A new Icewind Dale would be easy money for Larian

[mobucks]

They wouldn't have to spend much on writing. Just build the maps/encounters, a simple main quest involving a dead cat carcass and BAM 10/10 tactics game.

Don't get me wrong I love the story heavy aspects of BG but the combat is deep enough that that could be it's own game.

I have fond memories of IWD and apparently I wasn't the only person that liked it since they made two of them.

[Azunai]

Not a bad idea. I would probably get such a game.

[Draiden]

That's a good story for Icewind dale 3

[Mirri]

I never got to IWD2 but I heard of it. I got sour when I lost my game save to a virus back in the day and haven't picked up the game since. The beginning of IWD was such a slog that I wasn't keen on going through it again. I do miss my old party though. Had a great necromancer that I was never really able to replicate later on.

[JustSmile]

IWD was one of my favourite games back in middle school. I still remember the hilarity of not having anyone with healing capabilities in my party in the first one and spending upwards of several months in every long rest. My party spent good two years in the Severed Hand. ;D

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Lariats will not be able to organize interesting fights and adventures at levels 1-20 of the progression

[talemore]

pathfinder inspired by the twin gods iisair and madae where iisair became sarenae and madae became iomedae

[talemore]

In pathfinder wotr Belhifet became baphomet

[Mirri]

Originally posted by JustSmile:

IWD was one of my favourite games back in middle school. I still remember the hilarity of not having anyone with healing capabilities in my party in the first one and spending upwards of several months in every long rest. My party spent good two years in the Severed Hand. ;D

I got stupid amounts of XP and treasure in the severed hand because my rests kept getting interrupted. This was also where my necromancer came in handy, planting skull traps where the rogue had scouted before starting aggro.

[Mirri]

Originally posted by dantrag28:

Originally posted by mobucks:

They wouldn't have to spend much on writing. Just build the maps/encounters, a simple main quest involving a dead cat carcass and BAM 10/10 tactics game.

Don't get me wrong I love the story heavy aspects of BG but the combat is deep enough that that could be it's own game.

I have fond memories of IWD and apparently I wasn't the only person that liked it since they made two of them.

A remake of the old IWD would involve going back to 3.5 rules since it is 500-600 years prior to the events of BG3. That would mean no Dragon-born, racial stat penalties & bonuses, and no cantrips for spell casters. Our best bet is for LS to release options for content creators.

Why? It hardly seems like the rules need to be tied to the era of the setting, unless you want the remake to be 100% faithful to the original game. I don't think it would be difficult to adjust the system. More of a pain might be addressing any lore that has become out of date.

[talemore]

looks familiar ?
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/At_the_Spine_of_the_World_4

[michael199310]

Or maybe we could get something fresh instead of jerking off to the same 3 titles since the '90? There are other regions in Faerun that exists beyond Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale and Neverwinter. And with current technology, someone could make a truly epic D&D video game with many regions filled to the brim with stuff.

[darkholyPL]

I would LOVE a new IWD game, but not in 5e...
Make it 3,5 and I'm down. DnD 5e as a system for a combat heavy crawler is just not going to cut it.

[talemore]

pretty much the elder scrolls is rehash of D&D

[Bramhar]

They must continue with expansion packs for quick money. Did you forget how much time and money they spent to build bg3?

[talemore]

5e was designed from 4e with combat in mind. The combat is frequent that concentration spells are needed since there be no time to prepare spells.

Likewise combats are to be prepared by DM adding a lore check before the encounter. These fires were created by magic. The water in the puddle turned into poison.