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Dungeons & Dragons rules update includes changes prompted by game's lead designer playing Baldur's Gate 3


The latest round of rule changes coming to Dungeons & Dragons were partly inspired by the experience of playing Baldur'…

The latest round of rule changes coming to Dungeons & Dragons were partly inspired by the experience of playing Baldur's Gate 3, the game's creator Wizards of the Coast has revealed. Watch on YouTube For example, a major buff to Cloud of Daggers, the powerful area-of-effect spell which does exactly what it says on the tin, allows players to move it around the battlefield. These now all give players temporary hitpoints based on the form they may be changing into, rather than a separate distinct set of hit points that are effectively treated as freebie.

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