I hope it's just quest related crafting, but the prevalence of crafting tables is suspiciously like DOS 1.
One thing I hope isn't like the DOS series is the ability to easily craft magic arrows. The archer/ranger class is effectively an elemental Mage who would always use crafted magic arrows. I like the way magic arrows are fairly limited so far in BG3, so we reserve them for the hardest fights. Enemies are even a little too freely equipped with them, but that also gets back to the surface effects issue.
