We’re still waiting to find out if Larian Studios will let Baldur’s Gate 3 players go all the way to level 20 or not.

Baldur’s Gate 3 goes into Steam Early Access next month and while we have a pretty good idea of what we’re going to expect in terms of gameplay, it turns out there are still key aspects of the game that have yet to be decided.

One of those key aspects is just how high your character can ascend in terms of levels. Originally, Larian said that they were going to cap Baldur’s Gate 3 at level 10, but it turns out that might no longer be the case.

In an interview with Rock Paper Shotgun, Baldur’s Gate 3 lead systems designer Nick Pechenin said that they’re still deciding on a level cap, but the higher you go in levels, the harder it gets.

“We’re kind of trying to size the amount of content that we have to put in and we are able to put in at high enough quality,” Pechenin said after he was asked about level caps. “But for the entire game, it hasn’t been set in stone so far. We just know it’s a massive, massive amount of things to come up with and the higher you go in levels, the harder it gets.”

Besides the obvious problems of needing to code for ever-increasing class and racial abilities, one of the big problems with higher levels is higher level spells. Wish, for example, is just so open-ended that it cannot be coded into a game with any reasonable facsimile to the tabletop.

“What do we do?” Pechenin asked. “Do we accept emails from people with their wishes and quickly patch the game?”

Another aspect of D&D that provides problems to PC game makers is the reaction system. As of right now, Pechenin said that Baldur’s Gate 3 will let characters set what reactions they want to take and have them trigger whenever that condition is met. This keeps the action flowing, but also removes the player’s ability to decide whether they want to take a particular reaction or not.

There’s a lot more discussed, so check out the video above to learn more about where Baldur’s Gate 3 is currently at. The game releases on Steam Early Access soon, so remember to add it to your wishlist.

Source: Rock Paper Shotgun