When BioWare designed Baldur’s Gate in 1998, it already had almost 25 years of D&D history to draw from.
When BioWare designed Baldur’s Gate in 1998, it already had almost 25 years of D&D history to draw from. The result is one of the most varied and exciting bestiaries in RPG history. across the two games and their expansions, the Bhaalspawn battles all manner of dreadful beasts, from trifling kobolds and rats, to powerful mind flayers and beholders.
But the beauty of Baldur’s Gate is that, thanks to the depth of its combat, even the most powerful enemies can be outsmarted by a clever player. Mind flayers can drain Intelligence, but what if the thing they’re attacking has no Intelligence to drain? Cast the Animate Dead spell to send a horde of mindless skeletons to attack. But that’s just one solution: search Google for any enemy in the game followed by the word ‘strategy’ and you’ll find pages of people on forums sharing their own tactics.
Another product of the monster design is making the world feel genuinely intimidating. When you’re creeping through a dungeon, the fog of war unfurling before you, there’s a palpable feeling of dread. Your mind starts racing: what if there’s a beholder around this corner? Or a lich waiting in the next chamber? The dungeon designers often lull you into a false sense of security with skeletons and spiders, then suddenly spring a vampire or a group of adamantine golems on you.
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