Originally Posted by Madscientist
- BG1+2 was DnD 2E, why would anyone expect 3E lore in a 5E game that is intended to be the successor of a 2E game.

Mechanically, yeah, but era-wise, only BG1 was 2nd Ed. The reason they added Barbarian, Sorcerer, and Monk to the base classes in ToB was pressure from WotC to be more like the upcoming (or already released at that point?) 3rd Ed.

Optimistically Apocalyptic