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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
No, Julius is correct. Baldur's Gate, Candlekeep and all of it is part of the Forgotten Realms, which is a game setting and part of D&D and is owned by WotC. All of these locations existed before there was a Baldur's Gate video game. So WotC control everything about the game aside from the game code.
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I still think you and Julius are mistaken.
Yes, Baldur's Gate, Candlekeep, etc... are under WotC's control. They are part of D&D. However, the *story* in BG, and characters such as Imoen, Minsc, Jaheira, etc... are IP owned by Bioware (or Beamdog, nowadays, I don't know). WotC has no control over that AFAIK.
That's why I said that it would be impossible to write a new "Baldur's Gate" by changing the names of the locations and use another RPG system. If I'd use characters such as Imoen, I'd still get in trouble with Bioware/Beamdog. Even if I change *those*, I'd probably get in trouble because I ripped off the story.
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For a similar example, check out Planescape: Torment. They wanted to do a sequel, but do not have the rights to the D&D Planescape setting. So they've had to create a completely new universe. The sequel is a sequel in spirit only: Torment: Tides of Numenera.
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I know. I'll be buying Torment: Tides of Numenera in 2020 or so, after it's all patched up and all expansions are out
