Baldur’s Gate 3 really wants you to toss your teammates

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a phenomenally deep, rich RPG game that promises a huge amount of player freedom and creativity in how you approach encounters. But listening to the Baldur’s Gate 3 lead developers at Larian Studios talk about it, you’d be forgiven for thinking they just want to bodily toss everyone around at the earliest opportunity. Discussing the various Baldur’s Gate 3 playable races, the Larian team talk about what each brings to the table.

Speaking to GameSpot, Larian head and Baldur’s Gate 3 game director Swen Vincke is joined by lead writer Adam Smith and lead systems designer Nick Pechenin as the trio talk a little about each race you can bring to the table. There are some great tidbits that we’ll dig into shortly, but I couldn’t help but be struck by one recurring theme – how throwable each of them is.

“A cool thing about being a Halfling Barbarian,” Pechenin explains, “is that if you have other friends who are Halfling Barbarians, you can throw each other like this ball of rage, because you have enough strength. It’s a ‘cannonball’ build that I really recommend.” “I always think of Lord of the Rings,” Vincke adds with a laugh.

Unlike the famous scene from The Two Towers, however, the squarish, stocky Dwarves of Baldur’s Gate 3 are not well-primed for tossing. “They’re heavier than they should be,” Vincke sighs, disappointment in his eyes, “when you’re not that strong and you try to throw them around, it doesn’t work.” Gnomes, on the other hand? “Very throwable.”

That’s not all the video reveals, as the team also notes that Elves and Half-Elves have been the most-picked races through early access, with Tieflings close behind. Being rather long-lived, Smith explains, Elves tend to reflect on things with much