Originally Posted by Raz415
This. Every universe built by a DM / writer / game developer / film director is unrelated to the others made by other people. Just stop trying to bring them together. BG1 and 2 had different writers and teams, basically different DMs. BG3 has its own universe and it has a lot in common with BG1 and 2 but it. is. not. the. same. universe. There are many choices to make in BG1 and 2 and all of them are canon in different universes.

What's next honestly, bringing in D&D Honor Among Thieves and saying that Bards should hit people with their lutes and can't cast spells?

Allow me to disagree again. This game is called "Baldur's Gate 3", not "Baldur's Gate: Reboot" or "Baldur's Gate: WotC Edition". As a sequal, it is their job to make it make sense. The devs and the game never told players the story that "it. is. not. the. same. universe", players told themselves this story, in fact, think about how this game was publicized and how *some* of the old characters were handled, they tried very hard to reconnect with old games. Hell, the lead writer literally said "we want to pay respect to old games" in an interview. (But have they?)

I don't remember hitting people with lutes and the disability to cast spells being rules in D&D Honor Among Thieves, they're just poor executions of dnd rules. And I'm talking about characters, if they ever make a D&D Honor Among Thieves II, is it okay to say Doric becomes Sofina now? What's the limit of this logic? Let me use the example again, when BG4 comes out, is it okay for Karlach to become a demon lord who loves to torture and kill people, simply because "oh well BG3 was a different game and they're not related, not the same universe bro"? Is that really good writing that players should accept?