Baldur's Gate 3 Run Bans Race Or Class Pick

Summary

A Baldur’s Gate 3 player completed the game without race or class selection, going solo with no party.
This was done by using magic items with spellcasting abilities.
Temporary allies and summonable characters also helped navigate challenges in-game.

A Baldur’s Gate 3 player has managed to complete the game without ever selecting a race or class for their protagonist, while also going solo without any party member allies.

Protagonists in Dungeons & Dragons are intended to be exceptional people: the elite warriors and spellcasters with the skills and nerve needed to face monsters in battle. Tav (or the Dark Urge) is no exception to this, having been given a Mind Flayer tadpole and forced to go an epic adventure with a ragtag band of misfits.

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To aid the player in their Baldur’s Gate 3 journey, each character is given abilities from their race and character class. A YouTuber named Bouch uploaded a video of a run that involved finishing the game without selecting either their species or profession.

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Bouch’s run involved a character that had stats, but that didn’t have any spells, powers, or proficiencies. The last one is especially troublesome, as most armor and weapons cannot be properly utilized.

The run is possible thanks to the abundance of magic items that provide spells in Baldur’s Gate. There are tons of pieces of gear that give access to Cantrips and once-per-day spells, not to mention the abundance of scrolls and potions dotted around the world.

In the end, a good chunk of the game’s combat can be beaten using a mixture of items that boost cold-based spells, allowing the caster to inflict multiple debuffs in one action.

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While Bouch didn’t use any regular party members, they did use temporary allies (like Halsin in the Goblin Camp) as well as summonable characters (like Scratch the Dog) to get past some of the trickier areas of the game.

The fact that such a bizarre challenge run can be completed is a testament to Baldur’s Gate 3’s incredible wealth of options. It’s possible for a character with nothing going for them to defeat the Mind Flayer plot, all with a little help from magical loot.