There's an official D&D supplement about the heroes and villains of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2

James Ohlen was lead designer on each of BioWare's Baldur's Gate video games, and now he's head of Archetype Entertainment, an internal studio working on story-driven videogames for Wizards of the Coast. Apparently he additionally had time to whip up a complement for Dungeons & Dragons based mostly on Baldur's Gate, with assist from another ex-BioWare veterans (Drew Karpyshyn, Brent Knowles, and Jesse Sky are within the credit). 

Minsc & Boo's Journal of Villainy comprises write-ups of characters from each the unique video games statted for D&D fifth version. Some are offered as potential patrons on your characters, others as opponents. It additionally particulars 4 cities from the video games (Athkatla, Suldanessellar, Ust Natha, and naturally Baldur's Gate), and 12 monsters that hadn't beforehand made it into 5E (like gibberlings, sword spiders, and phaerimm).

Whereas latest D&D dietary supplements have prevented nailing down too many specifics, leaving elements obscure so gamers be happy to fill within the blanks themselves, this guide is filled with element. There are guidelines and costs for getting magic gadgets in every of the cities, and the stat blocks for monsters have full spell lists. That stuff will turn out to be useful for lots of gamers—as will the stats for high-level massive bads like Mephistopheles and Bhaal—however a couple of of the character biographies include some surprises. Imoen appears to have ditched her magic research, and is a vampire now? They aren't as distant from the videogame variations as those from the (horrible) novels had been, nevertheless. And Minsc's write-up is ideal, itemizing his favored enemy as merely “evil”.

If you would like extra Baldur's Gate in D&D, Ohlen additionally wrote Heroes of Baldur's Gate, an journey set between the 2 videogames, which among the art work and monsters on this guide are recycled from. Heroes of Baldur's Gate was a third-party launch, printed with out the official Wizards of the Coast seal of approval, however Minsc & Boo's Journal of Villainy is certainly one of WotC's official books printed as a fundraiser for Extra Life, which raises cash for youngsters's hospitals. It's accessible as a pdf or print-on-demand by way of DriveThru RPG.