The mods I have used are true to 5e, and I have had a lot of fun trying out classes /sub-classes that I didn't get to play during online table-top.
RP-wise, this is a completely different experience from other BG games, but I wouldn't be putting in the hours if I wasn't enjoying myself.
Quote: (Lae'zel should like me more for completing her quest to get to the gith patrol, and if I do a few things in between that she maybe doesn't like as much, the amount of relationship points for doing her quest far exceeds the minor conversation choices I made on situations she really couldn't care less about - like saving Sazza in the tiefling prison.)
I was going to put her back in my party, when I discovered her at the Gith encounter (after leaving her in the cage).
After saving her she seemed grateful, but when I got to camp and talked to her I was reminded of why I left her in the cage...she stays side-lined.
Astarian keeps the number three spot, and that says something.
This will NOT be a game where I feel great comradery for the NPCs, but that is just the way this game chose to be. I am more like a foreigner in a strange land, with acquaintances who I may or may not be able to trust. It is what it is.