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~~Who are you?~~

Origins provide a selection of premade characters, each with their own path that ties into the plot of the game. Each origin character is a unique experience with a unique quest and a dialogue.

Origin characters' have a starting class that can be changed at any time past a certain point early in the game.

For a fully customisable character, options include Custom and the special origin The Dark Urge.

; Origin Characters

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== Backgrounds ==

Your history and what shapes you as a person.

Your history and what shapes you as a person. Backgrounds provide proficiencies and opportunities to gain [[inspiration]]. They do not impact dialogue or quests.

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Your lineage and innate abilities.

Your lineage and innate abilities. A character's race provide them with unique racial features. Race cannot be changed after character creation.

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What you can do and the potential to grow as an adventurer.

What you can do and the potential to grow as an adventurer. Class provide a character with most of their features. Past a certain point early in the game, characters can change their starting class at camp, for a small fee.

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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:

Baldur's Gate 3 uses a point buy system, with 27 points available to spend on ability scores. The following rules apply during character creation:

* Ability scores cannot be reduced below 8.

* Ability scores cannot be increased above 15.

* Each ability score increase up to 13 costs {{em|one}} point; 14 and 15 each cost {{em|two}} points.

* Two bonuses are applied at the end, one at +2 and another +1. This allows a starting ability score as high as 17.

* You may not reduce any ability score below 8.

At certain class levels (4, 8, and 12 for most classes), ability scores can be increased with the [[Ability Score Increase]] feat. Some items also increase or change a creature's ability scores.

* You may not increase any ability score above 15.

* Each ability score increase up to 13 costs '''one''' Ability Point; 14 and 15 each cost '''two''' Ability Points. 15 is the maximum that can be purchased.

* Two bonuses are applied at the end, one at +2 and another +1. This allows a starting ability as high as 17.

At ~~higher~~ levels (4, 8, and 12), ~~you can increase these~~ ability scores ~~via~~ the Ability Score Increase ~~feature~~. ~~You may~~ also ~~find certain magical items that can~~ increase or ~~decrease an~~ ability ~~score~~.

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== Skills ==

~~Your talents~~ and ~~abilities~~ to ~~interact or adapt with the world’s surroundings~~.

[[Proficiency]] with a skill allows a creature to add their proficiency bonus to any [[Ability checks|ability checks]] made using that skill.

Race sometimes gives proficiency in some skills, and background always gives proficiency with two skills.

Characters also choose 2 to 4 skills to be proficient in. The amount and what skills are available to choose from is determined by their starting class.

* Choose 2 to ~~4 skills to be [[Proficiency|proficient]]~~ in~~, based on your starting class and background~~.

Proficiencies don't stack – there is no benefit to having proficiency in the same skill from two different sources.

; Skills and their corresponding abilities

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