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<blockquote data-quote="Coroc" data-source="post: 7806224" data-attributes="member: 6895991"><p>Did play EoB 1-3 and Baldurs gate I and 2 and throne of baal and siege of shadowspear castle, own the 2e FR waterdeep city of splendors and the 2e undermountain 1 and 2. And I did play all of these games more than once. Did also paly neverwinter (not the mmorpg but the one from 2001, they also had some waterdeep and undermountain.</p><p></p><p>From a DM point of view I prefer waterdeep, because it gives me more freedom. The cinema in my head would always be influenced by the BG crpgs would I run something in BG. Also Waterdeep got skullport and undermountain and loads of portals, it is a more fundamental base for adventures. Wit waterdeep you can do a campaign totally ignoring politics and factions or totally integrating them into the scenario even making them a topic. For 2e material you got the noble families the thieves guild other guilds the masked rulers etc. that's a multitude of factions.</p><p>If the play material for BG is the same like the BG cprg you only got the Duke, the thieves guild and some high level mages as power players. In BG you cannot easily ignore the equivalent factions, otoh the motivation to work for or against them is much more difficult e.g. take the flaming fist, if your group is not totally a law and order gang then things get difficult for you if you are on the wrong side of the fist.</p><p></p><p>If the sewers are the same like in the CRPG then on this point BG wins, because they are much more realistic than both the stuff given in eob or in the actual boxed set.</p><p></p><p>As a player I cannot tell easily which one of these, but maybe waterdeep also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coroc, post: 7806224, member: 6895991"] Did play EoB 1-3 and Baldurs gate I and 2 and throne of baal and siege of shadowspear castle, own the 2e FR waterdeep city of splendors and the 2e undermountain 1 and 2. And I did play all of these games more than once. Did also paly neverwinter (not the mmorpg but the one from 2001, they also had some waterdeep and undermountain. From a DM point of view I prefer waterdeep, because it gives me more freedom. The cinema in my head would always be influenced by the BG crpgs would I run something in BG. Also Waterdeep got skullport and undermountain and loads of portals, it is a more fundamental base for adventures. Wit waterdeep you can do a campaign totally ignoring politics and factions or totally integrating them into the scenario even making them a topic. For 2e material you got the noble families the thieves guild other guilds the masked rulers etc. that's a multitude of factions. If the play material for BG is the same like the BG cprg you only got the Duke, the thieves guild and some high level mages as power players. In BG you cannot easily ignore the equivalent factions, otoh the motivation to work for or against them is much more difficult e.g. take the flaming fist, if your group is not totally a law and order gang then things get difficult for you if you are on the wrong side of the fist. If the sewers are the same like in the CRPG then on this point BG wins, because they are much more realistic than both the stuff given in eob or in the actual boxed set. As a player I cannot tell easily which one of these, but maybe waterdeep also. [/QUOTE]
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