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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 9399623" data-attributes="member: 58416">I think that's a fair assessment from the point of view of a potential publisher.From my own perspective, it's interesting to be having this discussion about D&amp;D while also playing through Balder's Gate 3. Larian constructed a narrative that makes use of adult-themed material as well as some rather harsh social conflict. None of it is glorified or &quot;made light of,&quot; but there are times when it is highlighted as a source of conflict or even as something that a player might manipulate. (For example, I breezed through a lot of the Underdark by using magic to look like a female Drow and using skills like deception, persuasion, and intimidation to play upon the sexism upon which that culture is based.)BG3 has been largely lauded (and rightfully so, as it is a good game with a compelling narrative). If the same adventure path was put into paper form for tabletop D&amp;D, I would be curious to see how the tabletop audience would judge the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 9399623, member: 58416"] I think that's a fair assessment from the point of view of a potential publisher. From my own perspective, it's interesting to be having this discussion about D&D while also playing through Balder's Gate 3. Larian constructed a narrative that makes use of adult-themed material as well as some rather harsh social conflict. None of it is glorified or "made light of," but there are times when it is highlighted as a source of conflict or even as something that a player might manipulate. (For example, I breezed through a lot of the Underdark by using magic to look like a female Drow and using skills like deception, persuasion, and intimidation to play upon the sexism upon which that culture is based.) BG3 has been largely lauded (and rightfully so, as it is a good game with a compelling narrative). If the same adventure path was put into paper form for tabletop D&D, I would be curious to see how the tabletop audience would judge the game. [/QUOTE]

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