It’s out! Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus has been released! I’ve bought it three times already. Once with the normal cover, once with the special edition cover, and once in the D&D Beyond digital format. Two of them will likely see heavy use. The other, not so much. I’ve been playing D&D for a long time. I played a bit in the Forgotten Realms when … Continue reading The Best Baldur’s Gate Adventure
Only four players were at my table this week for Murder in Baldur's Gate: Lee was back, but Harry and Rich had other commitments. Paul's 4E table had five players. We were playing through Stage 4 of the adventure; this stage is fairly light on actual incident involving the players. The two major events were Rilsa Rael manoeuvring the garbage collectors to go on strike, … Continue reading Murder in Baldur’s Gate – The Lumber Affair
I began this session of Murder in Baldur’s Gate began with some material from the previous stage; members of the Flaming Fist harassing workmen from the Outer City. Jonas Valerian (Tim) had been in the Lower City causing trouble and so witnessed this; he and his friends persuaded the Flaming Fist to back off. This earned them a summons from Ulder Ravengard, who was impressed … Continue reading Murder in Baldur’s Gate – The Hands of Fate
The fourth session of Murder in Baldur's Gate saw my D&D Next table having eight players whilst Paul's 4E table had five players. I would have much preferred to have fewer players, but I wasn't willing to turn people away. Thankfully, I'm not unused to running such large tables – the last year of my AD&D campaign has made me quite familiar with those numbers … Continue reading Murder in Baldur’s Gate – Unrest Rising
We’ve finally reached Stage 1 of the Murder in Baldur’s Gate adventure; it only took us three sessions! The first two were consumed by the introductory material as expanded by the Launch event. We had two tables of six players and a DM for this session, with Paul running 4E and me running Next. The table composition was slightly different from last week with Callan … Continue reading Murder in Baldur’s Gate: Stage 1 report
Murder in Baldur’s Gate continued with me running the remainder of the Introductory Stage; the Launch Weekend event expanded a small part of the stage into a 2-hour session, but there was still a major part of the stage to run: the meetings with the movers and shakers of the adventure. The characters had been invited to three meetings, but the timing and distance between … Continue reading Murder in Baldur’s Gate: Introductory Stage report
Our journey through Murder in Baldur’s Gate began this weekend. I’m running it as part of the D&D Encounters program at my local gaming store, and so we all participated in the Launch Weekend event. My biggest worry going into the event was one of numbers; we’d been sent two copies of the special adventure for the launch, and I was extremely worried there would … Continue reading Murder in Baldur’s Gate: Launch Event – report (spoilers!)
Although the release date for Murder in Baldur's Gate hasn't yet come for us, I was able to browse through the adventure as part of my preparation for the upcoming D&D Encounters season. My initial reaction to the Launch Weekend adventure was "challenging". That assessment stands for the full adventure. After a run of adventures during the 4E era that were written for – basically … Continue reading Murder in Baldur’s Gate – Some DMing Skill Required (minor spoilers)
This weekend is the Launch Weekend for Murder in Baldur's Gate – well, more properly for the D&D Encounters season that uses that adventure, but the adventure itself will be out in a few days (for regular stores – it's been out for a bit longer for stores Wizards like more). For those stores participating, Wizards have sent them copies of a special adventure. It's … Continue reading Murder in Baldur’s Gate: Launch Weekend – a preview
