Play Baldur's Gate 3 as a hobgoblin, minotaur, or mind flayer
Elves? Pass. A modder has been quickly adding new playable races to Baldur's Gate 3.
A couple weeks ago the Baldur's Gate 3 community got scolded by Larian because according to its data, the most popular character creation choices amounted to a boring-ass generic human male.
Well, now you can point the accusatory finger right back at them, because maybe the issue was they didn't give you enough character choices after all. Elves, halfings, tieflings? Been there, done that.
It's a fantasy game, after all. Why can't you play as a goblin, or a hobgoblin, or a minotaur, or even a mind flayer? Now you can, thanks to modder ShinyHobo, who has been busy making BG3's monsters into playable races.
Over on Nexus Mods you can help yourself to the new playable races that are quickly popping up:
- Playable Minotaur
- Playable Mind Flayer
- Playable Goblins (6 types, plus Hobgoblin and Bugbear)
There's a tiny bit of work involved in getting these mods installed. In addition to downloading a .pak file and copying it into your mods folder, you'll need to update your profile's modsettings.lsx file with some text. Make sure you read the instructions on each mod's page, and I'd also suggest backing up your saves. Another mod, called Ignore Message, is recommended as well, to avoid error messages that appear due to the mods being installed.
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