Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Is save scumming the friendly DM? (SPOILERS)

Minor SPOILERS ahead.

Did you party wipe the first time you found the phase spider matriarch or the first goblin boss (and mini army)? I bet you did. In P&P D&D your friendly DM may get you out of such a blunder and avoid permadeath.

Is save scumming the friendly DM in BG3? I've seen a lot of complaints about die rolls, the rigid (albeit incomplete) implementation of 5e rules, and dialog checks where failure just leads to combat.

I wonder if this is all as intended, that since saving/loading has to be part of gameplay, that we're supposed to save/load before or during battle to emulate a friendly DM? Slow load times are the punishment.