Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Does 5E allow delay turn or ready attack?

Hey Guys,

Haven't really had the time to be actively involved in the discussions very much the past 6 months but, let me add my 2 cents. While the game plays 'fine' from a game standpoint, it does not really implement an awful lot of 5e in its current state. I am aware of course that a lot is probably still in development or just shielded from us at present. But the game could use a lof of DnD elements in my opinion.

Not holding my breath on it but, onde of the most important thing being class restrictions on learning spells (I read somewhere wizards can no longer learn healing spells so that is a start of sorts), so no wizzies learning any druid or cleric spell unless it is a part of their proficiency or subclass (some spells like flaming sphere overlap as I recall, or at least they do in Solasta).

And ready action/ proper reactions is another thing that could indeed add a tactical element which is currently missing from the game. I mean who here wouldn't want to put your ranger, wizard or other class on, for example, ready ranged or cantrip atack so that when a enemy moves into range he or she automatically attacks it.

One could argue that it slows the flow of combat down to a degree I guess, but I don't think we want BG 3 to be a simple action romp with no tactics whatsoever (well aside from positioning and laying traps currently). Does 5e also allow something akin to hmm let's say x-com 2's overwatch? e.g. you say the ranger readies a ranged attack and watches intently over a certain section of the room they are in currently.

And please inform me, how faithful to 5e is solasta's reaction system in regards to PHB functionality? Why doesn't Larian simply look at how solasta coded it and work out a system that fits BG3 ?

It iss kinda weird that they haven't added more subclasses to existing classes so far so they can be tested (we are +/- ayear away from release now and 1,5 years into EA). Not sure how problematic this will be but classes like wizard have a great many subclasses (unless they cut that down compared to 3.5 e). Would be nice to be able to roll something different than what we have now. But I fear this will be left out until full release sadly.