D&D (2024) Anyone else hoping the BG chapter of the Forgotten Realms Adventurers Guide Has Rules For Surfaces BG3 Style?

[Henadic Theologian]

Anyone else hoping the BG chapter of the Forgotten Realms Adventurers Guide Has Rules For Surfaces BG3 Style?

 

[Scribe]

Anyone else hoping the BG chapter of the Forgotten Realms Adventurers Guide Has Rules For Surfaces BG3 Style?

No, not particularly the additional layer I would be looking for.

 

[Parmandur]

Anyone else hoping the BG chapter of the Forgotten Realms Adventurers Guide Has Rules For Surfaces BG3 Style?

I very much doubt it: that is a mechanic from Larian's prior games, and a prune example of the sort of thing which computers are excellent at doing that would be tedious busy work in table play.

I wouldn't expect that much in the way of variant rule systems, but rather more prep material such as seen in the Greyhawk Gazaterr in the DMG or the short low prep Adventures.

 

[pukunui]

I have never played any of Larian's games, including BG3. Could someone please explain to me what these surfaces are?

 

[Parmandur]

I have never played any of Larian's games, including BG3. Could someone please explain to me what these surfaces are?

Like Conditions for the ground, basically: so the player can break a casket of ale over a wooden floor, and set the alcohol on fire. Orvset a trap with an oil slick on the cobblestones.

 

[pukunui]

Like Conditions for the ground, basically: so the player can break a casket of ale over a wooden floor, and set the alcohol on fire. Orvset a trap with an oil slick on the cobblestones.

Ah I see. Thank you.

Those sound like they’d come under hazards or traps to me.

 

[Scribe]

Ah I see. Those sound like they’d come under hazards or traps.

You can also leave them behind with arrows (manyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy types of arrows) and spells.

 

[Yaarel]

Using these kinds of impromptu tactics, can also use skill checks to determine success, if there is any reason why it might not work.

 

[Parmandur]

Ah I see. Thank you.

Those sound like they’d come under hazards or traps to me.

It's the sort of thing that players and DMs will improv off of at the table but not as mathematically as BG3. Hence you may have heard jokes about "barrelmancy" for BG3.

 

[Sorinth]

It's the sort of thing that players and DMs will improve off of at the table but not as mathematically as BG3. Hence you may have heard jokes about "barrelmancy" for BG3.

Yeah a lot of it can and already is just improv. I've had AoE cold damage turn water into ice which created an ice hazard that you could fall on long before BG3 or even DOS did that stuff. Setting oil/grease on fire has been a staple as far back as I can remember, though ironically in this new edition they made the Grease spell non-flammable so the exact opposite of what the OP is hoping to see.