Baldur’s Gate 3features a number of interesting fantasy races to play, but they’re not all equally popular. WhenBaldur’s Gate 3first came out, theleast popular race was the githyanki, despite the alien humanoids featuring great options for unique dialogue. Over a year later, githyanki no longer hold that spot, but the race that’s taken their place might be equally under-appreciated.
Baldur’s Gate 3differs from the traditionalD&Dsystem in that you can choose to add a bonus of 1 and 2 to any stat, regardless of the race chosen. This means that there is slightly less focus on bonuses from races for creating certain builds. However, the traits of the halfling may just be some of thebest tactical choices for a run in the game’s challenging Honour Mode.
The Halfling Luck Trait Is Perfect For An Honour Mode Run
Halflings Can Avoid Almost Any Critical Failure
Statistics shared byBaldur’s Gate 3’s official Twitter account revealed the halfling as the least-chosen race, but the diminutive humanoids deserve better. The “Halfling Luck” racial trait allows the player toreroll any attack roll, ability roll, ability check, or saving throw upon rolling a one, making critical failure very unlikely. Combine that with a Divination wizard, and perhaps theLuckyfeat, and players will have almost constant rerolls. In the late game, the only thing preventing rogues from being able to pick most locks is critical failure, and avoiding this could make or break an Honour run.
There are two subraces of halfling in Baldur’s Gate 3 - the Lightfoot halfling and the Strongheart halfling. The Lightfoot halfling gains advantage on stealth checks, making them a perfect choice to pair with a rogue or otherwise sneaky character. The Strongheart gains resistance to poison damage and advantage on saving throws against poison, making thema great choice for dungeon delving, as they’ll be able to tank any poison from traps better than any other race. Halflings' “Brave” trait also grants advantage on saving throws against being frightened, which is useful whenfacing bosses such as Ketheric Thorm.
Halfling & Gnome Players Can Access Secret Areas Others Can’t
Burrow Holes & Crevices Give Smaller Characters An Advantage
InBaldur’s Gate 3, there are two types of small passageways that characters can fit into as long as they are of the right size. These are known asburrow holesandcrevices -crevices can be entered by any small race, such as gnomes and halflings. Burrow holes can only be entered by very small entities, likeMinsc’s hamster companion Booor a druid Wild Shaped into a cat. However, they can also be entered by small races that have thereducespell active on them.
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Players who have chosen the halfling race have easy access to creviceswithout having to expend any spell slotsfordisguise selforwildshape,allowing them to save spells for battle and take fewer long rests. This makes the halfing race one of the best choices to progress through the game quickly, as characters can navigate down shortcuts and have more opportunities for finding loot. The halfling has become the most underrated race inBaldur’s Gate 3, and Honour Mode players especially should give it more consideration rather than simply tossing it aside.
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Baldur’s Gate 3
Developed and published by Larian Studios, Baldur’s Gate 3 is an upcoming role-playing game set to release in August of 2023. Players will create a character to embark on a large-scale journey and can do so solo or cooperatively with a friend. Combat is a turn-based style this time around.
