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#1 sfdragon Jul 06, 2013 2:44:08	I know @#%#$^#$&$ and by Lord Bane's ( insert favorite phrase here), that logo in the top of the cover art is not the symbol of Baldur's gate. Its Bhaal's unholy symbol. did anyone else notice it or was I just slow.....
#2 The_Silversword Jul 06, 2013 3:01:23	Yeah, I noticed that, Im guessing Bhaal is going to play a part in this!
#3 Plaguescarred1 Jul 06, 2013 5:11:55	Yup that's Bhaal
#4 Irennan Jul 06, 2013 7:35:22	Aren't they the same symbol? I mean, BG probably used that because it was going to be about the Bhaalspawn thingy.
#5 Plaguescarred1 Jul 06, 2013 7:50:37	Baldur's Gate coat of arm is this symbol;
#6 Plaguescarred1 Jul 06, 2013 7:57:32	Interestingly, it uses Bhaal's older symbol and not the one that changed with Throne of Bhaal; You can read more on why did the Bhaal symbol change in ToB?
#7 Gwathir Jul 08, 2013 7:56:43	Officially, the symbol of Bhaal is the Skull with a circle of tears, so they had to go back to the old one if they planned to stick to source material. I certainly didn't miss on that slight. Also note that Bhaal is/was the Lord of Murder, The original title of the adventurer was Storm over Baldur's Gate yet they changed it to MURDER in Baldur's Gate as they revealed the cover with the symbol of Bhaal .... I suspect this adventure will see the return of the deity, which is good news to fans who have lost gods to the Time of Troubles and Spellplague
#8 mvincent Jul 09, 2013 18:40:04	Officially, the symbol of Bhaal is the Skull with a circle of tears Ah. I had though they were drops of blood. ... or Bhaal's sweat. giggle.
#9 Gwathir Jul 09, 2013 19:23:59	Officially, the symbol of Bhaal is the Skull with a circle of tears Ah. I had though they were drops of blood. ... or Bhaal's sweat. giggle. tears of blood or bloody tears (forgot which term was used exactly) to be correct, so you are right
#10 Plaguescarred1 Jul 31, 2013 19:50:03	About it, at Gen Con they'll give dice bag with Bhaal symbol on one side and cool artwork on the other. [sblock]
#11 Plaguescarred1 Aug 01, 2013 12:41:39	Matt Sernett got his author's copy of Murder In Baldur's Gate and shared a a photo of the book and DM screen: @Sernett Got my author copies of Murder in Baldur's Gate today! It looks awesome! #ForgottenRealms #DnD pic.twitter.com/esXVdK0pWw
#12 The_Silversword Aug 01, 2013 13:11:15	Kool! I love that map/DMscreen!
#13 mvincent Aug 01, 2013 13:16:36	btw: I just completed a long LFR campaign that (unavoidably) focused heavily on "Bhaal's Essence". Thank you LFR, for forcing me continually reference that term. Since "Murder in Baldur's gate" will be used for the next season of encounters (to be followed by more adventures from the same storyline), I see another whole year or three of constant juvenile tittering from my players due to Bhaal references. Thank you WotC. Update: I just now looked up the pronunciation. It's actually pronounced "Bale"? ... boy do I wish I learned that earlier...
#14 Plaguescarred1 Aug 01, 2013 13:26:16	Yeah the adventure is gorgeous with DM screen maps and more add ons
#15 The_Silversword Aug 01, 2013 13:30:20	Update: I just now looked up the pronunciation. It's actually pronounced "Bale"? ... boy do I wish I learned that earlier... Actually, in the Realms, its pronounced Beh-HAHL
#16 mvincent Aug 01, 2013 13:44:51	looked up the pronunciation. It's actually pronounced "Bale"? Actually, in the Realms, its pronounced Beh-HAHL Ah. Ok. Thanks (still much better than what we were using).
#17 Stigger Aug 01, 2013 15:19:31	I'm just kinda curious as to where that mountain/hill thing came from... never seen that one mentioned in any of the material I've looked through. That new with 4e, or did someone just pop it in like it had always been there?
#18 sfdragon Aug 01, 2013 18:47:17	I wants both. Im a sucker for a good map.
#19 6nfinn Aug 01, 2013 23:07:26	cant wait for this to be out...already got mine pre-ordered lol
#20 The_Silversword Aug 02, 2013 3:30:26	looked up the pronunciation. It's actually pronounced "Bale"? Actually, in the Realms, its pronounced Beh-HAHL Ah. Ok. Thanks (still much better than what we were using). Whats wrong with Ball Essence!? But seriously, Ive always mispronounced it myslef, I always said it as Buh-Hall.
#21 The_Silversword Aug 02, 2013 3:37:50	I'm just kinda curious as to where that mountain/hill thing came from... never seen that one mentioned in any of the material I've looked through. That new with 4e, or did someone just pop it in like it had always been there? Spellplague bro, Spellplague. But seriously, most maps ive seen of Baldur's Gate cutoff right before that hill, so its entirely possible that its always been there. And from the description in the 4e books I expected more buildings outside the city walls.
#22 The_Silversword Aug 02, 2013 3:39:02	About it, at Gen Con they'll give dice bag with Bhaal symbol on one side and cool artwork on the other. [sblock] Im totally going to have to go to GenCon this year!
#23 Plaguescarred1 Aug 02, 2013 4:58:18	Matt Sernett posted more picture of Murder in Baldur'sGate on Twitter; @Sernett Showed Murder in Baldur's Gate to @helensernett. She got sucked in by Greenwood's prose about nightlife there.
#24 Stigger Aug 02, 2013 6:11:34	Spellplague bro, Spellplague. But seriously, most maps ive seen of Baldur's Gate cutoff right before that hill, so its entirely possible that its always been there. And from the description in the 4e books I expected more buildings outside the city walls. I'll take Spellplague over always been there. Can you really imagine the Flaming Fist just letting a big ol' hill sit there unfortified when artillery mounted on it could have unobstructed line of sight over most of the city and rain death down on the defenders? Really? Because I can't see Duke Eltan being even remotely cool with it myself.
#25 sfdragon Aug 02, 2013 13:49:09	that's becuase Duke Eltan was a Badd aRse
#26 The_Silversword Aug 02, 2013 17:29:12	Yeah, doesnt make much sense to have a big hill there and not have a tower or something up there, maybe theres a story to it, like its haunted or something, guess we'll have to wait and see.
#27 Mr_Miscellany Aug 04, 2013 1:28:53	This is good stuff. I might have to get my hands on this for the maps/artwork alone.
#28 Andrekan Aug 05, 2013 11:03:02	As far as the mountain/hill, it could contain tattered areas of the weave or held/holds plague areas which would be dangerous or difficult to hold a fortification. Never know there might be something in the text about it's history. I preordered this as soon as I heard Ed was going to be involved. I think that was back in January to March.

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sfdragon

Jul 06, 2013 2:44:08

I know @#%#$^#$&$ and by Lord Bane's ( insert favorite phrase here), that logo in the top of the cover art is not the symbol of Baldur's gate. Its Bhaal's unholy symbol. did anyone else notice it or was I just slow.....

The_Silversword

Jul 06, 2013 3:01:23

Yeah, I noticed that, Im guessing Bhaal is going to play a part in this!

Plaguescarred1

Jul 06, 2013 5:11:55

Yup that's Bhaal

Irennan

Jul 06, 2013 7:35:22

Aren't they the same symbol? I mean, BG probably used that because it was going to be about the Bhaalspawn thingy.

Plaguescarred1

Jul 06, 2013 7:50:37

Baldur's Gate coat of arm is this symbol;

Plaguescarred1

Jul 06, 2013 7:57:32

Interestingly, it uses Bhaal's older symbol and not the one that changed with Throne of Bhaal;

You can read more on why did the Bhaal symbol change in ToB?

Gwathir

Jul 08, 2013 7:56:43

Officially, the symbol of Bhaal is the Skull with a circle of tears, so they had to go back to the old one if they planned to stick to source material.

I certainly didn't miss on that slight. Also note that Bhaal is/was the Lord of Murder,

The original title of the adventurer was Storm over Baldur's Gate yet they changed it to MURDER in Baldur's Gate as they revealed the cover with the symbol of Bhaal ....

I suspect this adventure will see the return of the deity, which is good news to fans who have lost gods to the Time of Troubles and Spellplague

mvincent

Jul 09, 2013 18:40:04

Officially, the symbol of Bhaal is the Skull with a circle of tears

Ah. I had though they were drops of blood.

... or Bhaal's sweat. giggle.

Gwathir

Jul 09, 2013 19:23:59

Officially, the symbol of Bhaal is the Skull with a circle of tears

Ah. I had though they were drops of blood.

... or Bhaal's sweat. giggle.

tears of blood or bloody tears (forgot which term was used exactly) to be correct, so you are right

#10

Plaguescarred1

Jul 31, 2013 19:50:03

About it, at Gen Con they'll give dice bag with Bhaal symbol on one side and cool artwork on the other.

[sblock]

#11

Plaguescarred1

Aug 01, 2013 12:41:39

Matt Sernett got his author's copy of Murder In Baldur's Gate and shared a a photo of the book and DM screen:

@Sernett Got my author copies of Murder in Baldur's Gate today! It looks awesome! #ForgottenRealms #DnD pic.twitter.com/esXVdK0pWw

#12

The_Silversword

Aug 01, 2013 13:11:15

Kool! I love that map/DMscreen!

#13

mvincent

Aug 01, 2013 13:16:36

btw: I just completed a long LFR campaign that (unavoidably) focused heavily on "Bhaal's Essence". Thank you LFR, for forcing me continually reference that term.

Since "Murder in Baldur's gate" will be used for the next season of encounters (to be followed by more adventures from the same storyline), I see another whole year or three of constant juvenile tittering from my players due to Bhaal references. Thank you WotC.

Update: I just now looked up the pronunciation. It's actually pronounced "Bale"?
... boy do I wish I learned that earlier...

#14

Plaguescarred1

Aug 01, 2013 13:26:16

Yeah the adventure is gorgeous with DM screen maps and more add ons

#15

The_Silversword

Aug 01, 2013 13:30:20

Update: I just now looked up the pronunciation. It's actually pronounced "Bale"?
... boy do I wish I learned that earlier...

Actually, in the Realms, its pronounced Beh-HAHL

#16

mvincent

Aug 01, 2013 13:44:51

looked up the pronunciation. It's actually pronounced "Bale"?

Actually, in the Realms, its pronounced Beh-HAHL

Ah. Ok. Thanks (still much better than what we were using).

#17

Stigger

Aug 01, 2013 15:19:31

I'm just kinda curious as to where that mountain/hill thing came from... never seen that one mentioned in any of the material I've looked through. That new with 4e, or did someone just pop it in like it had always been there?

#18

sfdragon

Aug 01, 2013 18:47:17

I wants both.

Im a sucker for a good map.

#19

6nfinn

Aug 01, 2013 23:07:26

cant wait for this to be out...already got mine pre-ordered lol

#20

The_Silversword

Aug 02, 2013 3:30:26

looked up the pronunciation. It's actually pronounced "Bale"?

Actually, in the Realms, its pronounced Beh-HAHL

Ah. Ok. Thanks (still much better than what we were using).

Whats wrong with Ball Essence!?

But seriously, Ive always mispronounced it myslef, I always said it as Buh-Hall.

#21

The_Silversword

Aug 02, 2013 3:37:50

I'm just kinda curious as to where that mountain/hill thing came from... never seen that one mentioned in any of the material I've looked through. That new with 4e, or did someone just pop it in like it had always been there?

Spellplague bro, Spellplague.

But seriously, most maps ive seen of Baldur's Gate cutoff right before that hill, so its entirely possible that its always been there. And from the description in the 4e books I expected more buildings outside the city walls.

#22

The_Silversword

Aug 02, 2013 3:39:02

About it, at Gen Con they'll give dice bag with Bhaal symbol on one side and cool artwork on the other.

[sblock]

Im totally going to have to go to GenCon this year!

#23

Plaguescarred1

Aug 02, 2013 4:58:18

Matt Sernett posted more picture of Murder in Baldur'sGate on Twitter;

@Sernett Showed Murder in Baldur's Gate to @helensernett. She got sucked in by Greenwood's prose about nightlife there.

#24

Stigger

Aug 02, 2013 6:11:34

Spellplague bro, Spellplague.

But seriously, most maps ive seen of Baldur's Gate cutoff right before that hill, so its entirely possible that its always been there. And from the description in the 4e books I expected more buildings outside the city walls.

I'll take Spellplague over always been there. Can you really imagine the Flaming Fist just letting a big ol' hill sit there unfortified when artillery mounted on it could have unobstructed line of sight over most of the city and rain death down on the defenders? Really? Because I can't see Duke Eltan being even remotely cool with it myself.

#25

sfdragon

Aug 02, 2013 13:49:09

that's becuase Duke Eltan was a Badd aRse

#26

The_Silversword

Aug 02, 2013 17:29:12

Yeah, doesnt make much sense to have a big hill there and not have a tower or something up there, maybe theres a story to it, like its haunted or something, guess we'll have to wait and see.

#27

Mr_Miscellany

Aug 04, 2013 1:28:53

This is good stuff. I might have to get my hands on this for the maps/artwork alone.

#28

Andrekan

Aug 05, 2013 11:03:02

As far as the mountain/hill, it could contain tattered areas of the weave or held/holds plague areas which would be dangerous or difficult to hold a fortification. Never know there might be something in the text about it's history. I preordered this as soon as I heard Ed was going to be involved. I think that was back in January to March.