never one to avoid controversy, after trying Solasta again, yes it seems to implement 5e well, but by doing it well it made me realise that 5e is not a particularly good system for a video game, designed as it was to to make dnd newbie friendly (good). It just feels really simplistic: "balanced" - yes, I suppose, but I think "lackluster" is how I would describe it. And since all Solasta really has going for it is "accurate implementation of 5e", that doesn't leave it with very much at all.

There was a poster who went on and on about how 3(.5) was the better system for a video game and i didn't agree with them because I find nwn1-2 and IWD2 to be lackluster as games, but I suppose that is an issue with those games not with 3.5e and I think Kingmaker shows how "Mathfinder" works very well in a super-crunchy video game.

Overall Solasta actually reinforces my lack of attachment to 5e RAW, since it makes me realize I don't particularly like 5e, raw or otherwise, which is a shame because I like BG3

Last edited by alice_ashpool; 13/07/21 01:39 PM.