Or you could learn to widen your horizons a tad and enjoy it for what it is. We have an overabundance of RPGs that try to "take themselves seriously" and end up as a big yawn. While it's fine if Larian wants to tighten things up a bit in the future from the whimsical tone it takes, yet for some of us DOS remains a refreshing break with its tongue in cheek satire on RPG tropes and lighthearted adventuring.