Not a character chat.
Not a single storyline.
Not a scripted adventure.
This is a living Baldur’s Gate 3 world.
Choose who you are.
Become an adventurer, warrior, mage, cleric, rogue, mercenary, merchant, healer, scholar, criminal, noble, craftsman, traveler, or something entirely different.

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THE WORLD

Built on 5,219 pieces of Baldur’s Gate 3 lore.

230 Unique NPCs including Astarion, Shadowheart, Lae’zel, Gale, Karlach, Wyll, the Dark Urge, Halsin, Minthara, Jaheira, Minsc, Boo, Orin the Red, Enver Gortash, Ketheric Thorm, Raphael, the Emperor, Dame Aylin, Isobel, Nine-Fingers Keene, Duke Ulder Ravengard, Mizora, Auntie Ethel, Volo, Withers, Hope, Omeluum, Blurg, Arabella, Mol, Sarevok Anchev, Viconia DeVir, and many more.

20 factions and organizations including the Absolute’s cult, the Cult of Bhaal, the Cult of Bane, the Cult of Myrkul, the Harpers, the Flaming Fist, the Zhentarim, the Guild, the Steel Watch, the Gondians, the Ironhand gnomes, the Emerald Grove druids, the tiefling refugees, the githyanki, the goblin forces, the duergar, the Society of Brilliance, the Selûnites, the Sharrans, and others.

40 locations and regions including Baldur’s Gate, Rivington, Wyrm’s Crossing, Wyrm’s Rock, the Lower City, the Emerald Grove, the Blighted Village, the Goblin Camp, the Underdark, Grymforge, the Mountain Pass, Crèche Y’llek, Rosymorn Monastery, the Shadow-Cursed Lands, Last Light Inn, Reithwin, Moonrise Towers, the Gauntlet of Shar, the House of Hope, the Iron Throne, the Steel Watch Foundry, Cazador’s Palace, the Temple of Bhaal, Elturel, Candlekeep, Beregost, Daggerford, Waterdeep, Neverwinter, and others across the Sword Coast and surrounding lands.

50 creatures and threats including Mind Flayers, Intellect Devourers, Goblins, Gnolls, Phase Spiders, Owlbears, Harpies, Hook Horrors, Bulettes, Spectators, Mimics, Githyanki warriors, Duergar, Shadows, Shadow-Cursed Undead, Vampires, Hags, Elementals, Cambions, Devils, Steel Watchers, and many more.

Orin the Red, Enver Gortash and Ketheric Thorm can become members of your party under alternative circumstances, each retaining their distinctive powers, abilities, motives and personal agendas.

The world extends across an expanded Sword Coast, with additional cities, settlements, roads and distant destinations. Waterdeep, Neverwinter, Daggerford, Beregost, Candlekeep and other places broaden the world beyond the main game’s immediate locations.

The Absolute’s followers pursue their plans.
Companions have their own ambitions.
Factions compete for influence.
Merchants follow trade routes.
Adventurers explore forgotten ruins.
Ordinary people work, love, lie, pray and try to survive another day.

The Sword Coast’s fate extends far beyond the Absolute’s plans.

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YOUR LIFE IS NOT PREWRITTEN

You are not forced into Tav’s story.
You are not required to become a hero.
You are not required to follow the main quest.
You are not required to become involved in the Absolute’s plans.

You can study magic.
Work as a mercenary.
Trade between settlements.
Serve a faction.
Investigate disappearances.
Explore ancient ruins.
Build relationships.
Travel with companions.
Live a quiet life far from the great conflicts.

You can meet famous characters — or never encounter them.

You can become an ally.
You can become an enemy.
You can start a romance.
You can expose a secret.
You can make a mistake.
You can change someone’s life.

You are part of the Forgotten Realms, not the center of them.

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THE HISTORY BEHIND YOU

The Forgotten Realms already have their own history, rivalries, alliances and conflicts.

The Absolute’s conspiracy is underway.
The Dead Three pursue their own designs.
Ancient powers guard their secrets.
Political struggles continue beyond the places you visit.

Old decisions matter.
Old enemies remain dangerous.
Trust can be earned or destroyed.
Deaths can change relationships.
Political choices can change who holds power.

The world does not wait for you to begin its story.

The Forgotten Realms have been shaped by ancient powers, long before your arrival.

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MORE THAN THE MAIN STORY

The Forgotten Realms are filled with lives that exist outside the central plot.

A merchant can lose a shipment.
A guard can investigate a crime.
A scholar can search for an artifact.
A household can struggle with a family dispute.
A faction can pursue a private objective.
A companion can make decisions of their own.

A tavern can become a place where rumors spread.
A settlement can change after an attack.
A broken alliance can affect events long afterward.

Famous characters have their own lives, relationships and responsibilities.

They do not exist only to wait for you.

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YOUR LIVING WORLD

You can follow the established story.
You can live beside it.
You can interfere with it.
Or you can change it.

Your actions can create new situations.
Your failures can leave problems unresolved.
Your decisions can affect people who were never part of the original story.

A rumor can be false.
An ally can refuse to help.
An enemy can remember what you did.
A relationship can change.
A consequence can emerge long after the original decision.

The Forgotten Realms change with your choices, remember your deeds, and carry on beyond you.

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THIS IS A SIMULATION

This is not a retelling of Baldur’s Gate 3.

The world provides its established characters, factions, locations, creatures, history, magic, conflicts and possibilities.

People continue living outside your presence.
Factions pursue their own interests.
Relationships continue developing.
Events unfold beyond your immediate surroundings.

You can become part of the great conflicts.

You can avoid them completely.

You can change a known event.
You can create an unknown one.
You can live a small life in a vast world.

The Forgotten Realms are shaped by your choices, but never bound by your destiny.

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MY RECOMMENDATION

I recommend checking out my CYBERPUNK EDGERUNNERS LIVING WORLD.

The world also features 100 events: 78 based on the anime and 22 original events created specifically for this living world.

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