Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Getting with the times.

I agree that the rest mechanic is bad in BG3. It's boring and it add 0 value to the game.

But as I said earlier, according to me it has nothing to do with D&D... It's a matter of choices Larian made.

Resting and spell slots are supposed to be a part of the action economy of the game.
In video games the player have to choose the right moment and has to deal with a benefits/risks/consequences ratio.
That's something I love while traveling in the dangerous FR.
On the other hand, 5e include things to do while resting. Hit dice, level up, spell preparation, features, rituals,...

None of this exists in BG3. Short rest is a "give me a few HP button" and long rest is a "full heal" button.
And yes, we have to rest often to enjoy our spells.

On the other hand in BG3 :
- there are no random encounter while resting, no risks.
- You can rest everywhere and TP = no risks while looking for a spot.
- Resting is linked with the story = we have to rest for story purpose.
- There are many OP monsters, challenging combats, many ennemies = we have to burn our spellslot/features...
- ... But we have a party of 4 = we don't have many things to do between our rests.
- There are no D/N cycle, no time management, no strategies arround fighting at day or at night = resting isn't integrated to the world and is not a part of such gameplay choices.
- There are no ritual and things (D&D or not) to do during resting = resting isn't interresting at all you except a few times for story reasons.

All this are a few exemples of things that could, if improved or implemented, really increase the strategy and the action economy arround resting.
On the other hand, resting would be something during which you have specific things to do...

Cooldown/spell slot is probably a matter of taste... But whatever our taste the system in BG3 is bad and doesn't work... resting leads to nothing interresting in the game and it's not "the system's" fault.