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I hope one of the origin characters is a bit like Sebille.

Great backstory, amazing playability.

I agree that the Dragonborn race is a must have for me aswell. I've never played D&D or any previous BG games, but research has convinced me enough to suitup with some scales and unleash hell upon the mindfalyers!
The only problem I have is not knowing what class would be best for my playstyle. In DoS2 I play a melee/magic rouge with strength weapon in the left hand, a dagger in the right and medium armor. My gut says that BG3 build mechanics might be more rigid.
For backround I would prefer something similar to the Scholar and mystic tags.

Sebille's voice actress is that githyanki woman's motion capture/voice actress.

Human, Fighter/Warlock.

Personal premise is someone who was enamored of the Paladins of his faith as a child, desperately wanting to be one when he was old enough. He was rejected as the clergy found his motivations lacked any significant faith or desire to serve and was more based on pride and prestige. Devastated, he started sinking into a deep depression when in his dreams (at least he's pretty sure it was his dreams), he was offered a chance to serve his faith in other, less conventional ways...by committing to a pact to adhere to the spirit of his faith, if not the letter (a deific servant to the faith did indeed approach him in his dreams with this offer, as some divine servants within the faith feel a less conventional group of faithful could prove useful).

He presented himself to his church, new-found powers and all, ready and willing to serve...only to be branded heretic and all but chased out. The "spirit" that visited him in that dream warned him to expect such, but encouraged him to be honest in his dealings with the clergy and that they were acting within the tenets of the faith and to not blame them...that his own faith needs no acknowledgement, it simply needs to be.

This assumes the Celestial patron is available though lol. Otherwise, I'm undecided as yet.

I will definitely take an origin character.

At the moment the githyanki fighter would be my choice.
- You want to kill Illithids and that is exactly what gith do.
- She is not familiar with this place, this makes her a bit equal to the player (unless you are a DnD nerd)
- I guess most people do not know githyanki and those who do probably do not like then. They are evil followers of the lich queen.
- Probably make her an Eldritch Knight. In all DnD games (BG2, NWN2) all gith had arcane abilities, except the cleric companion of NWN2 (But with knowledge domain she had some mage spells too).

I actually really like the Design of Shadowheart als will probably Main her
at my first playthrough.
Otherwise i will go for an Human Paladin, good hearted and rightenous
with a Two Handed Weapon, most likely a Spear.

I'll probably go with a stupid half-orc barbarian that smashes everything first and asks questions later - I plan to play that character till I die and never revisit it again.

After that I might go for wild magic sorceror - those are always fun - and play that one out till the end.



I feel like the saying "be careful what you wish for" is appropriate here: the "easy choice" there just means either you're completely overpowered, since you have a dragon at your beck and call, or the dragon won't do anything for balance reasons, meaning it feels pointless/weak.

human fighter / (or) paladin
sword and shield

I hope there will be option to use shield bash.
my motto is "best defense, is good defense".

I probably go with an Origin, but haven't decided yet.


hm, I really like the general idea, good inspiration, thanks for sharing

Here is my first character

Name: Zalkin
Race: Tiefling
Class: Warlock
Pact Boon: Pact Of The Tome
Patron: The Fiend
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Half-Elf Ranger (custom)