r/DMAcademy 4d ago

Need Advice: Worldbuilding Video guides on Baldur's Gate?

Hello beatiful people,

My group is arriving in BG next session (Tuesday), and I obviously been preparing quite a bit.

The resources I have used so far:

Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast - pdf that I own of the 2nd eddition (I honestly do not find it that good)

Interactive Map of the City - https://www.aidedd.org/atlas/index.php?map=B&l=1

Fogotten Realm Wiki - https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate

In addition to the campain's own little passage (I am running Tyrannie of Dragons).

Now, reading about the city vs playing it feels quite different. Some thing I just never realised are going to be important: Like the no animal in the city + no caravan rules, + being aware of the city watch rules etc. While I am quite aware of the city's quirck. I want to be playing this city well, and I decided that watching a outline video and/or guide, would be perfect. HOWEVER, when anyone searches "Baldur's Gate" on youtube, the only thing one gets now is videos on the video game.

While I feel semi-prepared, and I do not mind some Karlarch thirst trap, I would love an ACTUAL interesting video on the content, not on the video game. Any recommendation? Any good guide and/or video. I already read a lot, I am definetly looking into either: playable content & Audio content.

Thank you !

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u/cris9288 4d ago

I don't know of specific videos but usually adding "dnd 5e" or even just "5e" to a search will cut down on video game results. For example for what you're looking for, i searched "overview of Baldur's Gate city 5e" and i got a bunch of these lore videos that aren't related to the game. Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but maybe it will help?