Murder at Baldur's Gate

Forgotten Realms: The Sundering Adventure Modules #1

by Ed Greenwood, Matt Sernet, Steve Winter

Wealth flows into the city of Baldur's Gate like water. As the rich luxuriate in their mansions atop the bluff and artisans ply their trades on the steep streets, masses of poor laborers swell the slums. Money and power beget political scandal, religious fervor, crime...and murder. No one feels safe on the rain-darkened streets. Strange, foreign gods are beseeched in secret shrines. The city is rife with corruption. And through it all, the body count keeps rising.

Genres: Dungeons and Dragons, Fantasy, Role Playing Games, Forgotten Realms

149 pages, ebook

First published August 20, 2013

About the author

Ed Greenwood is the creator of the Forgotten Realms fantasy world, which became the setting for his home D&D game in 1975. Play still continues in this long-running campaign, and Ed also keeps busy producing Realmslore for various TSR publications.

Ed has published over two hundred articles in Dragon magazine and Polyhedron newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the Role Playing Game Associaton (RPGA) network, has written over thirty books and modules for TSR, and been Gen Con Game Fair guest of honor several times.

In addition to all these activities, Ed works as a library clerk and has edited over a dozen small press magazines.

Invented the character Elminster from the popular Forgotten Realms RPG series. Currently resides in an old farmhouse in the countryside of Ontario, Canada.

Reviews

[Bert Janssens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent description of Baldur's Gate and the upheaval it faces. The adventure still requires a lot of work for the DM and on the spot brilliance but the material is excellent. I wished all fluff-books were as excellent as this....

[Ryan Nims]

Going to try my hand at DMing with this adventure. Seems like it could be a good mix of combat and roleplaying.

[Toni Payeras · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy buena base para crear aventuras en Baldur's Gate, con un poco de creatividad por parte del DM, se puede sacar una buena trama aprovechando los eventos subyacentes de la aventura. Es cierto que los PNJs son un poco exagerados e incoherentes, y la aventura no habla mucho de sus motivaciones, pero quizá eso sea lo que lo hace un buen molde sobre el que crear tu propio Baldur's Gate y generar aventuras interesantes en su interior.

La Guia del DM es especialmente detallada, y siento que después de jugarla, conozco muy bien los entresijos de la ciudad como para improvisar eventos y diferentes historias emergentes en ella.

[Álvar García · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy buena partida, en el plan "grimdark" tan de Warhammer y Canción de Hielo y Fuego. Lleva entre 7 y 10 sesiones jugarla.

[Carlos Castillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Espectacular, sólo para directores de juego con mucha experiencia y jugadores que les guste la intriga