Originally Posted by Skallewag
Surface gameplay: Yea here is the thing, surfaces are part of DnD too. DnD has surfaces that cost extra movement, it has spells that make sticky surfaces, entangling vines, etc. If you run on a patch of ice in a DnD session the DM is very likely to ask you to make a dexterity save to not fall on your ass. If you pour lamp oil on the ground, then light it on fire and the dance around in the fire, your DM would be kind of weird to decide that fire has no effect on you.


A DM wouldn't typically design every encounter with oil lamps balanced precariously all over the place, though, which is kind of how it feels in Larian games. Similarly, if a D&D player stabbed someone with a dagger and then asked me (the DM) if they could cast Frostbite to freeze the resulting lake of blood and cause everyone nearby to comically fall over, I'd need surgery to repair the strain from my overly-raised eyebrow.