Originally Posted by Uncle Lester
Originally Posted by kanisatha
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Ah ok. Yeah the visuals are weak (and by contrast the one thing I can unequivocally say is awesome right now about BG3). But because RB is 3.5e D&D and has party size of six, I actually am much more invested in that game than even Solasta. And then also Black Geyser.


I'm curious about the 3.5e part. Especially that it doesn't seem to offer all the choice 3.5e is famous for. What are the advantages over 5e? I went from 2AD&D (Infinity Engine... well, touches of 3e) straight to researching 5e for BG3. I must say 5e looks great in general.

Well they also, like with Solasta, are using the SRD OGL. It's just the 3.5e SRD rather than 5e SRD. So they also, again like Solasta, are limited to only being able to use those things that are in the SRD and nothing more, which is rather minimal.

As for differences with 5e, I am very firmly in camp preferring 3.5e as the best D&D edition. I find 5e to be too focused on combat and somewhat gimmicky in the changes made in it relative to the older editions. But ultimately it is very much a personal preference.