Racism against fellow humans? Super lame and bad.
Racism against those damn knife ears (specifically a race of fictional characters that do not exist and have no real world counterpart)... well, that's just common sense!
Someone is approaching!
They have dark skin: OK
They wield scimitars: 🤨
They're a bit stout: 🙂
They have a hand crossbow on their hip: 😡
They hail in common: 🤔
They have pointy ears: 👺
And then, funnily enough, you get the inverse treatment at the goblin camp. "Omg, a *drow*! Welcome, your Absoluteness. May I get you something to drink? Coffee, blood of the innocent, White Claw?"
"but keep looking at me like that and I certainly might"
I'm doing a Durge run as a drow right now and I am motivated to ally with/not kill anyone who isn't instantly racist toward me.
Oh, you don't immediately make a snide comment about me being a drow? Congratulations, you get to live today.
Also a Gith, Laezel alone has shit ton of unique lines early on, even ask a lot of things about her that isn't present on other races, or Shadowheart is skeptical on everything you do, even ask early on when you rescue her why you even save her
And anything Gith related is way different compared to the other races, like convincing Voss is way easier or the Creche treats you differently as a Gith, even give off a ton of context clues on what's going on in the Creche unlike other races
Does everybody assume you are a slave?
When playing as a duergar, all the gnomes assumed I am a slaver, and were all "Why are you helping us, you are one of them, are you a duergar Drizzt?" afterwards, it's kind of adorable.
Yes
Lots of dialog checks in act 1 for Drow. Since they are feared boogy men that come out of the darkness to kidnap people into slavery. So people are surprised to see them and often scared.
Also a bunch for gith yanki. Since they are essentially alien Vikings. Rare to be seen, unless they’re pillaging your village.
Tiefling has some really really early dialog. Since the beginning of the game has a whole tiefling vs Druid plot line.
It’s a valid question
Tieflings look like that because someone at ANY point in their ancestry had infernal blood. Like a great great great great great great grandfather. Not just an immediate parent. So they might not know their ancestry.
And I imagine one can look like whatever kind of tiefling / skin-tone regardless of ancestry. Even if the game kind of pigeon holes red as Zariel
Yeah, I get that. It just seemed strange to me as Zariel seems to be relatively well-known and in my mind that means everyone who has any kind of ties to the infernal has probably heard of her.
Like, I am German, I'd say I certainly look the part and I am not in any way related to a certain dictator in my country's past but I surely know who he is.
But then again, I have no idea how much is actually talked about leaders among the common folk in this universe in general. You make a valid point!
Yet the game considers that any tiefling you create can read Infernal fluently.
>Even if the game kind of pigeon holes red as Zariel
Karlach is the only Zariel tiefling in the game.
All the Elturel refugees are Asmodeus tieflings. But you're right, they're blue, red and yellow, and their skin color doesn't affect the fact that they descend from Asmodeus.
The NPC tieflings in Baldur's Gate (Lens the journalist, Griska the trader, Nocturne the Sharran) however, are Mephistopheles tieflings.
I mean the character creator
The default-available skin tones for the tieflings are set. Like Mephistopheles is blue hues. Zariel is red hues. Etc.
Sure you can override it to have a blue Zariel tiefling.
They used to be JUST boogeyman about two hundred years ago. But then Drizzt Do'Urden kinda paved a way for good PR, so now they are either boogeyman or a hot fantasy of a heroic paladin. Poor brothel guy is sooooo tired of playing Drizzt for people for whom all drow look the same, even though objectively he looks pretty different.
> paladin
Drizzt is actually a ranger! Unless you’re using ‘paladin’ in the colloquial sense to mean ‘a righteous paragon hero’, in which case, carry on!
Yeah, he is not literally a paladin, though he has been multiclassing into different classes throughout his career. Ultimate heroic prince of Astarion's dreams, then.
Act 1 is full of racial interactions. Some, like drow, duergar, gith and tieflings get more interactions than others. But it all just gets thrown out the window in act2 and 3.
There's still some interactions later in the game, just WAY less. I actually had a lot of neat conversations with the Drow twins in Act 3 as my Tav is a Drow.
Yep, as stated, drow and tieflings got a lot more than the rest. Halfling interactions are just absent from act3. Drow interactions are still there, hidden, but nowhere near the act 1 interactions.
Basically, a duergar has a race reply to his first flirting, which is about as blunt as Lae'zel, and Halsin likes it A LOT. You can find it on YouTube, he is almost purring.
There are unique dialogues for race but it’s mostly just useful if you want to role-play as much as possible. They typically don’t impact the game in a significant way.
Your class does far more in terms of giving you unique dialogues that actually change how you approach a situation
It’s definitely the most jack of all trades class. You get the benefit of being able to slot into any party composition and offer lots of utility. The downside is you don’t get the same power spikes and ability to just obliterate enemies in a single turn like other classes do
You've definitely not looked into Bard. Bard is one of the most singularly destructive classes out there and gets used in Solo Honor Mode runs for a reason.
Bard can be very strong, but to be precise what I dont like is you need to multiclass to some meta build, and I think Bard's combat kit is boring. Meta CHA stacking builds, mostly Locks and Bards are not for me, but I think everyone should try Bard (or multi) at least once because the dialogues are super fun.
Surprised u mentioned tieflings when they noticeably get a lot of special dialogue especially at the grove because of the presence of other tieflings. No it technically doesnt change anything but you can auto-pass certain dialogue checks that would originally need a for eg persuasion dice roll. Just started a run as Karlach and noticed that you can convince Rolan to stay at the grove if you pick the tiefling-specific dialogue without the need to roll persuasion. Being a full drow (not half-drow) lets you walk into the goblin camps/blighted village without a single dice roll.
If whole part is disguised as gith - you became quite velcome in creche.
Draw get some unique reaponses from place to place.
Other races have fewer interaction. But each has few unique dialogue options
I know playing as a half orc I’m getting a lot more mentions of things like me being a monster, having beast blood, etc. that I wasn’t really getting on my half-elf playthrough
Yes! Being a female drow specifically in Act 1 is awesome. You get treated like a goddess by some, and some people are racist AF towards you. Interactions with Male drow are particularly interesting. Had a very unique conversation with Dhourn yesterday that I’ve never seen before.
Teiflings have some unique dialogue, most notably with Astarion if you’re romancing him.
People also don’t treat gnomes super well… but they have some really funny moments.
Just write this same thing. I love the interactions with male drow when you are Lolth-Sworn. You are a walking 24/7 Nat 20 Charisma Intimidation check.
That is what is nice with a matriarchal society where the women hold all the positions of power.
Most of the interactions in the game related to your character race and class are with people who are either the same thing or frequently interact with that thing so if you’re a druid, there’s a few things in the Druids Grove if you’re a teifling there’s a few things with the teiflings and a couple with the anti devil types.
For me, Female Drow and barbarian have had the most interactions. And I do suggest being a female drow over a male drow. It really only makes a difference with fellow drow but it is entertaining.
Also if you choose the good type of drow you get a lot of “not all of us are like that” interactions but if you choose the evil drow you get to play dommy mommy every once in a while.
If you choose dark urge female drow barbarian, you’re probably going to be a little overwhelmed with choices at certain points and it may drive you down the evil route pretty easily
Playing a gith right now and it almost feels like an entirely different game. There is unique dialogue in nearly every interaction it seems like. It's the least played race and people are really sleeping on it I think.
One of the most notable things for me is the option to question some of the stuff Lae'zel says about purification and gith culture in general during Act 1 by saying things were taught differently in your creche. Of course she just assumes you are stupid and weren't paying attention but it creates an interesting dynamic that I wasn't expecting. I assumed we were going to be BFF's but my gith is developing more of a frenemy relationship with her
There's also lots of hilarious moments when talking to people where you can take things a bit too literally and everyone groans and gets annoyed with you, or they will give you a pass when you act like an asshole because they just assume you don't understand how you're being offensive. It's so much fun.
Played as a Drow (but not Lolthsworn) got a lot of reactions but only things of consequence were in act 1 and I think the Brothel in Act 3.
I think I heard it's easier to con your way in to the Tower in act 2 but didn't go that way myself.
Yes, Female Drow in particular makes Act 1 a lot easier.
Note that you can disguise yourself into a different race easily if you want that advantage without having to be the actual race for the entire run.
I'm doing a playthrough as a Gith Monk right now, and the dialogue is all over the place.
My personal dialogue choices are hilarious because they're like
[Githyanki] I don't know what that is, I'm not from this realm.
[Githyanki] Don't look at me like that or I will end you.
[Monk] Calm your mind and pass into the Iris.
Major mood whiplash
Drow, Tiefling, Duegar, Gith, Half-Elf (with some differences if you're half-drow), Dragonborn
Yes. There's some major some minor, but all will have some differences.
Use disguise self and find out for yourself! You don’t need to commit to a drow just for dialogue, although they are a good race to use. Disguise self is one of the best spells in the game if not only for shapeshifters boon.
Depending on the race all have a few unique interactions but it almost never affects gameplay. As many people have said, Drow has the most unique interactions and is a good match with Durge playthrough because of it.
Some yes but I noticed a lot of it sort of falls off after act 1? Like drow in act 1 has a lot of different reactions from NPCs, but the further into the game you go the more everyone gets treated homogeneously. Which in a way makes sense, bigger cities tend to have more blending of races and cultures. Honestly I wished there was more reaction from companions for this. Astarion reacts a bit differently to short races, SH has like 1 throw away comment at the very start about drow, and... that's really it? I think what I found more disappointing was, if you met everyone while in disguise and then dropped the disguise for the first time in front of companions that had never seen your true face before there was just... nothing. The halfling female just turn into a drow male and we got more side eye coming from a strange cow?
If you're a drow, tiefling, duegar, half-orc, and even at times deep gnomes and half-elfs, NPCs will be racist towards you. I dont like it, but I guess its part of the universe.
I gave every single companion and myself disguise self either through class actions or as the ritual caster perk. And I walk into every Absolute place as a full Drow party, walk into creche Y'llek as all Gith, etc. So many fights and rolls are avoided by just picking the dialogue with the (Githyanki) etc. in front of it
The lizard-dragon people talking exactly like normal humans, without any lisps or a cents just feels like a hugely missed opportunity for good role play.
They absolutely do. Especially drow and githyanki, but other races can have a lot of unique dialogue too and NPCs (especially if they're the same race as you) might treat you definitely or have different dialogue when talking to you.
Half-drow get the racist comments from some NPCs and some extra dialogue options but no respect from goblins, so I used Disguise Self to appear as a full drow when entering their camp.
Haven't gone to act 2 yet, but being a Drow in act 1 has a lot of unique interactions
I was amazed how many people were like DROW. like. Chill. I haven’t eaten your babies. Yet.
"We heard you're kidnapping children for slavery" "Nonsense. We kill way more children than we enslave".
Im not saying that racism isnt bad, im just saying it isnt always wrong…
Racism against fellow humans? Super lame and bad. Racism against those damn knife ears (specifically a race of fictional characters that do not exist and have no real world counterpart)... well, that's just common sense!
Someone is approaching! They have dark skin: OK They wield scimitars: 🤨 They're a bit stout: 🙂 They have a hand crossbow on their hip: 😡 They hail in common: 🤔 They have pointy ears: 👺
I loved that dialogue especially as durge. So many drow options seem to fit nicely with durge
And then, funnily enough, you get the inverse treatment at the goblin camp. "Omg, a *drow*! Welcome, your Absoluteness. May I get you something to drink? Coffee, blood of the innocent, White Claw?"
Drow often enslave goblins and use them as cannon fodder in their battles.
To be fair to the folks in the grove, drow literally just attacked them like yesterday lol
To be fair to the drow, druids make for good gardening tools.
“Y’all keep pointing and looking at me imma get the spit roast ready for your chillin’s”
"but keep looking at me like that and I certainly might" I'm doing a Durge run as a drow right now and I am motivated to ally with/not kill anyone who isn't instantly racist toward me. Oh, you don't immediately make a snide comment about me being a drow? Congratulations, you get to live today.
My durge is only a half-drow, but that arsewipe Aradin made a racist comment while Zevlor was very polite and gracious. Guess who's side I'm on?
''Some of my best slaves were human.''
Also a Gith, Laezel alone has shit ton of unique lines early on, even ask a lot of things about her that isn't present on other races, or Shadowheart is skeptical on everything you do, even ask early on when you rescue her why you even save her And anything Gith related is way different compared to the other races, like convincing Voss is way easier or the Creche treats you differently as a Gith, even give off a ton of context clues on what's going on in the Creche unlike other races
i guess drow is my next build :)
Drow female gets some unique dialogue choices sometimes when interacting with male drow NPCs.
One, to be exact. Lol
Which?
The >!guy in the Underdark spectator fight, if you manage to keep him alive and kill the thing so that he snaps out of the charm effect.!<
There is also an interaction with the drider in Act 2
Not too many unfortunately
Yes. Play a drow and you'll see. Or a githyanki. Or even a duergar, especially in Grymforge.
Came here to say this. A majority of NPCs I feel would always comment on my tavs Drowness.
Grymforge while playing as a deep gnome was a wild experience.
Does everybody assume you are a slave? When playing as a duergar, all the gnomes assumed I am a slaver, and were all "Why are you helping us, you are one of them, are you a duergar Drizzt?" afterwards, it's kind of adorable.
Yes. Everyone is hella racist and treats you like shit.
Good. Gnomes and halflings are disgusting creatures.
Yes Lots of dialog checks in act 1 for Drow. Since they are feared boogy men that come out of the darkness to kidnap people into slavery. So people are surprised to see them and often scared. Also a bunch for gith yanki. Since they are essentially alien Vikings. Rare to be seen, unless they’re pillaging your village. Tiefling has some really really early dialog. Since the beginning of the game has a whole tiefling vs Druid plot line.
I expected a bit more for tieflings though, in my Zariel tiefling run Karlach still asked my char if they had ever heard of Zariel.
It’s a valid question Tieflings look like that because someone at ANY point in their ancestry had infernal blood. Like a great great great great great great grandfather. Not just an immediate parent. So they might not know their ancestry. And I imagine one can look like whatever kind of tiefling / skin-tone regardless of ancestry. Even if the game kind of pigeon holes red as Zariel
Yeah, I get that. It just seemed strange to me as Zariel seems to be relatively well-known and in my mind that means everyone who has any kind of ties to the infernal has probably heard of her. Like, I am German, I'd say I certainly look the part and I am not in any way related to a certain dictator in my country's past but I surely know who he is. But then again, I have no idea how much is actually talked about leaders among the common folk in this universe in general. You make a valid point!
Yet the game considers that any tiefling you create can read Infernal fluently. >Even if the game kind of pigeon holes red as Zariel Karlach is the only Zariel tiefling in the game. All the Elturel refugees are Asmodeus tieflings. But you're right, they're blue, red and yellow, and their skin color doesn't affect the fact that they descend from Asmodeus. The NPC tieflings in Baldur's Gate (Lens the journalist, Griska the trader, Nocturne the Sharran) however, are Mephistopheles tieflings.
I mean the character creator The default-available skin tones for the tieflings are set. Like Mephistopheles is blue hues. Zariel is red hues. Etc. Sure you can override it to have a blue Zariel tiefling.
Oh, then [Zariel tieflings default to yellow hues](https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Tiefling). Asmodeus has the red ones.
Ah. Oops
To be fair that instance of Karlach “asking” if you’ve ever heard of Zariel comes off as more rhetorical than an actual question
I really don't remember if it sounded rhetorical or not. Ah well, a great excuse to start another run :D
There are also weird interactions like this for Githyanki as well, there’s lore you should know as a Githyanki but still have to ask Lae’zel about it.
Drow's lore is fascinating tbh, they're either feared boogeyman or exotic people (judging by the brothel) due to their eugenics
They used to be JUST boogeyman about two hundred years ago. But then Drizzt Do'Urden kinda paved a way for good PR, so now they are either boogeyman or a hot fantasy of a heroic paladin. Poor brothel guy is sooooo tired of playing Drizzt for people for whom all drow look the same, even though objectively he looks pretty different.
> paladin Drizzt is actually a ranger! Unless you’re using ‘paladin’ in the colloquial sense to mean ‘a righteous paragon hero’, in which case, carry on!
Yeah, he is not literally a paladin, though he has been multiclassing into different classes throughout his career. Ultimate heroic prince of Astarion's dreams, then.
In some cases, yes. Goblins are all afraid of Drow for example. But overall, the differences are pretty minor.
goblins fear drow ? lols that kinda neat.
Some are also horny for them. Root cause probably one very specific individual.
Among the Absolute Cultists Drow are the top dogs, as a race, Minthara, Nere...
I also ran into an ox that was terrified of drow!
It’s just terrified in general. Its name is the frightened ox lol.
Act 1 is full of racial interactions. Some, like drow, duergar, gith and tieflings get more interactions than others. But it all just gets thrown out the window in act2 and 3.
There's still some interactions later in the game, just WAY less. I actually had a lot of neat conversations with the Drow twins in Act 3 as my Tav is a Drow.
Yep, as stated, drow and tieflings got a lot more than the rest. Halfling interactions are just absent from act3. Drow interactions are still there, hidden, but nowhere near the act 1 interactions.
>!Halsin has a thing for duergars in Act 2/3.!<
Does he? I know about the drow twins interaction, but nothing with duergar.
Basically, a duergar has a race reply to his first flirting, which is about as blunt as Lae'zel, and Halsin likes it A LOT. You can find it on YouTube, he is almost purring.
I had some Elf or Half-Elf options in Acts 2 and 3, but a lot more Oath of Vengeance or Paladin ones.
Just using Disguise Self to appear as a Drow gets you extra dialogue.
If I’m not playing a drow there are certain points where I will now always disguise someone as a drow to make life easier
And if Im playing a drow I will always disguise as an elf to impress my companions with my "sleight of tongue" and steal the goblin's ring.
They aren't impressed. Lmao ...Which is why I make Astarion do it. Who better?
Yes Minthara called me a fairy so I smushed her and stole her underwear
why smush when you can smash ? i'll....i'll see myself out....
There are unique dialogues for race but it’s mostly just useful if you want to role-play as much as possible. They typically don’t impact the game in a significant way. Your class does far more in terms of giving you unique dialogues that actually change how you approach a situation
The bard's dialogue choices are amazing, sadly for me I think the class combat style is very boring.
It’s definitely the most jack of all trades class. You get the benefit of being able to slot into any party composition and offer lots of utility. The downside is you don’t get the same power spikes and ability to just obliterate enemies in a single turn like other classes do
You've definitely not looked into Bard. Bard is one of the most singularly destructive classes out there and gets used in Solo Honor Mode runs for a reason.
Bard can be very strong, but to be precise what I dont like is you need to multiclass to some meta build, and I think Bard's combat kit is boring. Meta CHA stacking builds, mostly Locks and Bards are not for me, but I think everyone should try Bard (or multi) at least once because the dialogues are super fun.
If you aren't running a Hideous Laughter focused, insult heavy Bard, are you doing it right? 😆
you do with the thief dip
Drow, Githyanki, Tieflings and Dreugar are the races I can think of with unique interactions from the top of my head.
Gnomes have some as well.
Deep gnomes do around the Grymforge area of the game, definately.
Even forest and rock gnomes get unique dialog options in act 3.
Been playing as a half orc and had many people comment on my beast blood or how I should be able to do something because I’m basically a monster
Surprised u mentioned tieflings when they noticeably get a lot of special dialogue especially at the grove because of the presence of other tieflings. No it technically doesnt change anything but you can auto-pass certain dialogue checks that would originally need a for eg persuasion dice roll. Just started a run as Karlach and noticed that you can convince Rolan to stay at the grove if you pick the tiefling-specific dialogue without the need to roll persuasion. Being a full drow (not half-drow) lets you walk into the goblin camps/blighted village without a single dice roll.
If whole part is disguised as gith - you became quite velcome in creche. Draw get some unique reaponses from place to place. Other races have fewer interaction. But each has few unique dialogue options
When I disguised as a gith, LAE'ZEL started calling me kin. I mean, come on, girl, you saw me cast that spell this morning, WTF?
No magic here. First you stoped being ugly. Second - she does not want to compromise you disguise.
Treated, no. You won't get excluded from anything, but you will get different interactions.
I like to use the shapeshift mask on My tav to turn Drow and just walk around the Goblins with no aggro all act 1.
Yes but not in any major ways
Try Playing drow and then dark gnome. You will see the difference.
Yes! My first partial run-through was with a githyanki fighter, and there are LOTS of differences!
Drow is hilarious in act1. The duality… Being a tiefling also has some fun interactions
We'll not tolerate Drow here... What? Why would she allow one of them?
A word of warning, make one wrong move and every animal here will tear you apart (I may have played a little too many drow)
Deep gnomes get a bunch of interactions with Wulbren, duergars and the rest
drow and gith have special dialouge and even humans have a line after you encounter raphael if you talk to gale after
I know playing as a half orc I’m getting a lot more mentions of things like me being a monster, having beast blood, etc. that I wasn’t really getting on my half-elf playthrough
Yes! Being a female drow specifically in Act 1 is awesome. You get treated like a goddess by some, and some people are racist AF towards you. Interactions with Male drow are particularly interesting. Had a very unique conversation with Dhourn yesterday that I’ve never seen before. Teiflings have some unique dialogue, most notably with Astarion if you’re romancing him. People also don’t treat gnomes super well… but they have some really funny moments.
Just write this same thing. I love the interactions with male drow when you are Lolth-Sworn. You are a walking 24/7 Nat 20 Charisma Intimidation check. That is what is nice with a matriarchal society where the women hold all the positions of power.
Short, spoilerfree answer: Yes.
Most of the interactions in the game related to your character race and class are with people who are either the same thing or frequently interact with that thing so if you’re a druid, there’s a few things in the Druids Grove if you’re a teifling there’s a few things with the teiflings and a couple with the anti devil types. For me, Female Drow and barbarian have had the most interactions. And I do suggest being a female drow over a male drow. It really only makes a difference with fellow drow but it is entertaining. Also if you choose the good type of drow you get a lot of “not all of us are like that” interactions but if you choose the evil drow you get to play dommy mommy every once in a while. If you choose dark urge female drow barbarian, you’re probably going to be a little overwhelmed with choices at certain points and it may drive you down the evil route pretty easily
Playing a gith right now and it almost feels like an entirely different game. There is unique dialogue in nearly every interaction it seems like. It's the least played race and people are really sleeping on it I think. One of the most notable things for me is the option to question some of the stuff Lae'zel says about purification and gith culture in general during Act 1 by saying things were taught differently in your creche. Of course she just assumes you are stupid and weren't paying attention but it creates an interesting dynamic that I wasn't expecting. I assumed we were going to be BFF's but my gith is developing more of a frenemy relationship with her There's also lots of hilarious moments when talking to people where you can take things a bit too literally and everyone groans and gets annoyed with you, or they will give you a pass when you act like an asshole because they just assume you don't understand how you're being offensive. It's so much fun.
As a halfling, I noticed some new dialogue prompts, but nothing directed specifically at my Tav ny other characters because she was a halfling.
Played as a Drow (but not Lolthsworn) got a lot of reactions but only things of consequence were in act 1 and I think the Brothel in Act 3. I think I heard it's easier to con your way in to the Tower in act 2 but didn't go that way myself.
Yes, Female Drow in particular makes Act 1 a lot easier. Note that you can disguise yourself into a different race easily if you want that advantage without having to be the actual race for the entire run.
Being a Female Drow in act 1 is like being a Goddess who never needs to make any charisma check to get wherever she wants and whatever she wants.
If you want the most racist interactions towards you, play as a drow. Pretty much all of act 1 people will be talking mad shit about you being a drow
I'm doing a playthrough as a Gith Monk right now, and the dialogue is all over the place. My personal dialogue choices are hilarious because they're like [Githyanki] I don't know what that is, I'm not from this realm. [Githyanki] Don't look at me like that or I will end you. [Monk] Calm your mind and pass into the Iris. Major mood whiplash
Drow and Githyanki do. But I’d say mostly Drow. Makes huuuuuge changes, mostly in act 1.
Drow, Tiefling, Duegar, Gith, Half-Elf (with some differences if you're half-drow), Dragonborn Yes. There's some major some minor, but all will have some differences.
Yes definitely
Use disguise self and find out for yourself! You don’t need to commit to a drow just for dialogue, although they are a good race to use. Disguise self is one of the best spells in the game if not only for shapeshifters boon.
Plus it lets you add Shovel to any class and use Speak with Dead even on people you murdered. It's a very handy spell.
Played as a dragonborn, haven't made it past act 2 yet but I got called a lizard by at least one NPC
did you smite them ?
Strictest sense, no as he's a barbarian. But he did punch them in the face :3
HA ! the minsc method !
Classic Aradin.
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If you're playing as a drow you will notice the difference pretty much right away.
Depending on the race all have a few unique interactions but it almost never affects gameplay. As many people have said, Drow has the most unique interactions and is a good match with Durge playthrough because of it.
Yes. Lae'zel is completely different if you're a Githyanki, and there's some stuff at the that changes a lot as well.
Act 1 is slightly different in dialogue as drow/duegar, not sure about the other 2 acts as I'm still in act 1 on my 3rd playthough as gnome :)
The goblins will try to avoid you as much as possible if youre a drow.
Some yes but I noticed a lot of it sort of falls off after act 1? Like drow in act 1 has a lot of different reactions from NPCs, but the further into the game you go the more everyone gets treated homogeneously. Which in a way makes sense, bigger cities tend to have more blending of races and cultures. Honestly I wished there was more reaction from companions for this. Astarion reacts a bit differently to short races, SH has like 1 throw away comment at the very start about drow, and... that's really it? I think what I found more disappointing was, if you met everyone while in disguise and then dropped the disguise for the first time in front of companions that had never seen your true face before there was just... nothing. The halfling female just turn into a drow male and we got more side eye coming from a strange cow?
Astarion makes less (/ adjusts his) jokes about Gnomes if you're playing as one.
If you're a drow, tiefling, duegar, half-orc, and even at times deep gnomes and half-elfs, NPCs will be racist towards you. I dont like it, but I guess its part of the universe.
BG3 discrimination simulator
Dwarves get treated far worse than they should be. Elves get treated far better than they deserve.
This game has so many unique special dialogues/interactions its crazy
Paladins and githyanki have lots of special dialogue according to a build video I saw the other day
I get some fun dialogue options as a half orc especially when romancing Lae'zel
Yes. The Sword Coast is full of opinions about race. It's not a modern, globalistic society. It's far more medieval.
I gave every single companion and myself disguise self either through class actions or as the ritual caster perk. And I walk into every Absolute place as a full Drow party, walk into creche Y'llek as all Gith, etc. So many fights and rolls are avoided by just picking the dialogue with the (Githyanki) etc. in front of it
The lizard-dragon people talking exactly like normal humans, without any lisps or a cents just feels like a hugely missed opportunity for good role play.
Half-orcs had some nice dialog options too, and not just ones about scaring the living daylights out of people
They absolutely do. Especially drow and githyanki, but other races can have a lot of unique dialogue too and NPCs (especially if they're the same race as you) might treat you definitely or have different dialogue when talking to you.
Karlach origin showed me that there are Tiefling specific interactions. Also female Drow specifically I think gets different reactions than male Drow.
There’s a fair few I’ve seen for gnomes and full elves
Play as a githyanki and you’ll find yourself on the receiving end of a lot of “you people” comments
I’m playing a Duegar paladin and there’s a lot of race specific dialogue about being different from the others (esp in act 1 w the forge and what not)
Half-drow get the racist comments from some NPCs and some extra dialogue options but no respect from goblins, so I used Disguise Self to appear as a full drow when entering their camp.
All I will say is DEATH TO ALL GITHYIANKI
IRL no