Baldur’s Gate 3 Stars Neil Newbon and Samantha Béart Played a Game of D&D as Their Actual Characters
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Stars Neil Newbon and Samantha Béart Played a Game of D&D as Their Actual Characters

Dungeons & Dragons celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at Gen Con, the biggest tabletop sport conference in North America, by pulling in Baldur’s Gate 3 stars Neil Newbon and Samantha Béart for a one shot marketing campaign role-playing as their precise characters from the sport: Astarion and Karlach.

The journey noticed Important Function alumnus Aabria Iyengar act as Dungeon Grasp whereas Anjali Bhimani and Brennan Lee Mulligan joined Newbon and Béart as gamers. “Hey troopers, my identify’s Karlach Cliffgate,” the latter mentioned when introducing herself, to immense cheers from the gang.

“Tonight I’ve determined I will play a sure paler vampire sort out for a good time,” Newbon mentioned on his flip. “So my identify’s Astarion. Howdy darling.” Your entire marketing campaign could be watched on the (*3*) YouTube channel.

It started as Astarion and Karlach, alongside fellow adventurers Miriannan and Dorbin Kragstone, arrived at a shady tavern hidden amongst the jagged rocks and mushrooms of the Underdark, a area featured in Act 1 of Baldur’s Gate 3.

The marketing campaign additionally previewed the subsequent era of Dungeons & Dragons guidelines — which come into impact with the revised Participant’s Handbook on September 17, 2024 however will not launch absolutely till the Dungeon Grasp’s Information and Monster Guide arrive on November 12, 2024 and February 18, 2025 respectively — alongside the upcoming digital 3D battle map software program referred to as Venture Sigil.

Baldur’s Gate 3 was the shock hit of 2023, as the Dungeons & Dragons primarily based sport captured the eye of followers in unprecedented methods with its seemingly limitless methods to sort out a seemingly limitless quantity of conditions. Beloved characters like Astarion and Karlach have been on the coronary heart of the expertise, and the discharge of a number of main subsequent patches has stored curiosity excessive.

In our 10/10 evaluate of the sport, IGN mentioned: “With crunchy, tactical RPG fight, a memorable story with advanced characters, extremely polished cinematic presentation, and a world that at all times rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur’s Gate 3 is the brand new high-water mark for CRPGs.”

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.

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