Cards throughout Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate directly reference the Dungeons & Dragons franchise.
D&D references[ | ]
Listed here are new references that didn't appear in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate or Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. Reimagened characters and their specialized versions are skipped.
Locations[ | ]
Location | Description | Depicted or referenced in |
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Boareskyr Bridge | The crossing over the Winding Water to Waterdeep. | Boareskyr Tollkeeper |
Thay | A mysterious and powerful magocratic nation in east Faerûn. | Thayan Evokers |
Characters[ | ]
NPC | Magic subtype(s) | D&D equivalent | Description | Depicted or referenced in |
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Calim | Djinn Noble | Noble djinni | The djinni lord who founded the Calim Empire in what is now Calimshan. | Calim, Djinn Emperor |
Kardum | Demon | Demon lord | Lord of Balors. A demon lord associated with balor demons and fire. | Kardum, Patron of Flames |
Moradin | God | Deity | The lawful good god of the dwarves and the chief deity in their pantheon. | Flames of Moradin, Moradin's Disciples |
Godfrey Gwilym | Zombie Knight | Revenant | Once a heroic knight and the lover of Vladimir Horngaard. Now undead. Character from the Ravenloft setting. | Vladimir and Godfrey |
Klement | Tiefling Cleric | Tiefling cleric | A character especially created for this set. | Klement, Novice Acolyte and its specialized versions. |
Lukamina | Human Druid | Human druid | A character especially created for this set. | Lukamina, Moon Druid and its specialized versions. |
Oyaminartok | Giant Bear | Goliath werebear | A humanoid polar bear with huge arms that almost reached her feet. Skilled at fishing. | Oyaminartok, Polar Werebear |
Sune | God | Deity | Lady Firehair. The deity of beauty and love. | Sune's Intervention |
Tiamat | Dragon God | Chromatic dragon and deity | A supremely strong and powerful evil five-headed Dragon goddess, who embodies the greed and vices of evil dragonkind. | Dragonborn Immolator, Warriors of Tiamat |
Tyr | God | Deity | The lawful good greater god of law and justice. | Champions of Tyr |
Vladimir Horngaard | Zombie Knight | Revenant | Once a heroic knight and the lover of Godfrey Gwilym. Now undead. Character from the Ravenloft setting. | Vladimir and Godfrey |
Yeenoghu | Demon | Demon lord | Aa demon lord and the chief being worshiped by gnolls. | Craving of Yeenoghu |
Affiliations[ | ]
Affiliation | Description | Depicted or referenced in |
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Flaming Fist | A mercenary company based in Baldur's Gate, where its members serve as city guards. | Flaming Fist Duskguard |
The Hourglass Coven | A group of three hags, each one bound to an aspect of time: one reflects the past, another reflects the present, and the third reflects the future. | The Hourglass Coven |
Seatower of Balduran | A massive fortress on a rocky island in the bay of Baldur's Gate. | Seatower Imprisonment |
Patriars | The nobility of Baldur's Gate. | Patriar's Humiliation |
Uthgardt | A vast group of human barbarians of the North, united in their common worship of the chieftain-hero-turned-deity, Uthgar. | Uthgardt Fury |
Spells[ | ]
Spell | D&D equivalent | Description | Referenced |
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Beacon of Hope (flavor word) | Beacon of hope | An abjuration spell that grants health and feelings of hope. | Devoted Paladin |
Hypnotic Pattern | Hypnotic pattern | An illusion spell that can incapacitate multiple creatures. | |
Mind Spike | Mind spike | A divination spell that reaches another creature's mind, both damaging it and revealing information about it to the caster. |
Monsters[ | ]
Monster | Magic subtype(s) | Description | Depicted or referenced in |
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Balor | Demon | Very large red-skinned humanoid figures with a pair of massive bat-like wings, emitting a powerful aura of darkness. Based on Tolkien's Balrog. | Chaos Balor |
Dragonborn | Dragon folk | Humanoid dragons with dedication to honor. | Dragonborn Immolator |
Genasi | Elemental | Planetouched humans, infused with the power of the elements. | Genasi Rabble-Rouser |
Githzerai | Gith | A race of Astral Plane-dwellers. Survivors of a long enslavement by Mind flayers, who have become ascetics and dwell in the plane op Limbo. | Wizened Githzerai |
Hook horror | Horror | Also known as a vulture beak, hacker, or cave dweller. A large, bipedal subterranean monstrosity that looks like a vulture-like humanoid with bony hooks in place of hands. | Hook Horror |
Lizardfolk | Lizard | A race of reptilian humanoids. Also known as lizard men. | Lizardfolk Librarians |
Mephit | Imp | Extraplanar, outsider creatures similar to imps. | Mephit's Enthusiasm |
Water weird | Elemental Weird | An elemental weird that is conjured to protect a pool of water. | Water Weird |
Wyvern | Drake | A large winged lizard, distantly related to the dragon, with a poisonous stinging tail and sharp teeth. | You Line Up the Shot |
Yuan-ti | Snake | A psionic race of serpent-folk. | Yuan-Ti Scaleshield |
Magic items[ | ]
Artifact | D&D equivalent | Description |
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Mace of Disruption | Mace of disruption | A weapon that can utterly obliterate undead and evil affected beings of the lower planes. |