Are the Cult of the Absolute a Thing in Dungeons & Dragons?
The primary villainous faction of Baldur’s Gate 3 is the Cult of the Absolute, a mysterious new religion that acts as a seeming front for the Illithids, using modified tadpoles to convert followers into “True Souls” and lead an uprising on the Sword Coast in the name of the mysterious god and its triumvirate of chosen avatars. While the true nature of the Cult and its machinations are a bit too spoilery to get into here, there are ties to some well established Dungeons & Dragons lore and the history of the Baldur’s Gate series itself—but otherwise, they are an entirely new creation made for Baldur’s Gate 3.
Although they were teased in the IDW Dungeons & Dragons comic Mindbreaker, which acts as a prequel to the game, there’s always a chance future content for the tabletop RPG could tap into the plotline in an attempt to bring Baldur’s Gate 3 fans to the game itself.
