Now that the game is out, and we have ~1M people playing it, I would like to make an open request to 1st and 3rd party developers for mods that I think a lot of people in this community want to see. There is a large group of players who want to see many of the systems in this game implemented "correctly," i.e. the way they are written in the 5E rules. I think this would be a hugely popular edition of this game if it were available.
There is a long list of mechanical changes that could be made that would give us RAW without having to do a lot of work to make new content. For example, correct racial bonuses, the proper stat rolling procedure, bonus actions only being used for actual bonus actions...etc. I feel very disappointed when these rules are changed and there is no option to play the game the right way. The players' requests for these features were largely ignored during development, but we still want them.
I played D:OS and D:OS2, and those games ended up with both community mods (like on Steam Workshop) and official DLC that enabled significant changes to basic mechanics snd gameplay systems. I used both of these sources to make the games more interesting for me and have more customizable playthroughs. I understand that Larian has their own sales objectives with making romance/drama stories or character creation options, but to me D&D isn't about those things, and I don't value them. I am looking for RAW mechanics and the freedom to use THOSE systems instead of this new homebrew version of the rules. Providing gameplay that matches the PHB/DMG would be very appealing and make BG3 a much more fun game to me.
I hope to see features like this available in the future.
