Another would be an elf that had their bloodline cursed by another elf that really hated their ancestor to be as hairy as those "ape people". Now other elves doubt their elvish-ness. How is THAT not lore friendly?
I agree that this is possible in the story of the world
But this is a storyline for a companion or another NPC. The story is for the character that the world reacts to (In the sense that it is possible to prescribe a full-fledged plot, with pre-scripted answers and dialogues. Otherwise, such a thing is impossible for the player due to the great difficulty). In this case, I doubt that the presence of an elf's beard would somehow surprise someone. Well, maybe 1-2 times... Although in fact, this should be surprising EVERY time, in every dialogue.
Something like:
"Hey, who are you and where are you coming from?""Alatiel, elf of the valleys""What kind of elf are you, you have a beard, it doesn't happen like that! You're lying." Well, etc. But for many reasons, this will not happen. Maximum - a couple of phrases will sound in the general chat when we run past.
"Wow, bearded elf, I haven't seen this before.".. It will get boring after a dozen repetitions.
In any case, I still don't see any reason to make this a basic feature of the game. Why not add naked tits then? It's not by Lore? Ok, we can add a plot about the curse of nudity or something like that, right? Why not?
No, it's better not to open Pandora's box. There are mods - if you want, use them.
None of those who unsubscribed earlier apparently does not take into account that the year is 2022. There is YouTube, there are hundreds, if not thousands of sites. You say there will be an "
*" or another type of notification? A banner on the half screen? How it will affect... Pfft. Who cares? I'm telling you - as soon as the game starts, there will be hundreds and thousands of videos where there will be JUST such a character - a bearded elf. Guides and walkthroughs will be filmed with such characters. And this will certainly affect many players who don't like this. For example, it will definitely affect me. I like to watch guides on the game, how to build a character class, how to complete a particular quest in the game, compare with how I did it... And I know for sure that such an assumption will destroy Lore Baldur Gates 3 for me. This is a fact. Describing a similar situation, I want to point out that a PARTICULAR case of a certain player's desire will negatively affect the OVERALL feeling of the game. In this case, this is due to the possibility of changing the color of the eyes, skin and hair, which has previously reached the point where a reasonable assumption turns into an unreasonable, destructive one.
Red line for BG 3.
This is the murder of the lore of the world, at its core, because an elf has a beard - this means he had a human in the genealogy, and if so, then it is a half-elf. There is no other way. What is normal, as a special case of an NPC, is wrong for our alter ego in the world, whose story will be built in the course of the narrative.
