5e is a barebones mess of a system and ive not seen it been runw ithout houserules yet. Even those that thought they were running it RAW accidently put in stuff from earlier editions like charging or other ways in which critical hits work.
Amen. 5e purist are the biggest danger to BG3 at the moment, let's hope Larian filters their noise out.
I myself am NOT a fan of D&D rules, especially 5e rules, and am happy to see Larian change 5e rules wherever it is appropriate to make this VIDEO game fun for players.
That said, "5e purists" are not the problem with the game. It is "D:OS purists" who are the real problem. And just between those two groups' preferences, the "5e purists" ought to be favored over the "D:OS purists" 100% of the time by Larian in what is supposedly a D&D game.
What DOS purists? I don't remember seeing anyone saying "the game should be more like DOS".
IMO, such things as excessive environmental elemental surfaces and effects, barrelmancy, ridiculous elevation advantages, origin characters, locked party composition, etc. are example of the game being more like D:OS. So when people strongly advocate for any of these kinds of things, they're looking for the game to be more like D:OS.
The word "purist" is not appropriate, I agree. I used it myself only because the post I was responding to used it. I don't think there are any such "purists," TBH, and people have complex motivations re. this game.
