I am going to add to what you said:

Background: Lifelong D&D since I was 10. Played 2nd, 3, 3.5, 4, and 5E. Know these games very well. Really like 5E overall.

Overall Positives: I mostly agree, however the implementation of the 5E ruleset and mechanics needs much more work imo. That said, the world so far is beautifully realized, character are handsome/beautiful, and the story, dialogue, skill checks all work for me (although some tweaks to reduce making multiple checks for one outcome could be done).

Character Creation: I agree with what you have said, and would like to add: Please give us roll for stats option. Specifically Roll 4d6, drop the lowest 1. I want to agree emphatically about starting equipment, that is REALLY needed.

UI: Largely agree with all your points here on the GOO warlock they might be still working on a substitution since telepathy A) is not needed in a game where one player controls all characters and B) The tadpole already does that. So it may be an in the works thing, at least I hope so. On initiative as well, sometimes when PCs have the same initiative it skips over more than one when you hit end turn, losing turns.

AI: I hyper agree X a billion about the throwables, the arsenal on these goblins is insane.

Balancing: The pool effects, while a cool idea in general, feel more like a DOS thing than a D&D thing. While some AoE bomb stuff like throwables etc exist in D&D, many of them come from spells more than mundane items and alchemy, and only last a single round. BG3 however, is absolutely riddled with them and it really makes it feel like an artifact of the ground effects in DOS instead of 5E.

I also agree about the no XP for peaceful resolution being an issue: During one somewhat sexy encounter, Shadowheart chides you if you don't avoid it, however, if you don't fight everything you are gimping your xp gain. This should absolutely be addressed.

Glitches: Only a few to report, mainly physics and model morphing when an PC/NPC gets killed sometimes.

Really solid post OP, agree with most of what you have said.


Last edited by Dominemesis; 12/10/20 06:50 PM.