D&D Dungeon Masters list their biggest issues with Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 has become a fantastic entry point to Dungeons & Dragons and is growing the hobby. There are some drawbacks for Dungeon Masters though and they\u2019ve listed some misconceptions of newcomers at the tabletop. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has brought many new players to the roleplaying game on which it\u2019s based but it has caused some confusion. We can\u2019t help but feel partly to blame given that we did say the game is the perfect excuse to give D&D a try. Of course, given the game\u2019s meteoric rise in popularity and the obvious crossover in fandom, it was sure to have an impact on D&D. Even veterans of the classic roleplaying game have confessed that Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has changed the way they play. Knowing the written rules of D&D helps convert certain Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 tricks to the tabletop but new players have developed some unrealistic expectations. Dungeon Masters on the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 Subreddit have listed some of the things they\u2019ve had to tell recent D&D converts coming from the game. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 offers players a lot of freedom in how they approach situations in and out of combat, and while it\u2019s inspired by D&D, it\u2019s not a one-to-one recreation. u\/bughunter_ kicked the conversation off with a list of \u201cthings DMs now have to tell their new players after Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u201d. \u201cNo, you cannot throw a healing potion at your downed party member,\u201d they put forward as an example. \u201cNo, you cannot send one character back to the shopkeeper and transfer the entire dragon horde to his inventory.\u201d The initial list inspired plenty of other players and DMs to relay their own experiences in which Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 attempted to bleed onto the tabletop. \u201cNo, you can\u2019t save scum that dice roll,\u201d one user quipped, though with Advantage, you can do something close. Some of the game\u2019s more famous moments would undoubtedly make for hilarious in a D&D session. The most obvious was there for the taking. \u201cNo Kevin, you can\u2019t shag a bear,\u201d commented one user, who we hope wasn\u2019t speaking from experience but hey, it\u2019s probably been asked somewhere. Some Dungeon Masters did point out that there aren\u2019t really hard and fast laws to D&D. As Captain Barbosa would say, they\u2019re \u201cmore what you\u2019d call \u2018guidelines\u2019 than actual rules\u201d. \u201cAll of these can easily be \u2018yes you can\u2019. You\u2019re a DM. You can do whatever you want if the players enjoy it,\u201d one seasoned game master explained. \u201cI don\u2019t really care about the rules as long as players are laughing and having a good time. I let a lot of things slide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
D&D Dungeon Masters list their biggest issues with Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 has become a fantastic entry point to Dungeons & Dragons and is growing the hobby. There are some drawbacks for Dungeon Masters though and they\u2019ve listed some misconceptions of newcomers at the tabletop. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has brought many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}