Baldur's Gate 3 Is Adding Gnomes As a Playable Race

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It was revealed at GDC 2022 that the gnome race from Dungeons & Dragons is coming to Baldur's Gate 3 in a future update. The gnome has been a part of D&D since the first edition of the game and it was a playable option in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2.

Gnomes are one of the small races in Dungeons & Dragons, and are known to share similarities with the dwarves and halflings. The gnomes reside in hills or in underground halls, away from the troubles that plague the other demihuman races. There are also the Underdark-dwelling deep gnomes, which are also known as the svirfneblin, who are renowned for their incredible resistance to magic. While not as skilled at forging weapons as the dwarves, the gnomes are masters of engineering and creating complex devices. The reason gnome communities are so safe from harm is due to their mastery of D&D's illusion school of magic, with many gnomes possessing a natural affinity for deceptive sorcery, even if they are not students of the arcane arts.

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Baldur's Gate 3 is currently in Early Access and it has been gradually adding classes through updates, and now gnomes have been confirmed to be one day playable. The game has yet to add any new races while in Early Access, even though several popular choices are missing from the game. This will change in the future, as Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke let it slip during a talk at GDC 2022 that gnomes are coming to Baldur's Gate 3 as a playable racesometime in the future (via PC Gamer).

Vincke mentioned the gnome race while discussing the difficulties of creating different body types in the game. Baldur's Gate 3 has 16 races and subraces in Early Access, ranging from the