One Race Receives The Most Hate In Baldur's Gate 3

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There's a lot of discrimination going on in , but one playable race gets the worst of it. The Forgotten Realms' complicated politics cause many NPCs to dislike, distrust, or outright fear characters of other races. Shadowheart scorns githyanki, especially Lae'zel. Showing any kind of sympathy with Lae'zel can hurt the chances of romancing Shadowheart in . The xenophobic druids of Emerald Grove believe that the tiefling refugees who camp around their home invite trouble. The Society of Brilliance assumes githyanki are inferior, and Lady Esther wants one of their eggs so she can prove it. And just about everyone hates goblins.

But still, there's one playable race in that always seems to get the short end of the stick. In terms of sheer numbers of NPCs who resent them, they lead the pack. While outright hatred is unjustifiable, there are cultural, historical, and political reasons that shape many characters' opinions of this much-maligned race. And while most NPCs' distrust in them is misplaced, there are perfectly good reasons for those of a certain social station to be afraid.

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Everyone seems to hate drow in. Drow are technically a subrace of elves, and are roughly equivalent to what other fantasy media often calls dark elves. They have a sunlight-sensitive trait in that gives them disadvantage on attack rolls, along with natural bonuses to dexterity and charisma. changes the game by removing those features, but the lore is intact: most drow still live in the Underdark.

In earlier editions of, races had inherent moral alignments, and drow were always depicted as inherently evil. As later editions have moved away from that kind of generalization, drow have changed, too.