• Kuori [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      human is usually a solid choice mechanically, esp in d&d, and as a matter of course tend to have the most varied customization options (sure there may be horns for your tiefling, but maybe only a choice of 3 or they’re locked to hairstyle etc)

      not saying that’s the case here mind, but those are some reasons beyond a committment to being boring

      • barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Humans in BG3 seem to be bad. Variant Human (the one that let you take a feat at level 1) is the reason 5e Human is strong, and that’s not an option in BG3; instead you just get one extra skill proficiency along with polearms, shields, and light armor (which, lmao). You also miss out on darkvision which may or may not matter (I don’t know as I run a full darkvision party).

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      Because they want to make themselves or something less crazy? I really don’t understand why everyone has to be a tabaxi, aaracokra, changeling etc nowadays. I like being a human or halfelf

    • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      In paper & pen RPGs I tend to design goofy personalities and attach them to boring standard race options. My friend who has been a part of the same group for 20 years loves taking pretty standard personalities and adapting them to fit the most bugshit insane race options he can find. We have had a lot of interactions where I - playing as a character that looks like the white guy from a diversity poster - go off on some rant about how I worship the concept of lies and illusions, and how I have written an entire manifesto about how all titles and human relations are manifestations of the holy concept of the ultimate lie, while my friend - playing as an entire swarm of 3" tall shadow goblins, with each hit point having an individual 1930s gangster name - looks for the most noncommital social democrat answer in the world. It’s a good dynamic.

      I still can’t find any excuse to make a human look this boring in a video game though.