There is some barrier that exists here, with certain race/ class combos where the ability score CANNOT be increased, even if there are enough points available for the allocation. I have been blocked at 15, 16, and 17 for various race/ class combos, even wen I have lowered EVERY other ability score to 8. I have 20 points available, then I should be able to take a score to 18. The blockage here makes no sense, and it means I play characters that have 4 14s and they are all copies of each other. I can’t make a big dumb meat shield warrior with 8 int, wis, and cha. In Pen and Paper, having 3 8’s would be a bad idea, but I should still be able to do it.
In 5e, I find that stats at 18 are far more rare for starting characters. The point-buy or array generally let you get to 15, maybe 16, before racial modifiers. But, of course, you get to increase stats at level 4 and 8, and some Feats increase them by 1 (not available at present in BG3, but he alternate human build allows a starting Feat) so 18s and higher are jus around the corner for your characters.
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY leave the name blank. I cannot tell you how many times I made a character whose name is Tav. Make it be the last thing to fill out. Have it stay empty to force us to change it prior to loading into the game.
Preach it brother (or sister). At least have some system to change names later.
EVERY SINGLE TIME I fight the goblins at the druid gate, Wyll dies. Every time. Without fail. I cannot revivy him. I can’t heal him. He’s just… gone. And he’s a warlock.
I'm really not a fan of the old "you're playing it wrong" but I think you may need to look at your tactics here. I've played through the fight many times with many combinations, and Wyll only died once. For most of my playthroughs, none of the NPCs die. Are you using Sleep? Maybe Grease? Something to down a couple of goblins (or, better still, the chief, warg or bugbear) and allow the good guys to thin out the herd a little.
