Quote Originally Posted by Psyren View Post
Indeed. BG3 checks allow you to bypass difficult fights entirely, or get powerful NPCs on your team, or obtain information and resources that you otherwise couldn't. And several of those checks are rendered automatic or gain advantage via tags related to choices like your race, class and background, validating player choice even further. It's fantastic design, and Larian applied the DMG guidance expertly.
The benefit of doing a massive, comprehensive amount of "prep." While I absolutely agree that this kind of world interaction is excellent and something DM's should strive for, in practice it's often hard to do. Planning a whole encounter might take significant prep. Letting the players bypass it with a check or two, that can be hard to swallow. And it also implies the DM should be sitting on 10 times more content than what's going to come up at any given time.