Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Build Discussion Pact of the Tome - How does it work in the Full Game.

I would argue guidance actually is better than Friends

As for this discussion in general, I do think it's annoying. I was never going to use pact of the tome to begin with, but in principle I think it's a bad approach. Even if it's the only approach they could take due to technical limitations, that doesn't make it not bad. It just means it was the best bad option.

But being able to ritual cast is far more important than a couple cantrips anyways, and why people actually choose this pact imo

Fortunately, only Larian need to worry about the practicalities of implementing changes in the game, so it's not something we need to argue about.