buy 'em.
Starting areas would be different based on race and religion giving epic replay ability. For example a wizard would might become a pupil of Elmister. A drow ranger could be a pupil of dritzz. Evil surface elves could start out the game by being cast out of elven society (one of my favorites). Could you imagine being able to play any race from the forgotten realms and having your own custom area based on your character creation?
. Mounts as status symbols/something to buy/faster travel would be epic. Every kind of mount from Dragons to flying owls and everything else one has read in a novel. Mounts based on race. Female Paladins/ Elves get unicorns. Spellcasters and Druids gain special travel advantages like teleport/flight!
Non-weapon profiencies would be round out the role playing aspect of the game.
Online gladiator pits! Online profiles of your charcters and so guild could be formed. Everyone would try it once.
P.S. If you remake the TSR games for the Ipad ill buy 'em.
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Given how the BG storyline "ended" with the latest WotC release concerning Adrian's fate, I'm quite skeptical of a continuation of the series. It was great while it lasted, time for something new.
Just hope, without much expectation, that BG3 have 2 separated storylines, 2 world wide adventures with tons of gamehours to play in the same title. One for a charname that choose to become the new deity of murderer and another for a charname that refuse the essence at the end of BG2, ToB.
An divine adventure in D&D could bring a new perspective to D&D games, as this was never done before. To play as a god in the multi-verse could bring many new elements, as clean and secure your divine plane as an reflex of who you are, manipulate events in the material plane, manifest as an avatar and act in the material plane, invade other deities planes or take control of non-claimed planes, gather faithful to worship you.
An change in the nature of the plane based on the main char alignment, the new deity, could even move that plane from it's position in the multi-verse, draggin it from the abyss to other related aligned places in the multi-verse (as was done in PS:T with the neutral plane that was being dragged to Carceri).
People can (and some probally will) disagree with me, but i see a lot of potential here.
By another side, an main char that refused the divine ascenssion in ToB would be an very powerful mortal anyway, leading him to a lot of new important events and draggin the attention of many powers on Faerûn and the multi-verse.
But then, maybe i'm just rambling about something not possible of be done.
The divine char name BG3 would probally follow some features of Black & White game. Of course D&D is a much more complex game and we would need to go a lot deeper in terms of storyline and lore than the pointed game. I never played black & white but i believe it's an strategy alike game, in my idea of a BG3 this can be part of the game but not the whole game otherwise will not be an D&D RPG system anymore.
1. recognizability
2. profitability
3. fucking money
I.e. same reasons why we got Syndicate sequel... as an FPS.
If the PC became a god, I guess the first question would be whether he survived the Spellplague. There's also the fact that outside of the Immortals set and a couple other very old products, D&D has never really supported playing a deity.
Mucking things up more is the fact that in terms of Realms canon, the main character (in this case, Abdel Adrian) recently got featured in the Murder in Baldur's Gate module, which in my opinion feels like a kick to the nads because, without going into spoilers, it renders the main goal of the saga pointless. Regardless, that is now out and it's the first module targeted at the new 5th edition Realms, so it's pretty firmly in continuity.
Maybe WotC has changed a bit, but my understanding is that they don't like computer games that muck around with the continuity of their settings. A Baldur's Gate 3 would probably have to change some significant details about how the Spellplague turned out and would have to throw out Murder in Baldur's Gate entirely in order to work effectively.
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Divine_Ranks
So in fact there is material to use into an divine adventure, the question is that really it was never done before, will Beamdog have the guts and skill to make it epic? That's something to be seen yet.
This sole link already gave me thousands of ideas for a divine adventure!
I really like prequel-idea. Several plots to weave in, even Firkraag! Sounds like fun.
Plus, if they did do a direct sequel or prequel, they would have the bar set so enormously high that fanboys would never give it the credit it deserved...because....nostalgia is a bugger.
You start out as a level 1 character. As you move out into the world, you start hearing rumors about "What ever happened to the Bhaalspawn". You explore further into it and start uncovering interesting things like Saravok and Irenicus. Only someone is stirring the pot again.
It could go on from that perspective, possibly making you a descendant of the original Charname, possibly in the same way that Charname was a descendant of Bhaal. Or you might end up fighting Bhaalspawn that never got nicked in the original series. Or maybe you got deposed as a God and got sent back as a level 1 and have to fight your way back? That is the theory that I like the best.
I personally think that any story line attempting to push your original character beyond level 40 would not be D&D. It might be fun and all, but it wouldn't feel the same game in my estimation.
Honestly, I don't care if they destroy my levels for entertainment. Besides, sometimes I have a character that I want to roleplay further and bring them to an entirely new series just because Baldur's Gate only goes so far. Wherever I take them they are level 1 all over again
And we know a showdown with Cyric would be epic....maybe with a god killing sword that he has a past
with? maybe tie the conflict to the spellplague? And how bout companions that are equal in power and ability Elminster,khelben blacstaff etc.
How about a visit to Waterdeep? There is so much more to expanding this story arc than a prequel or new
story all together.