They should just leave your origin out of voiced dialogue and give us the freedom to imagine any kind of character we want to play.
Have you tryed to pick litteraly any other option? Then voila! You are no longer Baldurian.
I mean you still are, since you still have the tag ... but nobody knows. :P
Originally Posted by 1varangian
How relevant is it anyway where your character is from?
Depends ... Many people believe that in later acts we will wisit Baldur's Gate ... i wonder if we will find our house there. It will at least give us opourtunity to enjoy our own "Bilbo Bagins returning home, just to find out his neighbours and relatives allready looted all his stuff."
I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. Lets us play Githyanki as racist as they trully are!