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Larian Studios surprised gamers last year (2023) with its most recent CRPG to date, the third installment that continues the stories of Baldur's Gate. This saga was originally run by BioWare, however, due to fate, Wizard of the Coast ended up giving the IP to Larian Studios who created a sales success that influenced both the industry and the game on which it is based, since Baldur's Gate 3 has inspired a change in the rules of Dungeons & Dragons.
Few expected the resounding success of Baldur's Gate 3, given that its unpopular demographic is aimed at a niche group of gamers. However, Larian Studios managed to break the stigma towards this type of game by introducing something that very few games offer today: true freedomThe way of playing will not be the same for all players, having unique experiences in each game.
Baldur's Gate 3 has inspired the lead designer to change the rules of Dungeons & Dragons
On the other hand, while it changed the paradigm for tactical RPGs, It has also inspired the modification of the Dungeons and Dragons game manuals for 2024While the changes that will be implemented do not seem like a big deal, they will provide freedom and new possibilities for your next live role-playing campaigns.
This information has been gathered from a recently published video on the Dungeons and Dragons YouTube channel, where all the changes coming to the board game in the next iterations have been mentioned in detail. Most of the changes to be made concern spells. As stated by D&D's lead designerJeremy Crawford, «Spells like Cloud of Daggers, which remains stationary in the current ruleset, will now be mobile. The goal of this adjustment is to give players more strategic options during combat.«.
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But that won't be the only type of update for spells, as the requirements needed to cast some of them will also be reduced, the example given by the designer corresponded to the druids' “Produce Flame” spell. The decision of Implementing these new rules aims to solve frustrating problems that many players feel when playing at their table, that Baldur's Gate 3 knew how to translate well to a digital system and fortunately also works in conventional role-playing.