The Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game is getting its own Baldur’s Gate 3 DLC, all about a certain fan favourite vampire.
While Larian Studios continued to support Baldur’s Gate 3 with some meaty post-launch patches, there never was, and never will be, a proper DLC expansion, as the game is effectively abandoned.
Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, however, are fully aware of Baldur’s Gate 3’s popularity and are not going to want that cash cow to dry up, which is why they’re planning to partner with a new, currently unnamed, studio for the inevitable Baldur’s Gate 4.
They also appear eager to use Baldur’s Gate 3’s success to draw more people into Dungeons & Dragons (the tabletop role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 is based on) as evidenced by what, on paper, is essentially Baldur’s Gate 3 DLC.
For context, two new D&D books – Forgotten Realms: Heroes Of Faerûn and Forgotten Realms: Adventures In Faerûn – have been announced and they offer a bevy of new content, like new subclasses and new items.
The books will launch on November 11 and currently cost $59.99 (about £45) and $74.99 (about £55), respectively, but there is of course a more expensive Ultimate Bundle for $159.99 (about £119) that throws in several extras.
One of those extras, as explained on D&D Beyond, is a digital expansion called Astarion’s Book Of Hungers and, as you can probably guess, is centred around everyone’s favourite vampire party member from Baldur’s Gate 3.
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Aside from offering new pre-built D&D adventures that let you team up with Astarion before the events of Baldur’s Gate 3 (complete with some new backstory for his favourite tavern), the expansion will come with new options for building vampire characters.
The Ultimate Bundle also comes with two other digital expansions but it sounds like all three will be available as separate purchases, since individual prices are listed for them.
So, if you’re an Astarion fan and don’t care about any of the other additions, you can simply fork over $14.99 (about £11) for his expansion when it arrives on November 11.
Considering Baldur’s Gate 4 is likely many years away, it wouldn’t be surprising if Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast released more cross-promotional material like this, both to placate starving fans and attract new ones who may have exhausted themselves on Baldur’s Gate 3.
Although with how stuffed Baldur’s Gate 3 is, especially after all the patches, it’s hard to imagine you’ll ever run out of things to do.
Thanks to mods, it is entirely possible to craft your own custom campaigns (such as this one dubbed Path To Menzoberranzan that’s in development), although such campaigns aren’t supported by Larian’s official mod toolkit for Baldur’s Gate 3.
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