They also have an increased carrying capacity,which is excellent for general quality-of-life, especially without mods.

Humans are a fairly limited race, but they’re not the worst choice inBG3.

It’s unclear if there is any lore-relevant reason for this, or if it is just an oversight.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Dragonborn and Elf on a Space Background

The half-elf race would’ve benefited from a buff after the change was made to ability scores.

The elf is a decently balanced race, with no extra traits that can be too overpowered.

However, the abilities that they gain are a lot less situational.

Astarion from Baldur’s Gate 3 with a bard

However, they unfortunately don’t compare to the Duergar and the other small race, the halfling.

This can only be used once per roll but is still extremely overpowered.

“Baldur’s Gate 3halfling description.

Rolan and Mirkon with the Emerald Grove from Baldur’s Gate 3

There are two subraces of halflingLightfoot and Strongheart.

Lightfoot halflings are generally the better choicethey gain advantage on stealth checks, which is very useful for rogues.

They also obtain theMage HandCantrip like the Mephistopheles tiefling at level one.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Karlach, Lae’zel, and Default Dark Urge

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Githyanki have proficiency in light armor, medium armor, shortswords, longswords, and greatswords.

Certain spell casters can learn this spell, which allows githyanki to perform it twice.

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