A few weeks ago, the Baldur's Gate 3 community was scolded by Larian, Inc. This was because, according to their data, the most popular character creation option equated to a boring, generic human male.

Well, now the blame can be placed on them, but in the end, the problem may have been that there were not enough character options. Elves, halflings, tieflings? Yes.

It is, after all, a fantasy game. Why can't we play as goblins, hobgoblins, minotaurs, or mind flayers?" Thanks to Modder ShinyHobo, who was busy making BG3 monsters into playable races, we can now.

Nexus mods are bringing in more and more new playable races:

Installing these mods requires a bit of work. In addition to downloading the .pak file and copying it into your mods folder, you will also need to update the modsettings.lsx file in your profile with the text. Be sure to read the instructions on each mod's page and back up your saves. We also recommend the mod called Ignore Message to avoid error messages displayed by the mod installation.