The Dark Secret Stirring in Baldur's Gate
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Being so popular in the mainstream, what more could possibly be said about Baldur’s Gate? PLENTY. Baldur’s Gate is successful as a video game series, a popular setting for tabletop roleplaying games, and is very much in the public consciousness. Still, Ed Greenwood manages to unlock hidden knowledge about this beloved city.
What dangers lurk directly underfoot? What strange magics are at play? Listen to this episode of Ed Greenwood’s #Realmslore to find out.
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I feel like with every Ed Greenwood video I have been allowed passage deep into the Candlekeep Library and have stumbled upon a dusty mysterious tome. Thanks Ed & Ivan!
Wolfpack's raid here !!!! Awooooooooooooooo
Glad that Wolf guided us here in this treasure trove of knowledge and lore , noiiiice 🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺
0:47 BEWARE Ivan !! you get a mindflayer just behind your head ..... 🤪🐙 ouch
Wolfheart sent me. You have my subscription, and my blade!
You're very welcome, and thanks for having us!!!
I recommend the tamarind sauce. Especially if you don't have time to fry the tentacles. If you're in a REAL hurry, just sever them and jar and pickle them later, to cut down on the rubbery chewiness.
Every time someone says "Flaming Fist" all i can hear is the line from BG1 "I serve the Flaming Fist!" 😂
Heh. I wrote a short story about them back before D&D existed, in which the lord of a city-state wanted to hire them to crush a rival city lord (with city, of course), and the head of the Fist snorted, "You can't afford us."
I'm glad I'm not the only one 🤣
Do you have a favorite utility spell? Perhaps something that makes everyday life in the Realms easier? Did you make it yourself?
Don't forget to download Sarphoon's Seaspell for free on my Patreon! :}
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Hmmm i do actually
Dream Knife : a Knife build from energy of plane of dreams. The Knife changes element or dmg type to weakness of the target. If the target has no weakness then it does normal slashing dmg. Concentration
I have other fun spells too.. Most of them are draws power from plane of dreams
prestidigitation is by far one of the best cantrip utility spells for sake of flavor alone but it also has a world of uses when applied correctly.
oh, that's an easy, mighty fortress, there's also Galder's tower, basically a 3rd level spell that lat's you summon a 2 story tower. I did some math and by the time you reach 13th level, when you can cast mighty fortress you would be able to cast Galder's tower 9 times using all your spells slots, so in about a day a wizard could make a full village with a castle. and then it becomes permanent in a year.
one goal I have is to play a wizard who is an architect who spends their days basically making affordable housing fro the homeless.
Tenser's floating disc, mending, and cantrips.
I always have at least one spellcaster in a community that offers Gentle Repose as a paid service. For instance, in the newly re-established Phandalin, Sister Garaele of Tymora is the only priest and gives reasonable prices for putting miners to rest or prepping their bodies for a trip to Neverwinter's Kelemvorites (or so I detailed at the table)
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 are my all time favorite videos games. They introduced me to the Forgotten Realms over 20 years ago and I am fascinated by this world ever since.
I've played the early access of BG3 a few times and can't wait for it's full release. I'm so hyped to walk through Baldur's Gate presented in modern graphics, soon. 😍
Fortunately you can't smell video games (yet)... 😅
Thank you so much Ed for creating this world.
And now I'm venturing forth to Wolfheart.
You're very welcome. I'm still creating it, every day!
Man I can listen to Ed talk all day. He's just got that great story teller voice.
I wish wizards and game devs still used you for the setting lore.
Heh. Me, too. Perhaps some of them will see these vids and use the ideas. I'd be perfectly happy with that!
So, so true. Mr Greenwood is a true master at his craft. And wizards is no longer interested in what they make but what they charge you for what they make. I feel so bad for the creators at wizards who still have passion for what they offer to players.
WolfheartFPS told us about your channel and what amazing surprise it was! I begun playing DnD back in 1991, and I would have never imagined that one day I would have content explained by the one and only Ed Greenwood!
I'm curious how the humans/merchants and the way the government interacts with each other, from Baldur's Gate, Amn, and Tethyr. Calimsham seems like a different beast altogether, but those 3 kingdoms are interesting to me.
I will specifically cover this, in a vid to come. A great topic to explore!
As a person starting their first adventure in the forgotten realms, these videos are an endless wealth of knowledge. Thank you to the two on-screen for your time and effort, and to the ones behind the scenes (whomever they may be) for the work they have put in.
These vids are Ivan, me, and one long-suffering editor. Mainly Ivan, who doesn't get thanked enough. I just sit and talk. ;}
Who's your editor?
They're very good
The too salty food that makes you want to try a plethora of drinks, the singing elf that haunts the Inn, the petrified beholder above the mantle...
Elfsong Tavern will always be why I visit Wyrm's Crossing in Baldur's Gate. No matter which character I'm playing, I'll be there.
Excellent! I'll see you there, one of these evenings!
35 years ago i entered into Forgotten Realms for the first time. Docking in the port of Phlan with my C-64 as a new adventurer. Its been long journey and wonderful adventure to reach this point and meet the creator of this amazing world. Thank you Mr. Greenwood.
I’m not sure what the threat Ed is going to talk about is, but my campaign just went there, and I expanded on the plot hook in Descent Into Avernus of a council member being affected by a Mind Flayer into a whole Illithid hive under the sewers. That was a fun little excursion for my players that ended in them facing an Elder Brain.
Love it! Mind flayers everywhere, in the shadows...
I hope we get a video talking about Athkatla next time haha. We get tons of Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter, and Waterdeep, but Athkatla is kinda the underdog.
Well, I HAVE mentioned Athkatla twice in vids we haven't released yet, but haven't yet done a deep dive on it, and really should. Already on the list, so...stay tuned!
I am currently playing Baldurs Gate 2, so I am currently in Athkatla. Its quite an amazing place.
I could honestly listen to Ed talk all day. He's just so fun and in depth and witty.
Ed, I have discovered your TH-cam channel through Wolfhearts' Wolf Pack. Thank you for the deep knowledge of Baldur's Gate I can now bring into my home games. I also enjoyed your nit-pick video of the D&D movie before watching this one, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hope you have a great day.
Great of Elminster to travel to our universe and tell us his stories.
Hard on my wine cellar and ice cream freezer, though...
Oh- Hey Ed,
Thanks for all the awesome Dragon Magazine content over the years.
I have a shelf full from back in the day. Much love.
I’ll be watching Wolfheart next in a few hours! He kept hinting at a very special guest! So glad to see Ed on! I have been linking these lore videos in his discord for the last 2 months xD
Dude! I loved Baldurs Gate! I loved running in the in dark alliance and the old baldurs gate games! Thank you, it's been a core memory for me since I was a kid!
I've been playing BG since it came out and I absolutely love the realms.
Omg, never realized you had a YT channel! As a long time fan of the Elminster books and random Forgotten realms lore, instantly subbed ❤
Glad to have you! I will keep the lore coming!
hello ed! lovely content again, it was delightful to watch. 🥰 I couldn't help but think what would Umberlee and her clergy think of Sarphoon 🤔
Heh. I will say more on that, and likely fairly soon.
What would be the point of being an able mage if you can't even be full of yourself? I like Sarphoon already.
I feel like Elminster has found our Plane and took the personality of Ed Greenwood
Well, he's already taken all of my Bailey's and Amaretto and ice cream, so...
Old El found our realm sphere long ago in the pages of Dragon Magazine and often visited to discuss (in a neutral territory) goings on. And was joined by some other ... lesser? (chuckle)... well-known mages as well.
Another fine video from our beloved master magister... And another request for a Deep Dive on Waterdeep/UnderMountain.
Mine ears are not deaf to thine entreaties, saer! We shall get there! And I think I have written six Patreon entries that deal with various aspects of Waterdeep...with more on the way.
@@edgreenwoodofficial I am joining the patron today I wasn't aware it existed ed, as long as this truly supports you sir I am in for a tonne ( pennies and pounds are chump change )
@@edgreenwoodofficial also I know what I am requesting is a hoard dragons dream of. More mysterious than the missing monsters of the Fiend Folio.
@@edgreenwoodofficial Or the missing pages in Deities & Demigods, but let us not confuse the young ones with Chaosium I suppose...
The more I listen to Ed speak, the more I wish that the setting and lore information was easier to find.
Wolfpack will converge on this Channel....Awooo!! When my Dad bought me my first fantasy books in the late 80's..... Pools of Radiance, The Halfling's Gem, Darkwalker on Moonshae, Horselords and the Verdant Passage (Dark Sun) I've been so inspired by the Forgotten Realms. Then in 1999 Baldur's Gate 1 (first Video game i purchased with my own money) and eventually Planescape:Torment (Fav game of All time until BG3 is released!). Ed I'd like to thank you for creating one of the Greatest passions for me. I call you Elminster IRL lol. in the Games when Volo is corresponding with "E" ... I See Ed! Stay level 20 Sir! - A humble Fan
Thank you! I'm just trying to stay alive, and bring us all more of the Realms!
Thank you for the great Baldurs Gate info. :). Also love WolfheartFPS
You're very welcome! And the Wolfpack is cool!!
There's a reason despite absolutely loving Dragonlance, I fell in love with the Forgotten Realms. Baldur's Gate games. I now can't pick either world as better, they're both incredible stories, fascinating characters, and the crown jewel, brightest Dungeons&Dragons moment is Baldur's Gate and people connected to it.
Came to this channel from WolfheartFPS, thanks for the great video!
Ed greenwood is a national treasure. You folks in canada need to protect him at all costs
Big fan of your books. I’ve played every Baldur’s gate game, read every book, and used your setting in every d&d game I’ve run. Now I find you have a TH-cam channel. Rapture.
We are incredibly fortunate, thank you Ed !
You've made the husband's week, Ed. Baldur's Gate will always be his favourite
Great to hear. We may return to the Gate, down the road apiece. It's a fun place.
I feel so reinvigorated after listening to this! Please do one on Amn and another on Athkatla!
Sending regards from WolfheartFPS' channel. Great content!
I love Ed´s attention to detail. It makes Baldur´s Gate looks like a real medieval city in our world. Many DMs just care about taverns and temples, temples and taverns.
just discovered these videos, absolutely love the chemistry between you and your moderator. Long time fan of the FR (it was my original D&D setting when I first started playing). Consider me now a Protector of the Realms.
Would love to hear you talk about Elturel at some point, it really is one of my favourite places in the realms...
That makes me wonder, which city is truly the most pleasant to live in, Cormyr? Silverymoon? The Dalelands cities? Something else?
Silverymoon gives me "The Greater Good" vibes from Hot Fuzz, lol.
Cormyr isn't a city, it's a nation.
That having been said I'd say... immersea. It's a smallish town that doesn't have anything to worry about from external threats due to it being inside of the forest kingdom and it's rulers are the Wyvernspurs who are more benevolent then most of the cormyrian nobility.
maybe Neverwinter now that the rebuilding is finished. The "most civilized city on Faerun" as Volo wrote, after all
@@guitarhausdoesntknowwhatac3285 I meant the cities in Cormyr as a whole, I wasn't clear I know >.
I needed this a few weeks ago while trying to home-brew the Baldur's gate part of Tyranny of the Dragon. But that doesn't lessen this fascinating information. Regards, from the Wolfpack.
Wolfheartfps sent me. Sub'd. Love the content. Thank you Ed
Love your lore videos, these help me expand my head cannon of Toril.
Thanks the Gods old & new for a mind a brilliant as your own Ed. Just an artist of words, thought, and most imporessively REMEMBERING ALL OF IT!! lol. I can't recall what I ate for breakfast most days, yet you can recall a piece of obscure lore you created decades before. I can only speak for myself, but I can assume I can say WE when I say we thank you for of the amazing creations of yours and those who have added to them that give us fantastic places to sweep us away from our day to day. You are truly the wisest wizard of them all... Second only to Elminster of course lolz.
"The true fortune to make in The Gate is made by those who service those cut throat merchants. The wagonmasters and warehousers can demand a premium from the hustlers in a hurry to get a deal done. My pa runs a crew of long shoremen that makes a mint unloading the unexpected ships that have to rent a pier. My aunt owns a laundry, washing the travel clothes of caravaners for the most leisurely living a laborer could hope for. Meself, I'm a marine pilot paid a small fortune to row out to the incoming ships and guide them to port. What I make on the side with aiding the smugglers is nice too."
If my only character I've played in this setting could be boiled down into a quote.
I mean, this is just brilliant.
I'm visiting from the Wolfpack and liking this content a lot!
Another Great video to consume ed! keep up the great work you're a wonderful voice to listen to
Im late to this podcast. But listening to the description of one of the bbeg's and it just reminds me of Freiza from dbza
Ed, here is a fellow dungeon dweller (wizard / fighter rocks!), and a Wolfpack member 🐺 !!! Awoooooooooo ! Welcome to the Wolfpack and thank you for years of creation 🙏🏻
I'm just like..... WOW.... it's the Creator!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Edit: The Wolfpack sent me. I pledge allegiance to the Creator Master Greenwood. and my subscription is yours too hehehehe). :D
Haha the captioning got me with Lichen Throat! Sounds positively miserable! Also a joy to listen to you enlighten us about the Realms!
So does the sorcerer in the sewers of Baldur's Gate (BG3, the one with the oozes and mephits) have anything to do with Trezorr?
I saw your cameo over on wolfheart's channel, and now I'm subscribed here.
Can you please cover Chult?
Asking for a friend.
I'll get there, but it may take a little while. Many topics lined up.
Between 25 and 30 years ago, a friend of mine gave me a book. Elminster: The Making of a Mage. It has been a piece that has kept fantasy alive in my mind and heart for almost 30 years. I fell in love with the characters, the language, the writing style... even the way it, and many of your books, jump around in a bunch of short stories with framing references that make the whole story seemed to speak to my ADHD way of thinking. I've always wanted to meet Elminster, and shake his hand. I know there is no such thing as Ed Greenwood, but I'll keep that little secret to myself. I love you and your stories and the personalities that you have created. I don't know how I'm just now stumbling across your channel, but I'm so glad I found it. Thanks for all you've done.
“There are only two precious things on earth: the first is love; the second, a long way behind it, is intelligence.” - Ed Greenwood
Loving the videos, absolutely loving the bonus spells, can’t wait for more!
Sarphoons spell sounds exactly like something a wizard with no sense of right and wrong would come up with.
I do love however Ed's description of Baldurs Gate, from its depictions in books and video games I always imagined it to be like a second Waterdeep or Neverwinter but his explanation paint it as a much seedier place and closer in spirit to Luskan. 👍
Wish one day i can thank you enough for all you work my friend. Can't say how much Forgotten Realms has helped me on my problems. Wish you all the best, sir.
Thank you for these videos, I love listening to you talking about the realms! Any chance we can get a video about the dwarves in the future?
Heh-heh. I have plans...
Well shit Ed you literally made an adventure ready to play In One video!
Loves these videos going through all the lore and describing the layout of cities and so on. It's real cool to listen to and see these things in the minds eye.
I cannot wait to see what Baldurs Gate 3 does to make the town into reality and can only think what the future of games set in faerun might look like. If vr ever expands to the point of something akin to nervegear I think it would be absolutely amazing to go through these fantasy lands.
Yes! I'd love that! And of course, after I see BG3, I'll have to revisit Baldur's Gate in these videos, and share more. I LOVE it when Realms cities come to life for others, they the way they do in my imagination.
@edgreenwoodofficial again, I really wasn't expecting a response. I'm happy to get one, though!
It'd be really great to hear some more details of Baldur's Gate. N of course the other cities and just places in general of faerun. I can only hope BG3 inspires others to create things set in this world. Hopefully, it will be with the same appearent love and care that Larian is giving to the world too. It's definitely something to be looking forward to for a change, which is a shame to say but all to real.
What on earth. How did i not know Elminster himself had a youtube channel? Just added quite a few videos to my podcast list! 😁
another Wolfpack member to join Ed :)
Baldur's Gate, city of the best food carts in the realm!
Baldur's Gate sounds like Rio de Janeiro.
Ed Greenwood reminds me of the real life version of Ogden Morrow the way he was depicted in the Ready Player One book.
Hi, Ed! Pleased to meet you!
Well met!!!
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As someone whose trying to write my own series and building my own world, a Dm, and in general a huge fan of the Realms I love all these videos thank you for sharing Ed you are a treasure and a legend!
Yeah, he said the city is hard to conquer on foot... But, there is a lot of powerful wizard in the realm, why they don't create portal gate to traverse difficult terrain ? Or create a way to fly wherever they need to facilitate an invasion ?
Also, why a port city become important if you can just create a network of portal gate to go anywhere ?
Portals have there own problems....just ask the Netherese or Myth Drannorians...oh...wait..lol.
@@rpscorp9457 which are ? I'm not a forgotten realm expert lol I am genuinely asking, not playing smart.
@@gabrielforget6595 The Netherese were the most magically powerful civilization on Faerun, dwarfing anything before and since. So powerful in fact that they caused a worldwide cataclysm and caused Mystra to issue edicts on just how powerful magic could be across the realm. Except she didnt ban the elves from high magic. Hence, you got Myth Drannor...which also fell to cataclysm via use of mythallar and portals. The ruins of myth drannor are still said to be among the most deadly places in Faerun because of the remnant wild magic surges, unique artifacts and unsecured portals.
I'd like to know more about the windersnaven.
Sr. Edward Greenwood, is it possible for you to make more content for old editions, like 3.5 or 2e?
Ed makes Baldur's Gate sound like a capitalist hellholeà 😂
Oooh, I must explore the equivalence between capitalism and the Nine Hells...
Would LOVE a video on the Elder Rune cabal of liches.
Heh, and I'd like to survive a little longer, so I'll have to take great care with that topic. ;}
This feels like rolling a nat 20 on a History check!
Ed. Will we hear something of Phlan ?
Eventually! I have a long, long list of places to cover.
Thoroughly enjoying this channel and the content. It has become a must watch when new content is uploaded. Keep the realms lore flowing! Great stuff. Thank You!
Wolfheart sent me here. Next step is on me, what will I decide ? Well, stay. Subscribe. Get some pens and paper and take notes
You can't spell incrEDible without ED!
I used to live in the town where Ed could be found lurking in the local library. He is truly a treasure.
And by "lurking," what is meant is "working." On staff. My day job. Gaming, that's my night job. ;}
@@edgreenwoodofficial sure did. Just dont wanna doxx anyone without permission!
Ed, does Sarphoon's spell do an alteration, transforming the native seaweed and water through E=mc2 conservation? I can see this going... awry... if the spell is interrupted. Once you have the energy, reconstituting a material form into say, a kraken, could happen. ;)
I haven't read any forgotten realms books before but now want to...what do you recommend what be the 1st book I should read?? Thanks!
WolfPack best Pack! SKAL - Happy to support this channel!
Question: does the realms have guilds (including adventurer guilds). And if so what are some of the more prominent/ up and coming?
What a freaking legend. Thanks for coming on Wolfheartfps stream. It reminded me you have a channel here.
Please come back on there....
Because i missed the stream lol.
Hello everyone, when it comes to the realms their are two thing I would like to see a video on and those are Aurora of Aurora' Whole Realm Catalogue, okay three, the catalogue being the third, and the city of Procampur. If there is a chance I would appreciate it. I have to say I am liking this channel.
Catching one live
I got the 2000th like 😮😂
Imagine listening to this in a mental hospital.
Wonder if Larloch has eyes on events in BG.
I wonder....
I hope Larian is listening to this for a possible BG3 expansion…
If you go by Baldurs Gate 2, its one of the most dangerous cities ever written about in D&D; in the city itself, in the wilderness and below it lol!
Really wish to hear one about Luskan
I would love a video like this of Luskan, a PC of mine hails from there but i dont know much outside of its run by Pirate Lords
Luskan is on my to-do list.
@@edgreenwoodofficial sweet
How do i get one of the shirts in the background?
edgreenwood.myshopify.com/en-ca ...or just jaunt over to edgreenwood.net and click "Ed's Shop" ...and the warehouse elves will stop playing with the unicorns long enough to send you whatever fun stuff you order!
I've been running campaigns since I was 19, now 24, and I am starting to lose steam, but you are absolutely my inspiration! I feel like by watching your videos, I can better represent the world that you've built, and the passion it has taken. It really feels like an honor that I've even stumbled into this channel.
Seeing how you portray your own world in video format has added so much to even the numerous books you've written that I've been adoring and searching for the last couple of months. I really can't say enough, but its all just thank you! Thank you so much.
10 seconds in and i tought he was talking about my own city, Venice
Anyway, thank you mr. Greenwood for your work: it was like you had kept me company with your tales ever since I first discovered D&D 20 years ago ad high school
Never played Table top RPG's but have been a avid reader of Forgotten Realms and computer role playing games since early 80's. I am floored by his storytelling ability. Is this what DM's are like?
Hey-a from WolfPack