Characters are fun and charming, the mysteries are enjoyable, and the series has some genuinely fantastic writing, culminating in a story-line that is amazingly well tied-together at the end of the absolutely brilliant third game, Trials and Tribulations
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There arent enough Elves in the format to counteract that issue, though Guilds of Ravnica could change the calculus on that front
Much of Astarions scenes in Baldurs Gate 3 follows his journey of self-discovery, learning why he identifies with some of the more evil entities of the world, and keeping himself safe and keeping his ability to walk under the sun
One of the challenges of bonus sheet reprints is attempting to match up iconic characters from outside of Magic with in-universe characters that can represent them