Talk:Baldur's Gate

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TRADE
''' I'm not finding a source as of yet to confirm this, but as of 4th edition, Luskan is a cesspool and largely abandoned and is no longer the northern end of the "Trade Way". I can't see trade passing through Baldur's Gate anymore. This is evident as per page 148 of the 4th edition Forgotten Realms - Campaign Guide. -- Vampus 19:08, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Luskan is indeed a cesspool but, regardless, Baldur's Gate is still a center of trade (which is a bit odd given Luskan and Neverwinter are dead and Calimshan is in the middle of a brutal, endless civil war), as confirmed by the FRCG.

"This sprawling city depends on the trade passing through its ports and gates to support a population far too big for its own good."

- Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, pg 94

"Baldur's Gate is a prosperous city were just about anything can happen, and often does. It contains an active and organized thieves' guild, powerful merchants with questionable ethics, and influential cults and secret societies both malignant and benign."

- Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, pg 94

"This policy [neutrality] has created an environment where no nation or city-state bears Baldur's Gate ill will (though "businesspeople" out of Luskan or even merchants in Waterdeep resent the considerable competition from the city's port)."

- Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, 94


 * As you can see, it appears Baldur's Gate is not only a center of trade - it's the center of trade. Niirfa-sa 19:44, 4 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm not bringing into question Baldur's Gate; if anything it has flourished since the events of the spellplague. I'm simply referring to the Trade section of the page, which lists that the stone they import comes via Luskan, which would no longer be correct given current canon. The changes to Mirabar in this period of time is as yet unknown also.  I think this suggests the source is no longer accurate, given it was published in 1993, and 112 years have passed in game terms.  A lot of water has passed under the bridge...err, if Luskan had any bridges anymore!! :-p -- Vampus 04:32, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * My sugestion is that you have any other issues like this with 4th edition, you review how I altered the Trade section, keep the old stuff by adding year tags and add the new stuff. Hurtzbad 05:07, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Can we even say abandoned? I know I'm being a stickler, but I don't think we have enough info to say that.  All we can say is that if the stone imports are still happening, they're not being routed through Luskan.
 * - Well ",but decades of social unrest and rampant crime have left it largely abandoned"

- Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, pg 148


 * Also the docks are "useless" so no trade would be going out by sea.Hurtzbad 11:01, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I think the point I'm trying to make here is being lost. We know Luskan is gone, we know that Baldur's Gate is thriving, we know that any trade would NOT be going through Luskan.  What we don't know is if Baldur's Gate is still importing stone from Mirabar via a different route. -- Vampus 13:05, 5 October 2008 (UTC)