D&D General Watch the Baldur's Gate 3 Cast Play 'What We Do In The Shadow-Cursed Lands'

At MGM Comic Con in London (where the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide made its world debut), WotC's Jeremy Crawford ran a live Dungeons & Dragons adventure on stage for the cast of Baldur's Gate 3.

Neil Newbon played Astarion, the Elf Arcane Trickster Rogue; Samantha Béart played Karlach, the Tiefling Barbarian; Theo Solomon played Wyll, the Fiendish Warlock; and Devora Wilde played Lae'zel, the Githyanki Fighter.

The adventure was called What We Do in The Shadow-Cursed Lands, and features the 2024 D&D rules.

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I love that Neil Newbon is embracing his new opportunities as an actual play star.

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

Watching now.

I feel this is a good way to leverage BG3's popularity and make people who liked BG3 maybe take a look at 2024 5e that may not have been exposed to it already.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Would be a crime not to get them doing a BG3 cartoon or movie or a side game. Something!

Like do something with this cast and characters.

But I know WotC is allergic to good ideas.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Would be a crime not to get them doing a BG3 cartoon or movie or an EXPANSION.

Like do something with this cast and characters.

But I know WotC is allergic to good ideas.

An actual play mini-series with them seems like a relatively easy and inexpensive (compared to a BG3 expansion) way to go.

 

[DarkCrisis]

An actual play mini-series with them seems like a relatively easy and inexpensive (compared to a BG3 expansion) way to go.

Be nice to see them play an actual campaign instead of just 2 hour one shots on occasion

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

Would be a crime not to get them doing a BG3 cartoon or movie or a side game. Something!

Like do something with this cast and characters.

But I know WotC is allergic to good ideas.

It's not that Wizards is allergic to good ideas.

I learned during the Kickstarter that became Legend of Vox Machina, a single episode - with the players voicing their own characters - would have been $750-800k USD. The KS exploded, and they kept expanding it. It ended up with, I believe, over $12M -- which was enough to get Amazon to bankroll and get behind it.

So I don't think it's 'being allergic to the idea' as much as financials. Especially if you also go back and look at the history of the original D&D cartoon show in the 80s. The reason He-Man, GI Joe, and Transformers succeeded on tv were because they had active toy lines - or in GI Joe's case, active comic books - available to make money

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

Be nice to see them play an actual campaign instead of just 2 hour one shots on occasion

It would be nice to see, but I think the issue is scheduling the players. They are active working voice actors that need to be available for their real job - unlike CR where it was their hobby before it became their second job.,

 

[AK_Ambrian]

Would be a crime not to get them doing a BG3 cartoon or movie or a side game. Something!

Like do something with this cast and characters.

But I know WotC is allergic to good ideas.

Unless Larian Studios got involved with the writing, which I don't think they would, I don't think it would be the same unfortunately. Baldur's Gate 3's plot points, character developments and lore have aspects which I don't think WotC is comfortable doing anymore. The game was based on early 5E lore (Volo's Guide To Monsters/Mordenkainen's Tome Of Foes etc) which has now been expunged from 'official' D&D.

 

[Scribe]

Baldur's Gate 3's plot points, character developments and lore have aspects which I don't think WotC is comfortable doing anymore. The game was based on the early 5E lore (Volo's Guide To Monsters/Mordenkainen's Tome Of Foes etc) which has now been expunged from 'official' D&D.

Sad.