Baldur’s Gate 3 Highlights One Of D&D 5e’s Biggest Design Flaws
The 2023 RPG hit took some liberties with the fifth edition system it adapted, but some of its strangest elements come directly from the official rules of the tabletop RPG, highlighting some truly questionable design choices. Many RPG fans have become acclimated to the 5e system for nearly a decade, so the more baffling decisions have become familiar, but presents them in a new context. It is common knowledge that magic items are poorly balanced among the overly broad rarity tiers defined in the, but the presence of stat-replacing items stands out as an archaic throwback.
