How Baldur’s Gate 3 almost derailed D&D’s Descent into Avernus adventure

Dungeons & Dragons designers said a required Baldur’s Gate 3 tie-in made 2019’s Descent into Avernus harder and riskier to develop.

The adventure was shaped more by its Nine Hells setting than by the crossover, with Zariel serving as its central figure.

Designers Chris Perkins and Adam Lee said the project still became a memorable D&D story about Hell, conflict, and redemption.