Ah, this has been discussed a lot around here so I didn't go into the details, but let me introduce you to that.
- When you meet Gale, he introduces you to the Teleportation Portals. These are portals that nobody else than the party can use. The Tieflings certainly don't consider using them to make their journey to Baldur's Gate easier. The goblins in the Blighted Village or the Goblin Camp certainly don't see anything wrong with you popping out of portals. They don't really exist in-game. They are just the game's Fast Travel feature, but the tutorial is given by Gale instead of a tutorial text box.
Oh, to be fair I never considered this to be OOC, hence my confusion. Gale didn't go into a winded explanation, just appeared out of nowhere, said it was Netheril magic and... I just went with it, didn't break immersion and I never questioned the mechanic much. Though now that you mention it it does kind of stand out
When you free Lae'zel and invite her to join, she comments that your party is full up and wants you to dismiss someone first. That's an in-world character commenting on a game feature (the party size limit). Also not a thing I considered immersion breaking at first, but now that it was pointed out it does sound strange coming from Lae'zel. I mean, *I* would mind the crowd, she wouldn't care
At camp, when you want to switch characters (because there is a party size limit so you can't just travel with ever more companions), you have to ask someone to stay behind. It makes zero sense for the companions to agree to "idle the hours" while you try to find a solution, when they have the exact same problem and the exact same adventurer's potential than you. Instead of us, players, engaging with a pure game interface, we have to do these swaps through an in-world conversation that has zero credibility. I always take it as "someone should really protect our stuff at camp" situation, but that is - again - just me taking the extra step to excuse the strangeness.
Thank you for the explanation, doesn't sound like something that will change at this point, but I hope it does.
