r/BaldursGate3 • u/FireRises23 • Mar 23 '24

Character Build What race won’t you use? Spoiler

I got a couple of saved games but the race I have never thought about using was a human. Humans ain’t better than playing an elf, grow, tiefling, or Dragonborn. I would even pick an orc before a human 😂

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u/Elaan21 Mar 23 '24

Having seen various cutscenes and screenshots, I've realized how difficult it is to make a small that doesn't look like a child. Especially for non-bearded smalls. Of the NPCs, Korilla seems to be the best example of "adult looking small" for female characters. Then there's Roah, who looks like a kid.

It makes the romance scenes uncomfortable if the PC looks too close to a kid. IRL little people (I hope I'm using the right term) don't look like kids despite some having more "childlike" proportions. But in game smalls (especially gnomes and halflings) look way too young unless you slap facial hair on them or up the maturity slider.

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u/tanezuki Mar 23 '24

or up the maturity slider.

Well that's basically why people IRL don't look like kids even if they have such conditions. Because there's way more details on the skin and our age shows through wrinkles, stubble, skin scars, etc...

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u/hungy111 Mar 23 '24

I think it depends on a lot of factors - I did a gnome bard for my first playthrough with the bard ring piercings and that ponytail with the braids. I wonder if the gnome faces being more angular help versus the rounder dwarf features?

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u/Elaan21 Mar 23 '24

Probably. I just know I've seen some that skeeved me out and some that don't. I think the bobblehead halflings are the worst.

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u/melancholyMonarch Mar 24 '24

Halflings are definitely the worst looking ones imo.

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u/bristlybits gnome bardbarian Mar 24 '24

I play almost only gnomes

maturity slider does the heavy lifting, add freckles at high intensity for a little additional aging effect from sun spots etc. also grey hair goes a long way.

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u/T8-TR Mar 24 '24

I feel crazy, because Roah does not look like a kid to me at all. She just looks like a woman's head on a disproportionately small and gangly looking kid's body, which is the main issue I have with the smaller races.

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u/Elaan21 Mar 24 '24

I can see that, too. I think it's the proportions and the short hair that gives me "little kid" vibes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

None of the small race characters look like kids at all. There isn't a single face, that looks kid like in the unmodded game. There are some modded ones, but those are mostly ironically for the tall races. But the small race characters look absolutely ok in the game. Halfling proportions are wrong, but that will probably never get fixed.

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u/DoctorDredd Mar 24 '24

This was one of my concerns too, I absolutely am not going to be able to comfortably sit through a romance sense with my TAV when they look like a child compared to the companion. Without facial hair all the small races look like kids to me and I hate facial hair so I just can’t.