Baldur's Gate 3 is great for RPGs... but also might ruin WOTC's plan for D&D (Rules Lawyer)

115K views • 3 years ago • 18:56 The runaway success of Baldur's Gate 3, based on D&D 5e, is enriching WOTC and popularizing D&D even more, but it might RUIN their entire plan for D&D. 0:00 Intro 1:08 WOTC's banking on the D&D VTT 3:05 Roll for Combat stream on BG3 and the VTT 7:32 Potential for modding in BG3 11:00 Prospects for WOTC 12:58 ♪ I've got a theory ♪ 17:05 Closing thoughts ================== LINKS/SOURCES: ROLL FOR COMBAT stream "Will Baldur's Gate 3 Save Dungeons & Dragons?" https://youtu.be/VhTSdLY_2Ho?t=1097 Rules Lawyer videos covering the WOTC OGL scandal: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5LfnOlAZRY5uhKF6k2KC-cCkWZOFTcS7 BG3 entering Top 10 of all time on Steam: polygon.com/23822603/baldurs-gate-3-steam-charts "Every Insider Leak I've Been Given on Wizards of the Coast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4kGMsZSdbY "What Went Wrong?" (Josh Strife Hayes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g16heGLKlTA "Baldur’s Gate 3 won’t have a ‘Game Master Mode,’ but it will have mods" (PCGamesN) https://www.pcgamesn.com/baldurs-gate-3/dm-tool "The D&D AI Scandal Just Got Worse" (Dungeons & Discourse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLVVJ0XesHM =============== MY OTHER VIDEOS ON BALDUR'S GATE 3: Rules Lawyer tutorial on BG33's UI and Quality of Life tricks: https://youtu.be/vs2Kn99ugRk Rules Lawyer video on 44 differences between BG3 and D&D 5E: https://youtu.be/XBUEw1g4Y_k =============== LIKE & SUBSCRIBE! I'm a lawyer who teaches and runs tabletop RPGs (Pathfinder, D&D, Starfinder) for kids, teens, and adults, and making videos related to TTRPGs and board games. JOIN MY DISCORD to chat with our community and/or try the Pathfinder Beginner Box or our drop-in PF2e play system! https://discord.gg/ruleslawyer SUPPORT MY PATREON for early access to many of my videos and access to exclusive content, and to support me! I do unpaid public-interest legal work and rely on the Patreon and private GMing. https://www.patreon.com/theruleslawyer For PF2E actual plays, SUBSCRIBE to my other channel, "RULES LAWYER DISCORD COMMUNITY CHANNEL": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc1K95QD8Mv2Tr6Wne6KS9g Follow me on TWITTER at: https://twitter.com/theruleslawyer1