The 5e ruleset is quite literally the only reason I'm here. It was advertised as a 5e dnd crpg way back when, and I was excited, because all the other dnd crpgs I have played were all made using older edition rulesets. The only Larian game I had played before this was the original divine divinity (still one of my favourite old games), and it was only after getting into the BG3 early access that I tried out divinity original sin.
Like other's said, I don't think wotc would have allowed a baldur's gate game to be made without the dnd ruleset.
