I’ve only played like two sessions of a custom campaign when it comes to tabletop RPGs, so adapting to BG3 coming from DOS2 was a bit of a learning curve, though not insurmountable as there are plenty of tooltips and tutorials guiding you through each aspect as they come by. The tooltips system in this game is amazing, by the way; if you’re confused by anything, don’t hesitate to hit T on the tooltip to inspect it further.

The gist of what you might need to adapt to is this:

• everything comes down to dice roll RNG, from combat to interactions to exploration
• in combat, you get movement, one action point, and one bonus action point for everything you can do in one turn, like using abilities and casting spells
• casting spells expends spell slots which is basically mana points; spells that don’t cost spell slots are called “cantrips”
• spell slots dont regenerate over time; rather, they recharge whenever you take a long rest
• likewise, some non-spell abilities can only be used once per short rest

My gripe with BG3 is that it is a bit to much like DnD, and so plays far more like a tabletop RPG than a video game. I much prefer a simpler stat-check system like that in DOS2 over the dice-roll mechanic in BG3. I also prefer the simpler and faster-paced action point system of combat in DOS2. However, I’m nitpicking at this point, and BG3 is still a brilliant game.