Baldur's Gate 3's first background mod lets you play a character that was trapped in a goat's body for a decade

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It's tradition at every TTRPG table to have that one player who rocks up with an absurd backstory: «My bard was raised by mimes in the woods», «my entire family died to a rogue bee swarm», «it's my goal to execute the Forgotten Realm's sickest backflip», That sort of thing.

You can continue this time-honoured tradition in Baldur's Gate 3 with its first full release-compatible background mod, the poetically named "was a goat for ten years", granting it its rightful place next to the pedestrian vanilla background options of «Urchin» or «Soldier».

Granted, plenty of similar mods made their way into the Early Access, but this is the first stand-out mod after the game released yesterday.

Coded into Baldur's Gate 3 by the heroic NellsRelo, this background actually owes its existence to the UnearthedArcana subreddit, where players share their homebrew content for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. User _Metabot summoned this fever dream 6 years ago, which memed its way into a respectable 250-something upvotes, and it's now been turned into a mod with their permission.

Under a header that reads: «A what for how long?» NellsRelo gives it to us straight, informing us that we were «A Goat. For 10 Years.» Being a goat-brained comes with some perks, though. «Having been a Goat for so long, you know your way around animals, and have become quite athletic, granting you proficiency in Animal Handling and Athletics. You also gain Surefooted, granting you immunity to muddy and difficult terrain.»

This, hilariously, makes the background an excellent fit for a strength-based Ranger. No, I'm not even kidding—Animal Handling is a very Ranger-themed skill, while Athletics will let you shunt people around with a good enough strength score.