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Hi,

I searched a bit on the Internet but I didn't find the answer I was looking for so I post here.

When I create a new character, the body type 2 and 4 are automatically men, even if I choose woman as identity.
Is is a bug or a feature? I think it's weird to only have a choice between really small or bulky woman. For men, it looks kinda ok but for women, it's strange.

So before creating my new character, I wanted to know if I only have those 2 choices or it's going to be patched.

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Hi, for some races there are four body types and for others just two, and you can separately (and independently) choose a gender identity for your character. So not a bug, I’m afraid, and yes there aren’t a wide range of body builds to choose from.


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Ok, thank you. I'll pay a closer look to the possibilities smile

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But just to be sure, it's normal to have a character looking like a male even if I choose female?

Like that elf
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I don't mind having fewer body type options but it's changing automatically to a female or male appareance depending on body type.

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I am mostly an Origin-player so I have limited experience with character creation, just as a hint to take this with a grain of salt. But the way I understand it, gender decides which pronouns are used for your character (it's their identity), while picking the body type determines what they look like.

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I agree OP. But yeah the male/female is for the pronouns and gender identity. I wish they would have gone with a slider type of character creator which would have been so much more customizable. I hate having to choose from generic faces, makes me feel like Tav is nothing but another NPC.😢 The main character should be able to look unique to anyone else in the game. Same problem with their previous game. I'd have a tough time playing now without mods.

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Originally Posted by Celesti4
I hate having to choose from generic faces, makes me feel like Tav is nothing but another NPC.😢 The main character should be able to look unique to anyone else in the game. Same problem with their previous game. I'd have a tough time playing now without mods.
A bit off topic, but I very much agree with this. I was more than a little surprised when I started customising my first Tav and realised the game did not have full facial customisation. It is honestly quite odd in a modern CRPG like this. Hells, even Dragon Age: Origins let you edit facial features, and it released nearly fifteen years before BG3. Have Larian ever commented why they opted to go for generic faces only?

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Originally Posted by Tsukiya
But just to be sure, it's normal to have a character looking like a male even if I choose female?

Like that elf
[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]
[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]

I don't mind having fewer body type options but it's changing automatically to a female or male appareance depending on body type.

This is a male face. If you go humoid races ( elf stuff, human, tiefling) you have body type 1 and 3 looking female and 2 and 4 looking male. The other races have 1 looking female and 2 looking male.
You also can select pronouns and gender separately to cover all flavor of gender fluidity. If you want to play female with a female face and body, choose 1 ( slim) or 3 ( muscular).


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Ok, thank very much to all of you for your answers. So it's a feature :p I'll start my new gameplay then, I was wondering if it was something to be fixed in a future patch.

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Originally Posted by Waez
Originally Posted by Celesti4
I hate having to choose from generic faces, makes me feel like Tav is nothing but another NPC.😢 The main character should be able to look unique to anyone else in the game. Same problem with their previous game. I'd have a tough time playing now without mods.
A bit off topic, but I very much agree with this. I was more than a little surprised when I started customising my first Tav and realised the game did not have full facial customisation. It is honestly quite odd in a modern CRPG like this. Hells, even Dragon Age: Origins let you edit facial features, and it released nearly fifteen years before BG3. Have Larian ever commented why they opted to go for generic faces only?
No idea, but it was a disappointment to me. Here's hoping it will finally be fully customizable in the next game... smirk


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