A new Baldur's Gate 3 mod has added a brand-new playable race to the popular RPG, allowing players to play as the reptilian Yuan-Ti race. While the beloved game from Larian Studios offers players a wide variety of things to do within its interpretation of Dungeons and Dragons' Sword Coast, the game features more traditional options for races and classes. Baldur's Gate 3 features the twelve classes offered in Dungeons and Dragons' base Fifth Edition, alongside eleven races to choose from. Now, a new mod is adding another popular race to the game.
Baldur's Gate 3 Fan Is Working On Making Tabaxi Playable
04.03.2024 - 12:29 / thegamer.com
Baldur's Gate 3 has 11 playable species, from drow to githyanki to dragonborn, but given how many exist in Dungeons & Dragons, there were always going to be favourites left out. Luckily, the modding community is hard at work on bringing an even wider range of options to the game.
Cue cobalt_owl, a modder who announced last week on the Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit that they are adding tabaxi to the game. They're the khajiit of D&D, humanoid cats from the Maztica jungles west of Faerûn.
Not only are tabaxi cat-like , but they're also taller than most humans (standing at six to seven feet) and are incredible climbers and swimmers. They also make for good rogues because of their innate talent for surprise attacks. However, clans do have berserker warriors, AKA blood-stalkers.
cobalt_owl shared a picture of a tabaxi Tav in-game and in the character creator, giving us a taste of what to expect. They plan to add "different texture options in the final version", tabaxi-specific dialogue "if it's doable", and even other tabaxi NPC to "make the race feel more like a natural part of the world."
As for when it will be released, cobalt_owl is aiming for April, but that could always change if they run into any problems. In the meantime, they're looking for Patreon subscribers to take part in beta builds.
Like any other species in-game, tabaxi will have unique bonuses. Fitting for a feline, they'll have darkvision and fall damage resistance. cobalt_owl also plans to implement speed burst and unarmed damage bonuses from 5E "if the engine sans official modding tool allows for it."
There will definitely be multiple selectable fur patterns and possibly multiple head shapes. That's in addition to being able to select all of the regular hair and eye colour options.
cobalt_owl has not said if their mod will have sub-species yet, but it's worth noting that tabaxi can take on different names depending on their fur and region. For example, there are leopard folk and jaguar folk. They also have their own language (Payit) and worship their own deities, the Cat lord, Tezca, and Nula.
As with any mod, this will only be available for PC, but Larian Studios is working to bring mod support to consoles, so perhaps Xbox and PlayStation players will get their hands on playable tabaxi one day too.
Baldur's Gate 3 is the long-awaited next chapter in the Dungeons & Dragons-based series of RPGs. Developed by Divinity creator Larian Studios, it puts you in the middle of a mind flayer invasion of Faerûn, over a century after the events of its predecessor.
The website gametalkz.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Top Authors
Popular Topics
gematsu.com
23.03.2024 / 18:53
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail expansion launches July 2
The Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail expansion will launch on July 2, Square Enix announced. Pre-orders will begin on March 26 and include three days of early access to the expansion on June 28, among other bonuses.
screenrant.com
22.03.2024 / 16:33
Baldur Gate 3's Narrator Was Almost A Well Known DnD Dungeon Master
's omnipresent narrator may have found their way into the hearts of the game's community, but Larian Studios briefly flirted with bringing in an exceptionally experienced Dungeon Master to dictate the experience. Through players' adventures through the Forgotten Realms, the voice of the narrator, played by veteran actor Amelia Tyler, accompanies every major decision and moment in the story, chronicling every action and choice. While Tyler has earned plenty of praise for her performance, one of the most beloved content creators almost took on the role.
gameranx.com
18.03.2024 / 20:33
Baldur’s Gate 3 Should Actually Be Playable On Xbox Now
Baldur’s Gate 3 has been very behind on the Xbox consoles, and the game was delayed by months coming to the Xbox Series X/S. One of these reasons was because Xbox has a system where a game that can’t go on both consoles can go on the other. The game was ready for the Xbox Series X, but it wasn’t yet compatible with the Xbox Series S.
gamerant.com
18.03.2024 / 04:13
Baldur's Gate 3 Player Makes Neat Discovery About Companion Portraits
A Baldur's Gate 3 player online has shared a cool discovery about the game's companion portraits, indicating that they're not quite what they seem. Baldur's Gate 3 remains one of the most popular games around, and it seems that the game has plenty of secrets to discover yet.
gamerant.com
15.03.2024 / 20:29
Rumor: Henry Cavill to Appear in Deadpool 3, Some Fans Concerned About Nature of His Role
Henry Cavill, known for his portrayal of Superman, is rumored to appear as a Wolverine variant in Deadpool 3, and some fans are concerned about the nature and significance of the role.
gameranx.com
13.03.2024 / 15:27
Final Fantasy Composer Uematsu Drops Hot Take on Game Music
In the world of video game soundtracks, you can’t get much more iconic than Nobuo Uematsu. Most well-known for composing soundtracks for the first nine Final Fantasy games, the musician has gone on to write tracks for many subsequent entries to the franchise, most recently penning the tearjerking theme song for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, No Promises to Keep.
gameranx.com
11.03.2024 / 15:43
Naoki Yoshida of Final Fantasy Fame Eager to Direct Again
Bringing the once-doomed MMO Final Fantasy XIV back to life and directing the latest mainline title of the long-running franchise isn’t enough for Square Enix superstar Naoki Yoshida. In a new interview with Famitsu, Yoshida chatted at length about his desire to direct yet another major game for Square Enix.
screenrant.com
09.03.2024 / 13:53
There's A Good Reason Baldur Gate 3's Most-Hated Companion Gets No Love
All things are not equal in the world of’s companions with some getting significantly more love than others. With 10 potential companions to recruit, it’s hardly surprising that some have had a little more attention and care put into them than others. However, when the numbers are actually broken down, the discrepancies become staggeringly obvious, leaving some companions clear winners and others the losers.
gematsu.com
06.03.2024 / 17:49
Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy console-exclusive to PlayStation, confirms Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Final Fantasy VII Remake project trilogy will be console-exclusive to PlayStation, according to Sony Interactive Entertainment vice president of second- and third-party content ventures and strategic initiatives Christian Svensson.
pushsquare.com
05.03.2024 / 21:28
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Director Already Teasing What Comes Next | Push Square
Despite only just getting the eagerly-anticipated Final Fantasy VII Rebirth out the door, Square Enix is already hard at work on the conclusion of the Remake trilogy. And while we wouldn't expect to hear anything substantial for a few years yet, we're already anticipating what comes next, and it seems we aren't alone in these.
thesixthaxis.com
05.03.2024 / 07:33
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to be patched to fix ‘scary facial lighting’
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has been a huge success and is 2024’s highest-rated game on Metacritic at the time of writing. However, despite the praise there is one part of the game that needs a little tweak as players have noted that in Performance mode the lighting may be a little off.