I brought up DOS2 because Larian put curse and petrify in a game already. Why wouldn't they put them in this one where it makes even more senses? Especially when a bunch of people are calling BG3 as DOS3.
I almost hate the fact that you said this - Larian said they will make this a D&D 5e game, not DOS3. Yet as much as I've tried to "defend" them in the past week saying "ah, they just need to fix a few things" they keep on revealing things that take it further and further from actual D&D and make it look more and more like DOS3.
On a side note the curse and petrify in the DOS 2 (both can only be removed by Bless) was nothing even close to the curse and petrify in D&D (each can be removed in different ways or with a very strong spell), though I feel like they might recycle the petrify to not waste the brown&rocky skin they used.
I return to my original point that they should've actually used 5e rules instead of being afraid to do it, while saying they've used them.
Edit: I just remembered the petrify could be removed with magic armor as well. Nevermind that point then
