I can definitely see why I liked this game as a kid! Simple, but fun hack-and-slash gameplay, magic that isn't mutually-exclusive with armor and weapons, and an underrated soundtrack!

The sidequests are a bit generic, but it makes sense. They're randomized for each playthrough. They generally amount to some combination of "Kill X number of Y enemy type on Z level of the dungeon," "Retrieve X item from Y level of the dungeon," or "Kill the boss of X level of the dungeon."

So there was a fantasy RPG that I remembered playing as a kid that I only had vague memories of. I went to Reddit recently to post about it and see if anyone could figure it out.

As it turned out, the game in question was Fate. It actually has more in common with Diablo than Baldur's Gate, but the UI is vaguely similar to Baldur's Gate, mostly in the form of the bar at the bottom of the screen (including a quickbar for items), spell scrolls, potions, and the inventory screen. You also move your character with the mouse rather than WASD or the arrow keys.