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The video by Mortum serves as a comprehensive guide on the various races available in "Baldur's Gate 3," providing players with insights into the unique traits and benefits of each race, along with practical gameplay advice.
Key themes include the importance of choosing a race based on visual and personal preference, as the game minimizes mechanical differences to enhance role-playing opportunities. Notable races discussed include:
– **Dragonborn:** Unique with elemental breath attacks and sub-races, though their breath weapon doesn’t scale well over time.
– **Half-Orcs:** Notable for their Savage Attack and Relentless Endurance.
– **Elves (High, Wood, and Drow):** Benefits include Fey Ancestry, dark vision, weapon proficiencies, and unique spells and abilities based on sub-race.
– **Tieflings:** Known for fire resistance and different spells tied to their sub-races like Asmodeus, Mephistopheles, and Zariel.
– **Humans:** Versatile with additional skill proficiencies and weapon proficiencies.
– **Githyanki:** Offer proficiencies that are beneficial for spellcasters, along with thematic spells and background as former mind flayer slaves.
– **Dwarves:** Feature sub-races like gold and shield dwarves, with traits like resilience to poison, dark vision, and various combat proficiencies.
– **Half-Elves and Halflings:** Combine features of humans and elves or offer traits like the Lucky trait and stealth advantages.
– **Gnomes:** Provide advantages in mental attribute saving throws, with sub-races offering specific benefits like expertise in history, 'speak with animals', and superior dark vision.
The video emphasizes that while race-specific advantages influence gameplay, the most significant factor should be the player's enjoyment and preference, as benefits play a minor role except in specific cases. The guide concludes by thanking viewers and extending well-wishes.
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In this part of the video, the presenter, Mortum, introduces a guide to the races available in “Baldur’s Gate 3” and offers advice on how to choose which one to play. The main point emphasized is that players should primarily pick a race they find appealing visually, as the game uses a system that minimizes the mechanical differences between races. This system allows for more role-playing opportunities since ability scores are adjusted similarly across races. Mortum also discusses the practical benefits of certain races, like proficiencies, using the example of the githyanki’s proficiency with medium armor being advantageous for spellcaster classes. The segment concludes by mentioning the Dragonborn race and its various sub-races before diving into their specific features and class suitability.
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In this segment of the video, the discussion revolves around the characteristics and benefits of different Dragonborn colors and their elemental breath attacks, which can be used once per day and provide resistance to the same element. However, Dragonborn are described as less beneficial in the long term since their breath weapon doesn’t scale with levels. The focus then shifts to Half-Orcs, highlighting their Savage Attack feature, which triples damage on critical hits, and Relentless Endurance, which prevents them from being downed once per event by reducing their hit points to one instead. Their dark vision is mentioned but noted as less critical in the context of the game. The discussion proceeds to Elves, who benefit from Fey Ancestry, giving them advantages against being charmed and immunity to magical sleep. They also possess dark vision and weapon proficiencies in various swords and bows, making them suitable for ranged builds.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on the traits and benefits of High Elves, Wood Elves, and Tieflings in a tabletop role-playing context. High Elves can choose a cantrip from the Wizard spell list, commonly picking Firebolt for its practical utility. Wood Elves gain an additional five feet to their movement speed, which is advantageous for roles requiring high mobility like rogues and monks. Tieflings, characterized by their demonic heritage, have fire resistance and Dark Vision. They also have three sub-races linked to Arch Devils: Asmodeus, Mephistopheles, and Zariel, each granting different cantrips and spells that enhance their abilities as they level up, providing a blend of utility and combat applications without being the sole focus of a character build.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the abilities and characteristics of different races in a game.
– **Mephistopheles Tieflings:** At level three, they receive the spell Burning Hands, and at level five, they get Flame Blade. However, these spells may not justify creating an entire character around them.
– **Drow:** Living in the Underdark and often serving the deity Loth, Drow have a dichotomous culture with some exceptions. Playing as a Drow can lead to hostile reactions from others unless a check is passed. They have Fae ancestry and Superior Dark Vision, enhancing their vision to 80 feet. They also gain Drow Weapon Training, but classes that use these weapons typically already have proficiency. Sub-races include Loth and Celdarine, with abilities like Fairy Fire at level three and Darkness at level five.
– **Humans:** Representing tenacity and versatility, humans gain the Human Versatility feature, granting an extra skill proficiency and increased carrying capacity by 25%. They also receive Civil Militia, giving weapon proficiency with Spears, Pikes, Halberds, Glaives, Light Armor, and Shields. Humans do not have sub-races, making their benefits somewhat limited but still versatile.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the benefits of choosing the Githyanki race. Key points include their ability to gain proficiency in every skill for an entire day through astral knowledge and their Martial Prodigy ability, which grants proficiency with light and medium armor, as well as short swords, long swords, and great swords. This is particularly useful for classes that don’t normally get those proficiencies, such as spellcasters. Additionally, Githyanki gain certain spells at specific levels: Mage Hand (invisible when cast), Enhanced Leap at level 3 (triple jump distance), and Misty Step at level 5 (teleportation). Despite their unusual, alien appearance, they are a strong thematic choice for role-playing, given their background of being former mind flayer slaves from the astral plane.
Furthermore, the video touches on the dwarf race, noting their speed disadvantage with only 25 feet of movement per turn. However, dwarves come with valuable traits such as Dwarven resilience (advantage on saving throws against poison and resistance to poison damage), dark vision, and Dwarven combat training.
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In this segment, the video discusses the various traits and sub-races of dwarves, half-elves, and halflings within a role-playing game context. It highlights that dwarves have weapon proficiencies and three sub-races: gold dwarves (extra hit points for tank roles), shield dwarves (light and medium armor proficiency), and duragar (resilience to illusions, charm, and paralysis, plus superior dark vision and spells at levels 3 and 5). Half-elves blend human and elf features, including enhanced resistance to charms and magical sleep, with dark vision and sub-race options (Wood Elf, High Elf, and Drow). Halflings have a reduced movement speed but gain advantages against being frightened and can re-roll 1s with the Lucky trait. They come in two sub-races as well: Lightfoot (stealth advantages) and Strongheart (poison resistance). These traits make halflings versatile and excellent for roles requiring stealth or resilience.
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In this part of the video, the discussion focuses on the features and advantages of the gnome race in a game. Key points include gnomes having advantages on intelligence, wisdom, and charisma saving throws, which are beneficial for passing mental attribute checks. The video then breaks down the three sub-races of gnomes: Rock, Forest, and Deep. Rock gnomes provide expertise in history checks and dark vision; Forest gnomes can cast ‘speak with animals’ once per day and also have dark vision; Deep gnomes excel in stealth checks and have superior dark vision, making them excellent ranged rogues. The video emphasizes how race choices in the game can influence gameplay, including unique dialogue options and interactions based on the character’s race and class. It concludes by reminding viewers that the most important factor in choosing a race is personal preference and enjoyment, as race-specific advantages play a minor role except in specific instances.
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In this part of the video, the speaker expresses gratitude to the viewers for watching, expressing genuine appreciation. They also extend well-wishes, hoping the audience wanders in wisdom and has an amazing day.