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The idea that Larian could manage a system in which there is more variance than in D&D5 is very funny to me.

Of course everyone can easily manage a game that allows millions or billions or whatever more legal builds. But the number of possible builds is not really interesting. Whats interesting is what real, actually competitive builds are there. I would call these real builds "powergamer builds" because they are truely powerful options that a powergamer would actually chose. While other types of players may have all kinds of whacky reasons to play stuff, even really weak builds.

BG3 had like 20+ valid powergamer builds. Thats clearly a record.

Most games have like 3-5 valid powergamger builds, with every other combo clearly underpowered by comparison.

So if Larian manages a game with 8 valid powergamer builds, I would already be impressed and happy.



But I am frankly more interested in a different aspect. Will the game be fun to play throughout ?

Many of these BG3 powerbuilds take ages to unlock. Many have lots of empty levels before you get all the abilities, or it takes a long time until you have all the gear needed.

Additionally we still see in D&D5 that spellcasters are much more fun, have much more options, than non-spellcasters. Not as strongly as with previous editions, but its still very much there.

My ideal here is to have a very interactive, dynamic system that gives you lots of options what to do, and makes choosing the right option a nontrivial problem, and where paying a warrior is just as interesting as playing a spellcaster.

Update: Divinity Apocalypse: Part 1 Prologue is now published.

This is the beginning of the final book of the saga. And yes, the name of this final fanfic book is a shout out to Larian. I partially chose the name "Divinity Apocalypse" because of their Divinity games. However, it was also a fitting title for this final book, and I'm sure you'll see why before it draws to its final conclusion.

And yes, this is the final book in the entire saga. The Demon Hunters began it all, followed by the Afflicted - though the two were written at the same time because of the Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous games. Nevertheless, from a story perspective, Demon Hunters begins the tale. The Afflicted is the continuation. Hellraisers is the sequel to Baldur's Gate 3, and Divinity Apocalypse is then the sequel to Hellraisers. It wraps up the entire story, showing how they all intertwine into one grand epic.

Hope you enjoy it!

BG3.75 - Divinity Apocalypse (Fanfiction)
Baldur's Gate 3.75: Divinity Apocalypse - an original fanfic story that is a sequel to Baldur's Gate 3 Fanfic: Hellraisers. It picks up immediately after the events of Hellraisers, which immediately took place after the events of Baldur's Gate 3. Characters from the previous fanfics - Zeth, Kieralyn, Jade, Trynn, Dyce, Ivrini, Fiovay, Kai, Aelun, Vlyn, and the other members of parties throughout the entire saga - travel to other worlds including Eberron, Krynn, Mystara, Birthright, and the dreaded Dark Sun. Their quest is to collect the black obelisk fragments, restore the seven obelisks, and undo the cataclysmic magic that was unleashed over a hundred years ago.

Here is the link to the blog site: https://baldursgate3hellraisers.blogspot.com/2025/10/baldurs-gate-35-hellraisers.html

As someone who played a necromancer, my experience is that snatching bodies and dropping them off elsewhere angers people and confuses the game. Some bodies that have deeper connections to the story can just vanish from your inventory or mess up the storyline, others are instant zombies you can drag along indefinitely; but if you want to see people running and fight some guards, just casually drop a body in a busy street. The bodies of important NPCs should be handled with care, although we did drop off Gortash at the gallows without consequences.