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How Baldur’s Gate 3 Uses The Tabletop Rules Of Dungeons & Dragons (2024)

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It's been 20 years since the last expansion to hit a Baldur's Gate game. Hasbro is betting that the current renaissance of will translate into strong sales of a brand new Baldur's Gate made by the same studio that brought us Divinity: Original Sin. Larian Studios is no stranger to adapting tabletop gameplay to video games, but when it comes to Baldur's Gate 3, they wanted to ensure as faithful a representation of D&D rules as possible.

In an interview with IGN, combat designer Matt Holland at Larian talked about just how closely Baldur's Gate will mirror the current rules for Dungeons & Dragons.