So race means nothing?

[メルクーネオ]

after almost 200 hours i noticed that your races dont have anything to benefit the clases? so ive been playing withthe ulgiest deep gnome for having a monk for nothing? btw if you want to play a pure monk DONT

[Ironwu]

Research a bit :

https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Races

Have Fun! :)

[His Divine Shadow]

Uh huh. You were so concerned with min/maxing that you didn’t pay attention to racial stat bonuses or lack thereof? The quality of trolls has gone way downhill

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Mercuneo:

So race means nothing?
after almost 200 hours i noticed that your races dont have anything to benefit the clases? so ive been playing withthe ulgiest deep gnome for having a monk for nothing? btw if you want to play a pure monk DONT

What are you talking about?
If the race you selected has no advantage to your class that is a selection issue.

[seeker1]

If you want the racial stat bonuses normally found in 5E, or even tweaks to those, there are several mods at Nexus. Race doesn't mean "nothing" and the passives and abilities can even vary by the subrace.

[メルクーネオ]

I mean compared to things like neverwinternights 1 and 2 that in my opinion is the spiritual predecesor to this game clases had bonus penaltys and unique feats that made a specific class race combo unique like the deep gnome monk you had a huge penalty for leveling it but it was worth it next to the dward in my opinion is the best race for monking

[kbiz]

Balance. Everything is equal-ish. Hurray! Power comes from elsewhere.

Grab +5 movement.

[メルクーネオ]

Originally posted by kbiz:

Balance. Everything is equal-ish. Hurray! Power comes from elsewhere.

Grab +5 movement.

So warrior gnome and a warrior half orc are the same? makes no sense i love this game and i do not play d&d i play only the game if its something related to the actual rules i guess is a dumb down of the 3e rules

[Ironwu]

Originally posted by Mercuneo:

Originally posted by kbiz:

Balance. Everything is equal-ish. Hurray! Power comes from elsewhere.

Grab +5 movement.

So warrior gnome and a warrior half orc are the same? makes no sense i love this game and i do not play d&d i play only the game if its something related to the actual rules i guess is a dumb down of the 3e rules

BG3 is based on the full D&D 5e rule set. That is why it is the way it is.

[Moonbane]

OP isnt paying attention. Halforcs still have their savage attacks and death protection. Whereas deep gnomes have their bonus to stealth.

[His Divine Shadow]

NWN is based on 3rd edition. BG3 is based on 5th edition

[seeker1]

OK, homes. But NWN was 3E D & D. This is 5E, That was then, this is now.

Like the other guy asking for the Dwarf Defender ... uhhh, it doesn't exist in 5E anymore, catch up with the times.

5E *does* have racial stat bonuses, Larian just chose not to implement them. There are indeed racial feats (like Elven Accuracy) in 5E, but, they're not in vanilla. Races mostly confer proficiencies, passives, and sometimes abilities and resistances. They often do synergize with certain classes ... but not in the ways they did in NWN.

[Rommel]

Is it so hard to watch a video on tips of playing BG3 on youtube?

[fulf]

race is just a skin with a few proficiencies and a token nod or two during dialogue (none of which actually influence the story or roleplay in a meaningful way)

[AokiYakumo]

Originally posted by Mercuneo:

after almost 200 hours i noticed that your races dont have anything to benefit the clases? so ive been playing withthe ulgiest deep gnome for having a monk for nothing? btw if you want to play a pure monk DONT

Ah, I love it when a new player only sees the numbers and disregards everything else.

No, Race - as a matter of fact - does not "mean nothing" to your character.

First off, each race has specific dialogue options that can make certain encounters easier or harder. Rolan is guaranteed to stay to help the Tieflings if a Dragonborn comes up to chat, because the Dragonborn has their own unique dialogue option about "clan being everything" that gets Rolan and his siblings to stay and help.

Second, and this is more into the minmaxing/optimizing of the game, each race comes with its own unique set of traits or abilities that the other races don't get. Drow get Faerie Fire as an innate spell, no matter the class. Hill Dwarves have more health than most. Humans and Half-Elves get Civil Militia, which guarantees light armor and shield proficiency, plus access to several polearm weapons. Dragonborn get elemental resistances based on their draconic lineage. Tieflings get Fire Resistance plus several innates based on their Infernal legacy. Wood Elves both Half and Full get 5ft of extra movement. Githyanki get a free Misty Step at 5th. Duergar become ninjas with innate invisibility.

Those traits are POWERFUL in the right setups, and can completely change the dynamic of the character. A Wood Elf or Githyanki Monk is WAY better at maneuvering a battlefield than a Halfling or Gnome Monk. Human Wizards are WAY less glassy than their High Elf counterparts (Mage Armor + Safeguard Shield, it's insane how resilient that is). Dragonborn characters using a Lightning or Heat build get major benefits from their resistances that a Dwarf simply can't.

[Kamuizin]

If you didn’t saw that level adjustment +3 on the screen you should know something was off Op.