Baldur's Gate street level [commission]

[J.Edward]

Baldur’s Gate street level

Last year I had the pleasure and privilege to work with James Ohlen and Arcanum Worlds on a number of maps.
This one zooms down in on a section of the city of Baldur’s Gate for some street level encounters.
Here in this section we have the Elfsong Tavern as well as Sorcerous Sundries.
Next week we’ll go underground. I’ll link to a section of the city so you can see where this sits.
BG street level location

It ended up becoming a campaign setting book over on the DMsGuild - https://www.dmsguild.com/product/269...aldurs-Gate-5e
Definitely go pick up a copy. Works like that help more maps get made.
Check out close-ups of the city on these other platforms…
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Gotta get back to mapping. Deadlines are looming. ;P
Cheers, J

Baldur's Gate street level by jstevenson.png - - - Baldur's Gate under-street level by jstevenson.png

Edit - forgot, other BG maps are City map and Sword Coast map

[ThomasR]

There's a vibe that reminds me a lot of the game so, great work

[QED42]

Baldur’s Gate street level
Here in this section we have the Elfsong Tavern as well as Sorcerous Sundries.

Two very familiar locations. Those arrows of exploding you get at Sorcerous Sundries are legit.

[J.Edward]

There's a vibe that reminds me a lot of the game so, great work

Thanks Thomas

Two very familiar locations. Those arrows of exploding you get at Sorcerous Sundries are legit.

Oh man, I had forgotten about having to carry all of those arrows. Inventory systems have changed. ;P

[QED42]

Thanks Thomas

Oh man, I had forgotten about having to carry all of those arrows. Inventory systems have changed. ;P

Thankfully the inventory is one of the things they cleaned up a bit in the Enhanced Edition!

[Bogie]

Love the detail John!!

[arsheesh]

Looks great! I can't quite tell but are those sheets hanging out of the windows of the buildings?

EDIT: out of rep

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[MistyBeee]

I'm late for the special-Monday post ! Amazing, as usual, and this one has a very special flavor : is there some kind of intense activity on the roofs there ? o_o
If I can ask, there's something I'm curious about... I wonder what kind of references you had for drawing those cities : was the layout totally up to you, or did they provide some plans to help you fit at best what's in the game ? Or did you... played for two years before you was able to map the cities ?

[MapMappingMapped]

I love this! Classical J.Edward work.

[J.Edward]

Love the detail John!!

Thanks Bogie

Looks great! I can't quite tell but are those sheets hanging out of the windows of the buildings?

EDIT: out of rep

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

Thanks Arsheesh
They're supposed to be some sort of shade banner kind of thing.
I had done these in the city of Mytros map that I had done before working on the BG maps.

I'm late for the special-Monday post ! Amazing, as usual, and this one has a very special flavor : is there some kind of intense activity on the roofs there ? o_o
If I can ask, there's something I'm curious about... I wonder what kind of references you had for drawing those cities : was the layout totally up to you, or did they provide some plans to help you fit at best what's in the game ? Or did you... played for two years before you was able to map the cities ?

Thanks Beee
They wanted more rooftop options for gameplay, so I added decks, terraces, and ladders so rogues and such could go roaming.

So for the Baldur's Gate map, I did a lot of research. A LOT.
But that was mainly to make sure specific locations were in the right place.
Surprisingly, there wasn't a good accurate map of all of this. At least not that I could find.
I had played the BG games many times, many many hours.
I've also been a fan of the Forgotten Realms for many years too.
That said, I still had to come up with stuff on my own.
Arcanum has been great to work with and has allowed me freedom to create as I feel is appropriate.
They let me know if something needs added or changed.

With the Odyssey maps, there were some descriptions of locations they needed in there.
Beyond that, they would give me a few terrain pics of what they were thinking.
I spend a lot of time researching architecture and satellite images.

Thankfully the inventory is one of the things they cleaned up a bit in the Enhanced Edition!

Hehe, I should pick that up and play it again.

I love this! Classical J.Edward work.

Thank you MMM