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 <div class="nomobile">[[File:Character Creation.webm|class=notpageimage|gif|thumb|400px|Character customization in Baldur's Gate 3]]</div>
+When starting a new game, the player is presented with the '''character creation''' screen, where they may either select an [[Origin characters|origin character]], or create a custom character.
 {{Quote|"Who are you?"}}
-When you start a New Game, you will create your character in the Character Creation screen. You can choose to play as an Origin Character or create a custom one.  Below is an outline of every aspect of Character Creation.
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 == Origins ==
+{{hatnote|See also: [[Origin]]}}
-''See also: [[Origin]]''
+Who are you?
-[[Character Creation|Custom]]: You’ve always felt you had a greater calling, but it has never borne fruit. Everything changes when you awaken imprisoned on an alien ship. Perhaps your time has finally come.
+; Origin Characters
-Origin Characters:
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 == Backgrounds ==
+{{hatnote|See also: [[Backgrounds]].}}
-''See also: [[Backgrounds]]''
 Your history and what shapes you as a person.
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-== Playable Races ==
+== Race ==
+{{hatnote|See also: [[Races]]}}
-''See also: [[Races]]''
 Your lineage and innate abilities.
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-== Playable Classes ==
+== Starting class ==
+{{hatnote|See also: Classes}}
-''See also: [[Classes]]''
 What you can do and the potential to grow as an adventurer.
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-== Ability Scores ==
+== Ability scores ==
 {{hatnote|See also: [[Ability scores]].}}
-Your physical and mental attributes. They affect most of your rolls.
+Abilities represent aspects of creature's physical and mental attributes, represented in numerical ''ability scores'', from which ''ability scorer modifiers'' are derived from – these affect most [[dice rolls]].
 Baldur's Gate 3 uses a point buy system, with 27 points available to spend on your ability scores. The following rules apply during character creation:
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 * Choose 2 to 4 skills to be [[Proficiency|proficient]] in, based on your starting class and background.
-The skills are listed below their corresponding ability.
+; Skills and their corresponding abilities
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