D&D 5E D&D Beyond Offers A Free Baldur's Gate Gazetteer

In Baldur’s Gate, thievery, blackmail, and illegal trade runs rampant. Now you can journey to this dangerous city of the Sword Coast with the Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer. Learn about each of the city’s districts and key locations and people, and unlock backgrounds for your next Baldurian character!

The Gazetter includes:

• History of Baldur's Gate
• Baldur's Gate Today
• Government
• Citizenry
• Economy and Trade
• Religion
• Dangers in Baldur's Gate
• City Landmarks
• Upper City
• Lower City
• Outer City
• Beyond Baldur's Gate
• Baldur's Gate Character Backgrounds
• Dark Secrets

The Gazetteer is quite sizable, and mainly lore-based, with two new NPC stat blocks (Nine-Fingers Keene, and Rilasa Real), some random encounter tables, and information on how the regular D&D character backgrounds fit in. There's also a new background, the Faceless. Finally there are some rules about 'Dark Secrets' which are a background element which the party shares.

Claim Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer now! - D&D Beyond

www.dndbeyond.com

 

[pukunui]

The D&DNext adventure Murder in Baldurs Gate came with a really useful DM screen for running the city. It'd be really cool if they offered that as a PDF so you could make your own screen. I think the gazetter that came with that adventure is pretty close to this gazetter.

Yeah, the Descent into Avernus gazetteer is an update of the MiBG gazetteer. You'll note that there's even a cheeky reference to MiBG in the Dark Secrets section. And yeah, the DM screen is fantastic. (So is the one for the similar Legacy of the Crystal Shard, which also featured a gazetteer of Icewind Dale, which got updated in the Rime of the Frostmaiden book.)

I missed all the D&D Next material. I would like to see those converted (as much as is necessary) to 5E and made available again.

I have an email from Greg Bilsland, back when he was still with WotC, in which he states that they were considering updating the Next adventures to the final 5e rules, but they never got around to it, which is a shame. Scourge of the Sword Coast is, I think, one of the best adventures WotC has ever put out. It's criminally under-rated. (One of the things I love about it is how all of the adventure locations are well and truly jaquayed.)

 

[mamba]

I missed all the D&D Next material. I would like to see those converted (as much as is necessary) to 5E and made available again.

you can get them on DMsG, minus the conversion

Dreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast (D&D Next) - Wizards of the Coast | D&D 5th Edition | Dungeon Masters Guild

Dreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast (D&D Next) - Dreams of the Red Wizards Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle chronicled the efforts of the Red Wizards to unlock the power of

www.dmsguild.com

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Imagine an evolving FRCS that grows over time on DDB, with monthly/quarterly updates.

Metaplot with monthly releases would probably horrify as many people as it thrilled.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

you can get them on DMsG, minus the conversion

Dreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast (D&D Next) - Wizards of the Coast | D&D 5th Edition | Dungeon Masters Guild

Dreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast (D&D Next) - Dreams of the Red Wizards Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle chronicled the efforts of the Red Wizards to unlock the power of

www.dmsguild.com

Is Against the Cult of Chaos available? That's the one I really want, and I don't see it. Am I misremembering the name?

 

[Parmandur]

I missed all the D&D Next material. I would like to see those converted (as much as is necessary) to 5E and made available again.

[Several paragraphs of ranting and raving redacted.]

I mean, they are available for sale.in PDF form?

 

[Nikosandros]

Scourge of the Sword Coast is, I think, one of the best adventures WotC has ever put out. It's criminally under-rated. (One of the things I love about it is how all of the adventure locations are well and truly jaquayed.)

I've had the privilege of briefly working with Tito Leati and he's truly a creative writer.

 

[MrMcQ]

No PDF, pity.

 

[MockingBird]

Yeah, the Descent into Avernus gazetteer is an update of the MiBG gazetteer. You'll note that there's even a cheeky reference to MiBG in the Dark Secrets section. And yeah, the DM screen is fantastic. (So is the one for the similar Legacy of the Crystal Shard, which also featured a gazetteer of Icewind Dale, which got updated in the Rime of the Frostmaiden book.)


I have an email from Greg Bilsland, back when he was still with WotC, in which he states that they were considering updating the Next adventures to the final 5e rules, but they never got around to it, which is a shame. Scourge of the Sword Coast is, I think, one of the best adventures WotC has ever put out. It's criminally under-rated. (One of the things I love about it is how all of the adventure locations are well and truly jaquayed.)

I have Scourge of the Sword Coast as well, it is a good adventure. I've read through it but never got the chance to run it.

 

[Nikosandros]

No PDF, pity.

Since WotC bought DDB, they have moved away from PDFs, even the very few that they released.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

The lost of the smaller pre-packaged module they had during Next in the greatest of 5e tragedies.

A DM pamphlet with the adventure, a pamphlet with the DM notes and monsters, a lore gazetteer for the players and soft Dmscreen that double as a folio to hold all of that together? I was perfect.

I would probably not be profitable for WotC to do those products nowadays with print cost and all that, though.