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Drow is a Race in Baldur's Gate 3. Drows can wield both melee and ranged weapons. While creating your Character in Baldur's Gate 3, you can choose between 11 different types of races. Each of them has their special characteristics.
- BG3 Full Game Note: In the full launch of Baldur's Gate 3, Ability Score Points for Races that were present in Early Access are removed. And instead, Ability Score Points in the full game correspond with the Class players will choose.
Driven to the Underdark, most drow have adopted a ruthless pragmatism. While the Lolth-sworn delight in the goddess' evil tenets, the Seldarine reject Her attempt to overthrow the leader of the elven pantheon.
Drow Traits & Features in Baldur's Gate 3
- Base Racial Speed:
You can move
9m per turn.
- Drow Weapon Training: You have
Proficiency with the Rapier, Shortsword, and Hand Crossbow .
- Fey Ancestry:
You have Advantage on
Saving Throws against being
Charmed, and magic can't put you to Sleep.
- Superior Darkvision:
Can see in the dark up to
24m.
- Keen Senses: You have
Proficiency with Perception.
- Drow Magic: Gain access to the following spells using Charisma as the Spellcasting Ability:
- At Level 1:
Dancing Lights: Create wisps of light that illuminate a
9m radius.
- At Level 3:
Faerie Fire: Encase multiple targets in colorful light. The targets turns visible, and attack rolls against the targets have advantage. Ignores allies with the
Sculpt Spells feature.
Once per Long Rest.
- At Level 5:
Darkness: Create a cloud of magical darkness to Heavily Obscure and
Blind creatures within. Creatures cannot make ranged attacks into or out of the darkness.
Once per Long Rest.
- At Level 1:
Baldur's Gate 3 Drow Subraces
- Lolth-Sworn (evil drow spider goddess) or Seldarine (non-evil surface elven pantheon) are not really separate subraces as much as roleplaying options, similarly to how Drows aren't really a separate race, but an elven subrace.
Drow Tips & Notes
- Drows is likely the race with the most social interaction reactivity. Expect more frequent NPC reactions to your race.
- During Early Access, the Drow race used to feature +2 Dexterity and +1 Charisma. This has been changed in the full launch of BG3 and the Ability Score points are now associated with the Class that players will choose.
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There are all these special drie longswords in the game, yet drow have no proficiency with this weapon type.
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just me who fail to see th epoint of giving a nightvision race a light source magic?
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Can a Drow see in magical darkness or do I need the spell for it?
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I don't know who did this guide but suggesting Wizard an Intelligence based class as best class for Drow when they get Charisma as a race bonus is not to bright. Drow goes best with any Charisma Based spell casters or Rogue.
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According to PHB Drow are categorized as elves - there by also granting them Keen Senses.
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So no actual difference between the two versions of Drow. Other than RP.
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Drow also learn faerie fire at level 3 & Darkness @ lvl 5. These are Charisma based once per long rest abilities.
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Drow get Faerie Fire at level 3. At least Lolth-Sworn do, unsure about Seldarine.
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