You ever considered why you discover so many potent, highly effective magic objects in Baldur’s Gate 3? No, actually—whereas many of the locations you delve into are harmful, they’re additionally deserted and misplaced to the ravages of time. Why within the 9 hells is there the arcane equal of a fully-functioning Glock in some chest within the deep wilderness?
Turns on the market’s precise, honest-to-Mystra D&D lore justifications for this, and so they contain a kindly previous Wizard. This is not substantiated in-game—however it’s one hell of a deep-cut that justified why I maintain discovering enchanted cloaks on corpses.
As noticed by SurroundBulky4109 on the game’s subreddit (thanks, TheGamer), a passage within the 26-year previous guide “The Temptation of Elminster” by Ed Greenwood particulars the adventures of Elminster himself as one in all Mystra’s chosen. Elminster, in fact, takes stage in Baldur’s Gate 3 as an previous good friend of Gale, in addition to the bearer of Faerûn’s worst fantasy textual content message from an ex on the high of Act 2.
The passage itself follows Elminster getting into into The Crypt of Moondark. To not pilfer it, however to add wealth to it. Hilariously, it reads:
“Eaergladden Moondark had died destitute, begging his kin for just a few coppers with which to purchase a roasting-fowl… however who, save one Elminster, was nonetheless alive to keep in mind that? So completed a mage as Eaergladden may fairly effectively have had a wand, and naturally a spellbook.” He proceeds to then put a wand, a spellbook, and a dagger within the tomb for later adventurers to seek out.
“This work took up a lot of his time within the service of Mystra, today, at her bidding, Elminster travelled Faerûn visiting ruins and the tombs of lifeless mages, planting ‘previous’ scrolls, spellbooks, minor enchanted objects, and even the occasional workers for later people to seek out… and all such leavings have been in fact objects she’d simply completed Grafting, and made to look previous.”
So not solely are the magic objects most D&D gamers discover finish forgeries from the mom of magic herself—they don’t seem to be even antiques. Elminster’s generosity is nice for tomb raiders, however should’ve wrecked havoc on any well-meaning historian attempting to place collectively Faerûn’s historical past.
The explanation? Mystra simply desires magic to be proliferated, relatively than within the palms of “just a few archwizards lording it over the spell-poor or magically barren, as had occurred within the days of misplaced Netheril.” I shan’t delve into it an excessive amount of to keep away from spoilers, however contemplating Gale’s situation in Baldur’s Gate 3, the plot thread of Mystra’s opposition to Netheril is stored alive and effectively practically 26 years later.
Contemplating his involvement within the game’s story, it is extraordinarily potential that—for the lion’s share of things you discover not on already-legendary creatures—Elminster Claus put them there. So there you have got it: I’ve apparently received a futzy previous wizard to thank for the gear that turned my Honour Mode bard into an absolute monster.
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