Originally Posted by WarBaby2
Originally Posted by Wrathbone
Originally Posted by Skallewag
I agree, oil lamps everywhere standard in DnD, it is also not a thing that applies to BG3. There are not a bunch of oil lamps stacked everywhere.


You say that, but one of the first major fights I had was in a crypt where - surprise, surprise - the enemies were milling about next to several explosive barrels which were just plonked in the middle of the room for no obvious reason.

Guess how that battle went down.


That's the thing: It's gamy, it's "red barrels", basically... lamp oil doesn't even behave like that. It's not high octane gasoline. It would spill and burn, sure, if your arrow or spell would even breach the barrel (wood has a hardness and hitpoints, like every item in D&D), that is. There are very valuable substances that can explode in Fearun (force oil or Gnomish smoke powder, for instance), but you wouldn't find a barrel of that stuff just sitting somewhere.

Stuff like that is why I never got into the new Divinity games: Everything is too gamy, bubbly and colourful... it's not high fantasy, it's Michael Bay fantasy. wink


To me, this is a big part of why it isn't BG3. I enjoyed the Divinity games for what they were, and I'd hoped Larian could switch gears and make a more serious game. But they can't, apparently. I'd still buy it and play it for being DOS3, but if you're expecting BG3 I think you'll be let down.