Oh. Thanks.

Cool! But what about Silksong? WE GET BALDURS GATE 3 BUT NOT SILKSONG AAAAAAAA

This looks like it is going to be amazing, can't wait!

BEAR SCENE BABY!!!!

I hate video game trailers that only show fancy cinematic cut scenes and no actual game play. 
(it seems the norm for all games these days).

Quote from Bigbossduckman >>

in the new player's handbook they aren't actually giving you the option to play a half orc or half elf, in the book they just say you can play as an elf, orc, or human and pretend youre playing a half orc or half elf

It's... it's all pretend...

You're just imagining reasons to be mad under an article that has nothing to do with your complaint.

I think the difference he's going for here is the difference between you playing pretend to be the character you made. And in this case it feeling like it's your character themselves who are playing pretend to be another race. This because those rules basically boil down to, you look like race A, but function like race B, or vice versa. And while I like this option, to be a descendant of 2 different species, you fully resemble one but have features of others, this being the only option does make it feel a bit like being a half-species is just having a character cosplaying another species.

I personally see it as a big detriment to not have stats specific for half-species like 5e half-elf and half-orc have, differentiating them completely from their parents, having parts from both heritages both in looks as in abilities, not just all from one and nothing from the other in both regards.

When it comes to the species / race debate in term of naming, this one is just stupid debate indeed, the official term for race is an arbitrary divide based more on culture than anything else while species officially means different creatures (to keep it extremely simplified), so species does seem the correct term for what used to be used for races.

Full disclosure, the searching of the definitions of both species and race was a 5 minute google search for me, didn't look deeper.

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Sigh... BG3 is based on the 5th edition version of Dungeons and Dragons so of course it uses the old wording as this is what existed when the game was being developed.

The change to make Race your Species+Background is not racist, it is a move that respects that a race is made of both culture and genetics.

While all humans are the same species a human who was born in America may not consider themselves the same 'race' as someone who was born in France.

So would you expect a DM to create a 'Subrace' to fix this or just make it that 'all humans are the same regardless of where you come from'?

The change is a positive one because it allows DM's to be more creative about what races exist in your world and means that a half-orc who grows up in a Orc tribe in the far north, is now no longer assumed to 'be the same' as one who's parents where two half-orcs who live in Waterdeep. 

Nor is WOTC out to remove 'half orcs or half elves' because OneDND provides very clear (and fun) rules to mix and match species freely - so you can be a half-orc half-human, half-orc, half-tiefling, half-elf-half-orc.. you name it - it's possible! 

If anything it feels that letting people mix-and match Background+ Species to create a infinite amount of racial diversity for DMs/players is what really has a small group of people upset?

Now, hold on, ElMuggs. You're asking people to be willing to think objectively, learn how to research issues using information from multiple unbiased sources, explore newly discovered facts with an open mind and make decisions based on reality rather than solely on uninformed, ego-influenced feelings.

That leaves out a very large percentage of the human species.

On a more general note, I'm really looking forward to buying my copy of BG3 but requiring me to have anything to do with Steam..no, thank you. I'll wait for the full game to come out and get it from a non-Steam source. Or not get it.

why can't it be on xbox :(

would be fun if alignment was an option, also maybe a pitch meter for the voices. since my dragonborn barbarian does notr sound as gruff as i´d imagine

Okay I believe you I've never been good on phone I just need help

Quote from clevercat47 >>

why can't it be on xbox :(

Technical limitations are preventing an Xbox Series X (and Series S) release of Baldur’s Gate 3. Larian Studios says the XBox version of Baldur’s Gate 3 may not arrive until 2024, according to comments from Michael Douse, director of publishing at the studio.

The cinematic cutscenes are in fact in engine gameplay for this one. 

Quote from Bigbossduckman >>

 Yes, they are wanting to remove half-races, they changed an established character's race in the new Phandelver book from half-elf to drow, in the new player's handbook they aren't actually giving you the option to play a half orc or half elf, in the book they just say you can play as an elf, orc, or human and pretend youre playing a half orc or half elf, they arent actually going to put the races in the new book, and if I know WOTC well they will probably turn the old player's handbook into legacy content and stop selling it so new player's can't have access to it.

Jeremy Crawford himself said the idea of half-races are "inherently racist" and he doesnt want them in the new book.

You apparently missed the big textbox in the UA introducing the 'Species' term entirely dedicated to 'how to mix races', plus the interview with Jeremy Crawford highlighting how Race 'isn't gone' but is now what you get when you combine Species + Background.. So let me summarise it for you.

The big change is that UA now makes clear that you can now mix and match ANY species/background/feat/flavour to make your own unique character.
While the 'default' version is to pick one 'primary' species + background + feat + class + flavour, there's also the variant character creation rules from Tashas/VRG2R - plus homebrew if you want to go 'beyond' the basic rules provided.

Rather then getting rid of half-x characters the new version of 'race' is both more accurate in what a 'race is' and means you get a whole lot more control over how your 'mixed race' character works in terms of the mechanics of the game.

So it's downright silly to say WOTC is out to get rid of the 'half' race, when you can now mix a Plasmoid with a Fire Gensai in your Spelljammer campaign (just give them the spell Absorb Elements and burning hands) and either call them a 'Half Plasmoid' or go all out and create a brand new race of 'Lava Goo People from Plant Zargon'!

Personally I think this change is awesome, which is why I'm currently playing a Half Elf - who.. um to be more accurate has the top half of a Wood Elf and the bottom half of a Rat - while she has 'Half Elf stats' she would describe herself as a Wood Elf because she grew up as one and would rather not talk about HOW she ended up in her current 'half rat' state :P

I've reached the 200 hour mark on my BG3 playthrough. Already thinking up my other campaign replays. Amazing game, done by a very passionate team!

I would highly recommend this game to any CRPG fans.