Baldur’s Gate 3 offers players the chance to step into the world of Dungeons & Dragons, playing as some of the most iconic races in the Forgotten Realms. Developer Larian Studios has been steadily adding races to early access, but with the full release fast approaching, the complete list of all playable races is finally available. With 11 races to choose, with most offering choices in subraces as well, players can truly customize their characters to create whatever hero they can imagine.
Larian has made the smart choice to go with the classic races found in the DnD fifth edition Player’s Handbook. This means that while veteran DnD players are already very familiar with the races, new players who have never played DnD are not going to get overwhelmed. Each race and subrace comes with unique racial features, although ability score boosts have been changed in line with the new origin customization rules found in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything.
Humans are the most common race in the Forgotten Realms and have the ability to fit in almost anywhere. While some might see playing as a human as boring, they are a good middle ground for any new Baldur’s Gate 3 character. As the most common race, humans are uniquely adaptable to any class or situation, but that doesn’t mean that certain NPCs won’t react differently to a human than one of their own kind, making each playthrough a unique experience each time.
One of the three most common races in Faerûn, elves live long lives, often living as long as 700 years. Innately magical and graceful, elves of the Forgotten Realms tend to be a little aloof when it comes to some of the other races with shorter lifespans. Players of Baldur’s Gate 3 will be able to choose between the more academic and magically adept high elf and the nature-based wood elf when creating an elven character.
Having broken away from the rest of elven culture, drow are typically found in the Underdark as most worship the Queen of Spiders, Lolth. However, there are others who have left mainstream drow society to follow the elven pantheon known as the Seldarine. These two factions are player choices for drow subraces in Baldur’s Gate 3, although functionally there is no difference, each offers unique dialogue options throughout the game. Playing as a drow is one of the few races that offer a truly different experience to other races in terms of how some NPCs will react to the player, closing off some options while opening up others.
2023-07-27 11:00:05
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