Aptorian, on 28 February 2020 - 01:35 PM, said:
Just watched the story cinematic. That's one of the coolest fantasy things I've ever seen. Is the squid dude typical of the mind flayers or is he a special mind flayer? I assume this is rooted in D&D?
He looks like a normal mind flayer. I'm sure hes some crazy dude or something, but he doesn't look super different than other mind flayers, from what I can tell. The creatures riding the dragons, and at least one of the people in the ship, are Githyanki, who were previously enslaved by the Mind Flayers, and hunt them with wild abandon.
Yes this is DnD 5e. The other Baldurs Gate games were 3 or 3.5 I think? Also, Baldurs Gate is a city in Faerun, the 'default' setting of DnD.