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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
''Baldur's Gate 3'' is a sequel to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_(video_game) ''Baldur's Gate''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_II:_Shadows_of_Amn ''Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn''] and their respective expansions.
''Baldur's Gate 3'' is a sequel to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_(video_game) ''Baldur's Gate''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_II:_Shadows_of_Amn ''Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn''] and their respective expansions. It can be played solo with the possibility to include up to 3 additional playable characters into the party, or online with up to 3 other players.


The game received critical acclaim and won several Game of the Year awards including the Golden Joystick Awards<ref>[https://www.gamesradar.com/golden-joystick-awards-2023-winners/ Here are all the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners]</ref> and The Game Awards 2023<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/23959124/game-awards-tga-2023-goty-game-of-the-year-nominees-list-totk-bg3-mario-spider-man Baldur’s Gate 3 wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards]</ref>.
The game received critical acclaim and won several Game of the Year awards including the Golden Joystick Awards<ref>[https://www.gamesradar.com/golden-joystick-awards-2023-winners/ Here are all the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners]</ref> and The Game Awards 2023<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/23959124/game-awards-tga-2023-goty-game-of-the-year-nominees-list-totk-bg3-mario-spider-man Baldur’s Gate 3 wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards]</ref>.
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==Character creation==
==Character creation==
{{hatnote|See [[Character Creation]] for more.}}
{{hatnote|See [[Character Creation]] for more.}}
Choose from 12 [[classes]] and 11 [[races]] from the D&D Player's Handbook and create your own identity, or play as an [[origins|Origin]] hero with a hand-crafted [[Character Creation#Backgrounds|background]]. Or tangle with your inner corruption as [[the Dark Urge]], a fully customisable Origin hero with its own unique mechanics and story. Whoever you choose to be, adventure, loot, battle, and romance your way across the Forgotten Realms and beyond. Gather your party of renown characters. Take the adventure online as a party of up to four players.
Choose from 12 [[classes]] and 11 [[races]] from the D&D Player's Handbook and create your own identity, or play as an [[origins|Origin]] hero with a hand-crafted [[Character Creation#Backgrounds|background]]. Or tangle with your inner corruption as [[the Dark Urge]], a fully customisable Origin hero with its own unique mechanics and story. Whoever you choose to be, adventure, loot, battle, and romance your way across the Forgotten Realms and beyond.
===Origins===
===Origins===
{{hatnote|Main page [[Origins]]}}
{{hatnote|Main page [[Origins]]}}