All Baldur’s Gate 3 Races and Abilities

• Racial Feature:
  • Draconic Ancestry
  • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
• Sub-Races: All Dragonborn have access to the Draconic Ancestry trait, allowing them to use their breath as a weapon. The damage that breath does depends on the dragon type they are related to.
  • Black Dragonborn – Acid Damage
  • Blue Dragonborn – Lightning Damage
  • Brass Dragonborn- Fire Damage
  • Bronze Dragonborn – Lightning Damage
  • Copper Dragonborn – Acid Damage
  • Gold Dragonborn – Fire Damage
  • Green Dragonborn – Poison Damage
  • Red Dragonborn – Fire Damage
  • Silver Dragonborn – Cold Damage
  • White Dragonborn – Cold Damage
• Best Class Fit: Paladin, Fighter, Sorcerer

Lore

A proud race that values clan and skill above all else. Once enslaved by dragons, they strive to be self-sufficient, not wanting to be beholden to anyone, not even the gods.

• Racial Features:
  • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
  • Fey Ancestry
  • Superior Darkvision: See in the dark within 24m.
  • Perception Proficiency
  • Proficiency in Rapier, Shortsword, and Hand Crossbow
• Sub-Races:
  • Seldarine Drow
  • Lolth Drow
• Drow Spellcasting:
  • Dancing Lights Cantrip (At level 1)
  • Faerie Fire (At level 3)
  • Darkness (At level 5)
• Best Class Fit: Rogue, Warlock, Ranger

Lore

Drow are the result of an ancient schism between the elven deities Corellon Larethian and Lolth. The latter’s treachery drove the drow into the Underdark, where they splintered into warring factions.

• Racial Features:
  • Darkvision: See in the dark within 12m.
  • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
  • Dwarven Resilience: You have Advantage on Saving Throws against poison, and you have Resistance against Poison damage.
  • Proficiency in Battleaxe, Handaxe, Light Hammer, and Warhammer
• Sub-Races:
  • Gold Dwarf Features:
    • Dwarven Toughness: Your Hit Point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 again every time you gain a level.
  • Shield Dwarf Features:
    • Dwarven Armour Training: Armour Proficiency with Light and Medium Armour
  • Duergar Features:
    • Superior Darkvision: See in the dark within 24m.
    • Duergar Resilience
    • Enlarge (At Level 3)
    • Invisibility (At Level 5)
• Best Class Fit:
  • Gold Dwarf: Cleric, Monk
  • Shield Dwarf: Fighter, Paladin
  • Duergar: Wizard

Lore

As durable and unyielding as their houses of stone, Dwarves are some of the finest warriors, miners, and smiths of Faerun.

• Racial Feature:
  • Darkvision: See in the dark within 12m.
  • Keen Senses
  • Fey Ancestry
  • Perception Proficiency
  • Proficiency in Longsword, Shortsword, Longbow, and Shortbow
• Sub-Races:
  • High Elf Features:
    • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
    • 1 High Elf Cantrip. Select one cantrip from the Wizard Spell List
  • Wood Elf Features:
    • Fleet of Foot: Base walking speed is 10.5m
    • Stealth Proficiency
• Best Class Fit:
  • High Elf: Wizard or Rogue
  • Wood Elf: Ranger or Rogue

Lore

With ethereal countenances and long lifespans, Elves are at home with nature’s power, flourishing in light and dark alike.

• Racial Feature:
  • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
  • Githyanki Psionics: Mage Hand Conjuration Cantrip (Level 1), Jump (Level 3), Misty Step (Level 5).
  • Choice of skill proficiency
  • Proficiency in Light Armor, Medium Armor, Shortsword, Longsword, and Greatsword
• Sub-Races: None
• Best Class Fit: Barbarian, Fighter, Warlock, Paladin

Lore

Githyanki are peerless warriors from the Astral Plane, known for their legendary silver blades and red dragon mounts. They seek the total destruction of mind flayers, whose ancient empire enslaved the Githyanki for millennia.

• Racial Feature:
  • Darkvision: See in the dark within 12m.
  • Gnome Cunning: Advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma Saving Throws.
  • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
• Sub-Races:
  • Rock Gnome Features:
    • Superior Darkvision: See in the dark within 24m.
    • Stone Camouflage: Advantage on Stealth checks.
  • Deep Gnome Features:
    • Speak with Animals Spell
  • Forest Gnome Features:
    • Artificer’s Lore: Add twice your proficiency bonus to History checks.
• Best Class Fit:
  • Rock Gnome: Wizard
  • Deep Gnome: Rogue
  • Forest Gnome: Wizard, Rogue

Lore

Small, clever and energetic, Gnomes use their long lives to explore Faerun’s brightest corners and darkest depths.

• Racial Feature:
  • Lucky: When you roll a 1 for an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.
  • Brave: You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened
  • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
• Sub-Races:
  • Lightfoot Halfling Features:
    • Naturally Stealthy: Advantage on Stealth checks.
  • Strongheart Halfling Features:
    • Strongheart Resilience: Advantage on saving throws against Poison and resistance to Poison damage.
• Best Class Fit:
  • Lightfoot Halfling: Rogue, Bard, Warlock
  • Strongheart Halfling: Rogue, Ranger, Monk

Lore:

Small yet capable, Halflings prefer the comfort of home and hearth – but their natural luck and dexterity makes them fine adventurers.

• Racial Feature:
  • Fey Ancestry
  • Darkvision: See in the dark within 12m.
  • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
  • Civil Militia: Proficiency with Spears, Pikes, Halberds, and Glaives, and Armour Proficiency with Light Armour and Shield
• Sub-Race:
  • Wood Half-Elf Features:
    • Fleet of Foot: Base walking speed is 10.5m
    • Stealth Proficiency
  • High Half-Elf Features:
    • 1 High Elf Cantrip. Select one cantrip from the Wizard Spell List
  • Drow Half-Elf Features:
    • Dancing Lights Cantrip (At level 1)
    • Faerie Fire (At level 3)
    • Darkness (At level 5)
• Best Class Fit:
  • Wood Half-Elf: Warlock, Sorcerer, Rogue
  • High Half-Elf: Warlock, Sorcerer, Wizard
  • Drow Half-Elf: Warlock, Sorcerer, Paladin

Lore

Curious, ambitious, and versatile, Half-Elves are welcome everywhere, but struggle without a community to call their own.

• Racial Feature:
  • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
  • Darkvision: See in the dark within 12m.
  • Relentless Endurance: When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest.
  • Menacing: Intimidation Proficiency
  • Savage Attacks: When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
• Sub-Races: None
• Best Class: Fighter, Barbarian, Paladin

Lore

Creatures of intense emotion, half-orcs are more inclined to act then contemplate – whether the rage burning their bodies compels them to fight, or the love filling their hearts inspires acts of incredible kindness.

• Racial Feature:
  • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
  • Civil Militia: Proficiency with Spears, Pikes, Halberds, and Glaives, and Armour Proficiency with Light Armour and Shield
  • Human Versatility: Select and additional Skill to be proficient in. Your carrying capacity is increased by a quarter.
• Sub-Races: None
• Best Class Fit: Fighter or Cleric, but humans are well suited for almost any class

Lore:

The most common face to see in Faerun, humans are known for their tenacity, creativity, and endless capacity for growth.

• Racial Feature:
  • Base Racial Speed: 7.5m
  • Darkvision: See in the dark within 12m.
  • Hellish Resistance: our blood protects you from flame, abyssal or otherwise. You have Resistance to Fire and take only half damage from it.
• Sub-Races:
  • Asmodeus Tiefling Features:
    • Produce Flame Cantrip (At level 1)
    • Hellish Rebuke once per Long Rest (At level 3)
    • Darkness once per Long Rest (At level 5)
  • Mephistopheles Tiefling Features:
    • Mage Hand Cantrip (At level 1)
    • Burning Hands once per Long Rest (At level 3)
    • Flame Blade once per Long Rest (At level 5)
  • Zariel Tiefling Features:
    • Thaumaturgy Cantrip (At level 1)
    • Searing Smite once per Long Rest (At level 3)
    • Branding Smite once per Long Rest (At level 5)
• Best Class Fit:
  • Asmodeus Tiefling: Warlock, Sorcerer, Bard
  • Mephistopheles Tiefling: Warlock, Sorcerer
  • Zariel Tiefling: Paladin, Bard

Lore:

Descended from devils of the Nine Hells, Tieflings face constant suspicions in Faerun. Thankfully, their arcane abilities make them natural survivors.