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The DRAGON’S DEMAND is trying to do Baldur’s Gate III in miniature
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Indie developer Ossian Studios is a bit of a people’s champion for a certain brand of RPG sicko (and I’m a certain brand of RPG sicko).
Company founder Alan Miranda worked at BioWare on Baldur’s Gate II and Neverwinter Nights before striking out on his own. With the exception of an ambitious mobile RPG released in 2013, Ossian’s work hasn’t strayed far from Neverwinter Nights’ umbrella, with its portfolio mostly consisting of ambitious, unique RPGs built on NwN’s foundation —expansions like Darkness Over Daggerford that punch well above their weight.
But now Ossian’s going bigger than before with the crowdfunded Pathfinder: The Dragon’s Demand, a standalone CRPG it’s building from scratch, based on the new second edition rules for the Dungeons & Dragonsderived system. Miranda, who’s directing, and lead designer (and longtime Neverwinter Nights modder) Luke Scull have the shared ambition to make a highly reactive Baldur’s Gate III-style RPG work at a much smaller scale.