Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Modding (New to mods) Play as Gale but not with Gale?

I haven't finished Act1 yet but I have lots of ideas of things I want to do differently for my next playthrough.

I read Gale's origin is pretty prominent in the story so I want to pick that one next time.
However, I also put down that, for my next run, I want to play as a female character.

So, is that possible through mods (with enjoying Gale's role in the story)? What interactions do you think will inevitably treat my character as a male? Any bugs/unreliability to expect?

Oh, and if you could please point me to the relevant mods. I am overwhelmed by knowing there are like 20,000 mods out there LOL

I have played a "FemGale" by use of the Nexus mod "Galepal"
I didn't like her looks though, so you will most likely also need the Enhanced Edit / Origins Edit mod to resculpt Gale for maximum immersion.

Gale Pal :
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2503

Appearance Edit Advanced/ Appearance Edit origins :
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/899?tab=description

Inevitably, some camp cutscenes will be a bit off. (Tara's jokes about "her" beard for instance). But they are rare enough, so it's by no means a gamespoiler.

There are similar mods for Astarion (Astaria) and Wyll. (Wylla)

Thanks
BTW: I can totally see how a beard can work in the modded state but I shall leave it at that

Is there a guide for getting started with mods, not modding, just how to work with mods?

I am reading a little bit about it and there are like different like parent mods that you install the mod packs on them... Script extenders... It's all very much "for people who already know".
Feels like I have a disadvantage to investigation checks

I forgot one more mod : You need to change Gale's voice to female. There are a few versions that you can use here : https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2702

I used voice style A myself.You can find YT vids where you can listen to all of them and select the one you like most.

Some further encouragement :


Before BG3 I never installed a mod for any game, so it was all a completely unknown for me also. It turned out to be quite straightforward and I have about sixty mods active now. Here are a few tips to get started :

In order to install Nexus mods, there are 2 ways. One is a tool from Nexus itself, which is called Vortex. People who use this say it automates and simplifies everything. People who don't use it say it often makes wrong decisions and screws up. I don't knowh how good it is, because I only used the other, more manual way with the BG3 mod manager.

That is an executable you can download, and I suggest you check out one or a few youtube video's that explain the interface. They're not long video's, it really isn't rocket science.

When you get BG3MM running, you can use this program to download and install script extender (in the menubar "tools" item). That will also automatically update it if needed.

Then you're all set up to install your mods. Go to the mod page in Nexus, read the description attentively, as well as the requirements. Then go to the "files" tab and download the file(s) needed to your PC. Normally these are .pak or .zip files.

So my procedure is then to click on BG3MM menu "file->import mod", select the downloaded files. The names of the mods now appear in the right pane of BG3MM.
Then to activte them, you drag them from the right to the left pane and set the loading order right. Mods are loaded one after the other, so if there are dependencies or overrides then you need to drag themup and down in the list. For the 3 mods you need I don't think it's a thing, but I would put the enhanced edit mods first and the galepal mod after them. The voice mod is a bit special, it goes directly to an override section. No need to do anyhthing more for it.

Then, and this is the thing that most beginners (me included) forget, you must go in menu "file" and click "save order" and espcecially "export order to game". If you forget that last one nothing will happen.

And that's it. Just one more thing. I said it before, but can't repeat it enough : Read the description. Nothing so annoying for the modders as users that complain there's a bug, it's not working, but they didn't do what the description told them to do.

With the mod installed, Gale automatically gets the female body type 1 and the standard mods look. With the enhanced edit mod you can remodel it immediately. You don't need to go to the magic mirror. There's an icon in your command bar that you can click at any place to start the procedure.

In my current PT, I have a normal Tav, but run an all female squad, so these are (from LTR) Wyll, Astarion and Gale.