Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Will the updated evil races be in BG3?

My 2 cents:

- This is a DnD game, so it does not matter what Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones or whatever does.
- WotC own DnD and they can make the rules however they want. You can like or not like those rules or changes of those rules, but they are making the rules.
- It is a fantasy setting, so I would be careful to say fantasy race x represents real world issue y. Unless you have a quote from the creator ( in case of BG3 its Larian and WotC) I would not say that orcs represent climate change or something like that.
- Drow (and maybe others) are a playable race or you can have them as companions ( e.g. Nok Nok in PK ). That means you can play as lawful good drow paladin. If it makes sense is a question between the player and the DM ( or the dev in case of a computer game). If it does not make sense to you, nobody forces you to play such a char or accept him/her in your party.
- Personally I like those changes. I like how the goblins are shown in the latest video. They are evil, but they are evil people with their own culture. I think it is wrong to show a sentient race (e.g. is able to speak, uses tools and weapons, . . . ) as mindless monsters.
- While I am against saying "fantasy race x represents real world issue y", I look at goblins/orcs/drow/... in a way I look at aztec, vikings or whatever: They may be evil fom my point of view, they may even be evil from an objective point of view (because good/evil/law/chaos are real in the DnD setting) but it is a culture that makes sense for people who are part of this culture. There may be individuals who are against some aspects of their culture (e.g. Drizzt for drow) but they are forced to leave ( and other races probably not like you too because you are race x) or they have a very hard time in their culture, up to the point of getting killed. (e.g. Lets sacifice the heretic who says that sacrificing people is bad.)
- Stories are boring if they are always the same. PST was a great game because it turned everything upside down. But first you have to establish rules in order to break them.
You could argue that "drow are an evil race" is a good rule because it makes good drow more interesting.