Backgrounds in Baldur's Gate 3 affect starting Proficiencies the player has. Each Background also grants two Background features. Backgrounds are not limited to Races or Classes. Backgrounds affect how NPCS perceive the player and may change how events unfold.
Background Quests
Backgrounds not only provide you with skill bonuses now, they also grant you Quests that you can complete throughout the game. These Quests gives you Inspiration Points as well as Experience Points, and adds context to your character's background in the world of Baldur's Gate 3.
Inspiration Points
When a character performs an action that's true to their background, they will be Inspired. Inspiration may be spent to reroll an Ability Check. Note that you may hold four Inspiration points at once. Inspiration earned over the cap will become Experience Points.
Background Information
Acolyte
You have spent your life in service to a temple, learning sacred rites and providing sacrifices to the god or gods you worship. Serving the gods and discovering their sacred works will lead you to greatness.
Charlatan
You're an expert in manipulation, prone to exaggeration and more than happy to profit from it. Bending the truth and turning allies against each other will bring you success down the road.
Deception Proficiency
Sleight of Hand Proficiency
Entertainer
You live to sway and subvert your audience, engaging common crowds and high society alike.
Acrobatics Proficiency
Performance Proficiency
Folk Hero
You're a champion of the common people, challenging tyrants and monsters to protect the helpless. Saving innocents in imminent danger will make your legend grow.
Animal Handling Proficiency
Survival Proficiency
Guild Artisan
Your skill in a particular craft has earned you membership in a mercantile guild, offering privileges and protection while engaging in your art. Repairing and discovering rare crafts will bring new inspiration.
Insight Proficiency
Persuasion Proficiency
Noble
You were raised in a family among the social elite, accustomed to power and privilege. Accumulating renown, power, and loyalty will raise your status.
History Proficiency
Persuasion Proficiency
Soldier
You are trained in battlefield tactics and combat, having served in a militia, mercenary company, or officer corps. Show smart tactics and bravery on the battlefield to enhance your prowess.
Athletics Proficiency
Intimidation Proficiency
Urchin
After surviving a childhood on the streets, you know how to make the most out of very little. Using your street smarts bolsters your spirit for the journey ahead.
Sleight of Hand Proficiency
Stealth Proficiency
Haunted One
A wicked moment, person, or thing that cannot be slain by sword or spell haunts your mind and flickers in your peripheral vision. You carry it wherever your adventure takes you - or perhaps it carries you.
Intimidation Proficiency
Medicine Proficiency
Removed Backgrounds
The following backgrounds existed in the EA version of the game, but were removed in the official release.
Hermit
You were once sworn to seclusion and continue to prefer solitude over the chaos of society.
Sailor
You are familiar with the workings of ships and life at sea, having spent years weathering storms and battling creatures of the deep.
Background Inspiration Goals Comparison Table
When a character performs an action that's true to their Background, they will be Inspired. Earning +1 Inspiration Point and +25 Exp. Inspiration may be spent to reroll an Ability Check. Not only your character can become Inspired, but also your Companions.
You may hold up to 4 Inspiration points at once. Inspiration earned over the cap will become Experience Points.
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Quick Search of All Background Inspiration Goals
Name |
Background |
Objective |
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A BONE TO PICK |
Soldier | Overcome the skeletons in Moonrise prison during the assault. |
ABSOLUTE DEVASTATION |
Destroy Last Light. | |
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE SCALPEL AWAY |
Defeat the Surgeon without being operated upon. | |
CENTENNIAL RIVALRIES |
Complete the Harper ambush. | |
DEVASTATION OF THE ABSOLUTE |
Complete the assault on Moonrise. | |
FAMILICIDE |
Kill all members of the Thorm family. | |
KNOW THINE ENEMY |
Defeat yourself in the Gauntlet of Shar's mirror trial. | |
MASTERFUL EXECUTION |
Kill any of the bosses in and around the Shadow-Cursed Lands in a single round of combat. | |
NOTCHED ARMOR |
Show off your prowess to the bugbear merchant. | |
REALITIES OF WAR |
Tell Arabella what happened to her parents. | |
RETURN TO SENDER |
Kill the orthon, returning him to Raphael. | |
SHIELD OF THE MOON |
Obtain Selûne's blessing from Isobel. | |
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE |
Give Nightsong to Ketheric. (or Allow Balthazar to transport Nightsong from the Shadowfell.) | |
THE BEST OFFENSE IS VIRTUALLY NONSENSE |
Defeat a member of the Thorm family without drawing steel. | |
COURT MARSHALL |
Expose the Flaming Fist deserter. | |
DOUBLE-TAP |
Kill Auntie Ethel... again... | |
GREAT HELM OF LEGENDS |
Find the Helm of Balduran. | |
HOT EXIT |
Escape the House of Hope. | |
INNOVATIONS IN VOLATILITY |
Give your blood to Araj a second time. | |
KICKING THE RUST BUCKET |
Destroy a Steel Watcher. | |
PUTTING THE PAST TO REST |
Execute Orin. | |
REGICIDE |
Execute Gortash. | |
REPORTING FOR DUTY |
Report to Commander Lightfeather. | |
SHARING THE SPOILS |
Donate to the refugees. | |
URGENT COMMUNICATION |
Commune with the Netherbrain. | |
VETERAN'S HOTSPOT |
Purchase a room at the Elfsong Tavern. | |
Pentacrush |
Kill 5 enemies in a single run | |
Stalwart Heart |
Persuade Rolan to stay and protect the grove | |
Chain of Command |
Follow Flaming Fist orders at the burning inn | |
Conquer the Conquerors |
Defeat the Githyanki raiding squad | |
Crow Crusher |
Kill every leader in the goblin camp | |
Warrior of the Hells |
Kill the cultist leader seeking Karlach | |
Start Them Young |
Inspire the tiefling children to train harder. | |
Drowned in the Dark |
Defeat the duergar patrolling on the Ebonlake. | |
No One Left Behind |
Ensure all of the Grove's defenders survive the first goblin assault. | |
Strategist |
Destroy a powerful foe in one strike. | |
One For The Ages |
Survive a fight in which you kill ten or more enemies. | |
The Price of Ink |
Entertainer | Free Oskar the painter from the Zhentarim. |
The Art of Agony |
Perform for Loviatar's pleasure in her ritual. | |
Life of the Party |
Take part in the goblin camp's toast. | |
Made You Look |
Earn Mattis' respect by taking his ring. | |
Celebrant |
Enjoy a dance in camp with the tieflings. | |
Give Them A Show |
Get the goblins on your side while duelling Crusher. | |
Chicken Chase Extraordinaire |
Win a match of chicken chase. | |
A Bard's Muse |
Inspire Alfira the bard. | |
Heart of the Creator |
Perform in a play with Bernard the automaton. | |
Feel the Beat |
Successfully perform on the goblin war drum. | |
A Story for the Ages |
Turn someone to your side with a well-timed tale. | |
A Story You Won't Believe |
Pass all Performance checks when telling a tall tale to the brewer. | |
A Tale of Two Souls |
Complete the saga of Art, Halsin and the spirit of the land. | |
Eclipse of the Heart |
Recount Ketheric Thorm's past to him, shaking his resolve. | |
It Came From Shadows |
Discover the source of the Shadow Curse. | |
Living Legend |
Accept Jaheira's invitation to talk. | |
Memento Mori |
Offer condolences to Harper Meygan. | |
Plucking the Lyre's Web |
Play the Spider's Lyre to attract the drider. | |
Strings of Fate |
Bring Art his lute. | |
Tales of Yore |
Piece the scriptures together correctly and reveal the secret in the town square. | |
Town of Shadows |
Find out the fate of each of the major characters in the town: the brewer, the surgeon, the toll collector and the mason. | |
Catchy Tune |
Hear the orthon's contract. | |
Sea Memorial |
Offer something during the Water Queen's funeral procession. | |
Making It Sing to Your Tune |
Sabotage the printing press. | |
Threads of Fame |
Obtain a piece of clothing from the famous Figaro. | |
Blabbermouth |
Complete Lens' interview. | |
Explosive Artistry |
Obtain the runepowder bomb from Wulbren. | |
Drama Sleuth |
Take up Valeria's investigation. | |
Personal Invitation |
Witness Gortash's coronation. | |
Nest Egg |
Outlander | Take an item from the Carrion Crawler nest. |
Rock Steady |
Survive the bandits' rolling boulder trap. | |
Mushroom Enthusiast |
Destroy each kind of hazardous Underdark mushroom. | |
Clever Cuckoo |
Steal from the giant bird's nest in the Underdark. | |
Abyss Jumper |
Enter the Underdark through the bottomless well. | |
A Noble Endeavor |
Effectively use a noblestalk mushroom. | |
Sticky Fingers |
Secure the pouch from the spider crevice. | |
Cub Tamer |
Successfully tame the owlbear cub. | |
Walking on Air |
Successfully use a fairy ring | |
A Mother's Fury |
Triumph over the mother Owlbear. | |
Cursebreaker |
Discover the curse of Yeenoghu and destroy his hyenas. | |
Eyes of the Wild |
See past the illusion covering the swamp. | |
The Floor Is Lava |
Defeat the Lava Elemental in the lava lake. | |
Always a Step Ahead of the Darkness |
Reach Nightsong without having been affected by the shadow curse. | |
Bumps in the Dark |
Conquer three combat encounters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands. | |
Child's Play |
Beat Oliver at hide and seek without alerting the shadow creatures. | |
Delving into the Deep |
Enter the oubliette... for better or for worse. | |
Embracing the Environment |
Survive two rounds of the shadow curse. | |
From Head to Toe |
Explore all sections of the mind flayer colony. | |
Grove Keeper's Keeper |
Protect Halsin's Portal while he saves the spirit of the land. | |
I've Had Worse |
Successfully drink and resist the negative effects of the brewer's concoction. | |
Mutual Respect |
Meet the tadpole-hunting cat. | |
Never Liked Stairs |
Enter a restricted area in Moonrise Towers from the outside. | |
No Cursed Stone Left Unturned |
Explore each key area of the Shadow-Cursed Lands. | |
Sleeping in the Dark |
Take a full Long Rest in the Shadow-Cursed Lands. | |
Tools of the Trade |
Obtain the orthon's crossbow. | |
Beneath the Gate |
Enter the Undercellar. | |
Catastrophic Structural Failure |
Blow up the Steel Watch Foundry. | |
Cat's Got Your Tongue? |
Find the missing letters. | |
Down to the Depths Below |
Enter the Iron Throne. | |
Enlisted Avian |
Meet Commander Lightfeather. | |
For Once, a Warm Meal |
Obtain room and board at the Elfsong Tavern. | |
Gifts of the Wilds |
Give raw goods as a donation. | |
Horizon Walker |
Travel through the House of Hope portal. | |
Macabre Hunt |
Find all the pieces of Dribbles' body and return them to Lucretious. | |
Nature of the Beast |
Discover the fate of the Githyanki egg. | |
Primary Needs |
Tame the dilophosaurus, making it non-hostile. | |
Solemn Farewell |
Witness the Gur funeral. | |
The Face of Evil |
Reach the Temple of Bhaal. | |
Saving the Heretic |
Acolyte | Learn about Maglubiyet and safely free his priest. |
Her Gift of Silver |
Recover Selune's lost treasure through prayer. | |
Treefather's Sorrow |
Unleash Silvanus' curse upon the grove. | |
A Kiss Without Mercy |
Endure the ritual of Loviatar until Abdirak is pleased. | |
Silvanus' Solitude |
Witness the ritual that seals off the grove from the world. | |
Last Rites of the Dark Dancer |
Complete Eilistraee's ritual of sorrow and obtain her blessed blade. | |
A Unified Spirit |
Pray with the Flaming Fists at Waukeen's Rest. | |
The Final Scribe's Boon |
Discover Jergal's amulet in the chapel's hidden tomb. | |
Tipping the Scales |
Earn the worship of the Kuo-Toa. | |
Fate Must Wait |
Resurrect anyone in your party. | |
Justice Sees All |
Discover why Anders betrayed Tyr. | |
Shatter the Moon |
Destroy Selune's protection over the Underdark fort. | |
Divinity Undone |
Unlock and read the Book of Dead Gods. | |
A Piece of Three |
Piece together Ketheric's allegiances. | |
Blessed's Final Rest |
Find the aasimar's journal. | |
Cerimonia Compedum |
Execute the ritual to bring Nightsong to Ketheric yourself. | |
Did My Homework |
Recite Shar's dogma to the surgeon. | |
Honing the Darkness |
Pass all of Shar's tests in the middle of the cursed town. | |
Moonweaver's Prayer |
Witness Isobel's ritual to keep up the protection of Last Light. | |
No Rest for the Wicked |
Assist He Who Was in his task. | |
Sole Survivor |
Discover the truth behind the numerous rats in the Gauntlet of Shar. | |
Those for Whom the Bell Tolled |
Kill all of Balthazar's undead. | |
Tragic Love |
Witness Jonas' funeral. | |
A Scorned Closed Heart |
Side with the open-minded priest. | |
A Test of Faithfullness |
Ask the Master of Love to test your bond. | |
Child Protection Agents |
Find and rescue Lora's daughter, Vanra. | |
Forgotten, Bloodied, Halls |
Discover the Temple of Bhaal. | |
Needs of the Many |
Persuade the merchant to let the refugee squatters stay in his home. | |
Offering to the Waves |
Make an offering for the dead waveservant. | |
Ordinary Practises in Extraordinary Times |
Offer appropriate offerings to a deity in the Stormshore Tabernacle. | |
The Dismemberment of Dribbles |
Find all the pieces of Dribbles' body and return them to Lucretious. | |
What Remains of the Dead |
Guide Nina to acceptance or prowess. | |
Very Important Parasite |
Charlatan | Deceive any of the guards in the goblin camp. |
Cheese Your Way Through |
Talk your way past the bandits and enter the chapel. | |
Merciless |
Manipulate the Flind into eating itself. | |
Silver Blades, Silver Tongue |
Convince Kith'rak Voss to leave without violence. | |
Spiked |
Poison the beer in the goblin camp. | |
Mirror Master |
Trick the magic mirror in the Thayan cellar. | |
Flexible Diplomacy |
Betray the tieflings after convincing them to free Lae'zel. | |
Anything For A Profit |
Steal the toe ring from Crusher without getting caught. | |
Devil's Advocate |
Interrogate the dead mind flayer without drawing suspicion. | |
A Better Offer |
Convince the pit spiders to attack the goblins. | |
The Importance of Networking |
Talk your way into the Zhentarim hideout. | |
One of Us |
Use the hag's mask to peacefully bypass her thralls. | |
Just Passing Through |
Trick the goblins in Moonhaven. | |
A Friend to All |
Gain access to Grymforge peacefully by lying to the raft patrol. | |
Warmonger |
Cause Glut to stage a coup - then pick a side. | |
Clear Conscience |
Successfully lie to Z'rell about the fate of the goblins. | |
Know Thy Clientele |
Instigate Z'rell into showing off her gifts from the Absolute. | |
Not My First Time |
Resist the truth serum when talking to Jaheira. | |
Not to Worry, I Have a Permit |
Evade repercussions when speaking to the Moonrise prisoners. | |
Pied Piper |
Successfully influence the gnolls, either to break free or continue being subservient. | |
Shuffling the Board |
Rig the game of lanceboard. | |
Tadpole Solidarity |
Go along with Marcus' plan. | |
Takes One to Know One |
Expose the true form of the toll collector by removing all of her gold armour. | |
Tricks of the Trade |
Successfully pretend to drink from the steins of ale. | |
Always Trust a Dishonest Person |
Betray a recently forged alliance. | |
Cheating the Cheater |
Find the source of the genie's trick and take it. | |
Friends in Low Places |
Gain access to the Undercellar through Tusgront. | |
Grave Prospector |
Retrieve the grave's gold from Bugthimble. | |
Never Trust an Honest Person |
Lie to make your way into the big barn. | |
Not so Infallible After All |
Evade being arrested by a Steel Watcher. | |
Nothing's Not For Sale |
Convince the Flaming Fist quartermaster to trade with you. | |
Perks of the Trade |
Obtain a rebate for your room at Elfsong Tavern. | |
Rock-Solid Alibi |
Manage to convince the Flaming Fist to let you into Wyrm's Rock. | |
Saving a Fellow Tale-Spinner |
Save Volo from an untimely death. | |
Seams of Lavender and Thyme |
Deceive your way into the circus. | |
Silver-Tongue's Better Than Any Key |
Gain access to Avery's workshop. | |
Stuffed Bears in the Closet |
Blackmail the merchant. | |
The News of My Deeds Was Greatly Exaggerated |
Rig the Baldur's Mouth printing press. | |
Woman of Her Word |
Side with the Nine-Fingers against the Zhentarim. | |
Protector of the Duke |
Noble | Rescue Counsellor Florrick from the burning inn. |
Lest Ye Be Judged |
Learn Astarion's history as a magistrate. | |
Noblesse Oblige |
Dismiss a companion for interrupting a conversation. | |
Soul For Sale |
Acquire a Soul Coin for your personal collection. | |
Blueblood Solidarity |
Learn Wyll's family history. | |
Bodyguards For Hire |
Recruit the ogres to protect you. | |
Eldritch Authority |
Become a True Soul. | |
Fine By Me |
Use your wealth to bribe a guard. | |
Dragon's Horde |
Have at least 2000 gold among the party. | |
A Man of Many Talents |
Expand your retinue by bringing Volo to camp. | |
Penchant For Diplomacy |
Reach a High level of approval with a companion. | |
An Apocalyptic Deal |
Accept an impossible deal. | |
Fine By Me |
Use your wealth to bribe a guard. | |
Noblesse Oblige |
Dismiss a companion for interrupting a conversation or Ignore the pleas or requests of a companion in dialogue. | |
Soul for Sale |
Acquire a Soul Coin for your personal collection. | |
Blueblood Solidarity |
Learn Wyll's family history. | |
Entitled |
Earn a title from your deeds. | |
Eldritch Authority |
Become a True Soul. | |
A Velvet Glove |
Spare the goblins. | |
An Iron Fist |
Execute the goblins. | |
Can't Bribe 'Em All |
Bribe Moonrise's warden. | |
Favour for a Favour |
Wake Art for Counsellor Florrick and the Flaming Fist. | |
Ketheric's Loss |
Learn Ketheric's past. | |
Noble Feline |
Speak with the lordly cat at Last Light. | |
Patrician of the Grove |
Recruit Halsin. | |
Taxes? Never Heard of 'Em |
Don't give any gold to the toll collector. | |
Top of the Ladder |
Meet Ketheric at the top of Moonrise. | |
Alms for the Unfortunate |
Donate something to the refugees. | |
Defamed No More |
Sabotage the printing press. | |
Exerting Judgment |
End the squabbling between the merchant and the squatters. | |
Interrupted Communications |
Discover where the missing letters went. | |
Newfound Subject |
Feed a brain to the freshly turned mindflayer. | |
Procedures be Damned |
Enter Wyrm's Rock without a pass. | |
The Right Oil for Any Situation |
Gain access to the circus. | |
Titles for the Collection |
Become the Unholy Assassin of Bhaal. | |
Underbelly Diplomat |
Gain access to the Undercellar. | |
Wine Connoisseur |
Warn Mrs Highberry of the poisoned wine. | |
A Natural Alliance |
Sage | Recognise the druid and Harper armour. |
The Phases Unfold |
Solve the moon puzzle sealing the door to the Underdark. | |
Secrets of the Matron |
Read the obscure text by a drow matron. | |
Reanimator |
Correctly follow Gale's instructions to resurrect him. | |
The Forbidden Arcane |
Read Omeluum's notes on illithid magic. | |
Secrets of the Sussur Tree |
Read the Treatise on Anti-Magic. | |
Secrets of the High Chieftain |
Read Volo's Guide to Goblins. | |
Roots of the Grove |
Learn local history from the druidic frescos. | |
Secrets of the Necromancer |
Discover the strange nature of the Thayan tome. | |
All Knowledge Is Worth Having |
Finish reading the Thayan tome of necromancy. | |
Secrets of the Shadow Druids |
Discover and read Faldorn's Canticle. | |
A Solitary Spider |
Read the arachnomancer's journals at the bottom of the well. | |
Secrets of the Sundering |
Unlock and read the Book of Dead Gods. | |
A Little Too Familiar with the Grotesque... |
Solve Balthazar's secret study puzzle without making a mistake. | |
A Natural Alliance |
Recognize the druid and Harper armour. | |
Brain Blast! |
Successfully complete the mind puzzle in the mind flayer colony. | |
Corrupted Beyond Recognition |
Find and read the dead druid's journal about how the shadow curse came to be. | |
Emblem of the Moonmaiden |
Discover the truth about the Nightsong. | |
Hippocratic No More |
Find the surgeon's research notes. | |
Partaking in Local Customs |
Perform the ritual in the Sharran Sanctuary. | |
Rat King |
Discover the truth behind the numerous rats in the Gauntlet of Shar. | |
Secrets of The Necromancer |
Solve Balthazar's secret study puzzle. | |
Snuffed Spark |
Find the dead aasimar's journal. | |
Tenets of Loss |
Open the way into the Sharran Sanctuary. | |
Theskan Tactician |
Help Mol win the game of lanceboard. | |
They're in the Walls! |
Discover what the 'meat sound' is. | |
Thorm Family Secrets |
Discover the fate of Ketheric's family members. | |
Waking the Sleeper |
Wake Art from his catatonic slumber. | |
A Foul and Awesome Display |
Use Wulbren's runepowder bomb. | |
A Grand Prize! |
Figure out Akabi's scheme and obtain the 'grand' prize. | |
An Exotic Charter |
Obtain access to the House of Hope portal. | |
Assistant to the Extra-Planar Agent |
Take up Valeria's serial killer investigation. | |
Blood of the Convenant |
Find out how Araj's blood experiments are going. | |
Coronation of the Dreadmaster |
Meet Gortash in Wyrm's Rock and witness his coronation. | |
Crossing's Namesake |
Find the undying sentinel underneath Wyrm's Crossing. | |
Heavy is the Head |
Find the Helm of Balduran. | |
Knowledge of the Heart |
Get the best possible outcome from Zethino's relationship quiz. | |
Membership Admittance |
Ask to join the Society of Brilliance. | |
New Normal |
Let yourself be scanned by a Steel Watcher. | |
Stopping the Repetition of History |
Defeat Lorroakan. | |
The Karsus of Our Times |
Give Nightsong to Lorroakan. | |
The Returned Cap'n |
Behold the true Captain Grisly in all her piratical glory. | |
Using the Proper Means |
Find and use the Torch of Revocation. | |
What Price Dignity? |
Urchin | Steal the toe ring from Crusher without getting caught. |
Protect Your Own |
Protect the child who took the locket from Barth. | |
Born Innocent |
Save the owlbear cub from the goblins. | |
Mercenary |
Get some coin out of the Zhentarim survivors. | |
The Allure of Coin |
Steal from a child charmed by harpies. | |
Pyramid Scheme |
Convince the ogres to work for you without giving them gold. | |
Artful Dodger |
Earn Mattis' respect by taking his ring. | |
Family Comes First |
Encourage Meli to tell the truth about the amulet. | |
Not On My Watch |
Save Arabella from Kagha and her serpent. | |
Hunger Never Fades |
Fill your plate at Raphael's House of Hope. | |
Slaying the Piper |
Rescue Mirkon from the harpies. | |
Idolatry |
Help Mol steal the Idol of Silvanus. | |
Alley Cats |
Meet both the lordly cat and the tadpole-hunting cat. | |
Bugging Out |
Help Wulbren escape Moonrise. | |
Child at Heart |
Play both games of hide and seek with Oliver. | |
Gone Feral |
Free the mind-controlled gnolls from their master. | |
Good Deed of the Day |
Free Nightsong. | |
Newly Downtrodden |
Spare the goblins from Ketheric's wrath. | |
No Peeking! |
Block out True Soul Z'rell from reading your intentions. | |
Orphan Camaraderie |
Help Mol win the game of lanceboard. | |
Rebellious Phase |
Betray Balthazar. | |
Strength in Cowardice |
Convince the orthon to spare you, for now... | |
Wary of Strangers |
Refuse to drink the spiked wine. | |
Will Not Be Forgotten |
Escape the Oubliette. | |
A Dish Served Cold |
Destroy the Steel Watch Foundry. | |
Child Safety |
Expose Arfur for his booby-trapped toys. | |
Cunning Code Crackers |
Discover the secret passphrase and enter Avery's secret workshop. | |
Down with the Steel Oppressors! |
Defeat a Steel Watcher. | |
Finders Keepers |
Help the squatters keep their temporary abode. | |
Good Intentions |
Help Nina with her ritual. | |
Home Sweet Home |
Delve into the Undercellar of Baldur's Gate. | |
Never Trust Those Above You |
Defeat Gortash without making a deal with him. | |
Part of Life |
Convince the coffin maker to make an exception. | |
Proper Lodging, Finally |
Obtain a room at the Elfsong Tavern. | |
Spare What You Can |
Give a donation to the big barn. | |
Through Nooks and Crannies |
Enter Wyrm's Rock without pass or invitation. | |
Finding Vanra |
Find and free Lora's abducted child. | |
Estrangement of Ethel |
Defeat Auntie Ethel permanently. | |
A Fine Fortune |
Criminal | Steal an item worth at least 1000 gold. |
Friend of the Family |
Become an ally of the Zhentarim. | |
Escape Artist |
Escape from jail after being arrested. | |
Slaughter's Prize |
Ally with Minthara to loot and slaughter the grove. | |
Finders Keepers |
Refuse to return Barth's locket. | |
Serpent's Bounty |
Take Zevlor's payment for killing Kagha. | |
Blood Price |
Murder an innocent civilian. | |
Heretic |
Steal the Idol of Silvanus. | |
Open For A Surprise |
Acquire the Iron Flask from the Zhentarim. | |
Swiftly Stolen |
Steal the duergar boots from the gnome. | |
Jailbreaker |
Smuggle Sazza out of the grove. | |
A Sound Investment |
Give Mol money to found a guild in Baldur's Gate. | |
Culling the Crowd |
Use poison to kill the drunk goblins in camp. | |
Lesser Evils |
Rob the enthralled fishermen. | |
A Dark Edge |
Take Shar's dagger from the ritual pedestal. | |
Always a Way Out |
Help the Moonrise prisoners escape. | |
An Absolute Douceur |
Accept the Absolute's promise of gifts. | |
Body Heist |
Open and loot the mind flayer colony's vault. | |
Enter Nostalgia |
Trespass into Ketheric and Isobel's respective rooms. | |
Escape Artisan |
Give Wulbren his tools so the gnomes can escape. | |
Fickle Allegiances |
Betray Balthazar after learning that Nightsong is not a simple relic. | |
Long-Awaited Reunion |
Hand Isobel over to Ketheric. | |
Notes of an Amateur |
Craft some Brewed-Up Bellyglummer. | |
Personal Payroll |
Discover the Toll Collector's personal hoard. | |
Right Tool for the Job |
Obtain all 4 variants of the nurses' tools. | |
Shiny Trinkets and Baubles |
Take the drider's Moonlantern. | |
War Profiteer |
Find Roah in Moonrise and trade with her. | |
What's Yours is Mine |
Take Shar's gem without aiding or killing the orthon. | |
Donations means 'Free' |
Steal donated goods from the big barn. | |
There's Always a Back Door |
Gain access to the Open Hand Temple's hidden door. | |
In Working Order |
Guild Artisan | Repair the elevator in the Zhentarim hideout. |
The Spider's Gift |
Identify the drow armour near Waukeen's Rest. | |
Treasure & Tramp |
Observe the effects of the Chest of the Mundane. | |
An Acquired Taste |
Drink one of Auntie Ethel's unique potions. | |
The Apprentice Turns Master |
Craft Nettie's antidote in the cauldron. | |
Valued Customer |
Trade with someone who has High approval of you. | |
A New Vision |
Reforge the broken spear. | |
An Artist in Need |
Rescue Oskar the painter from the Zhentarim. | |
Mind Over Mushrooms |
Gather ingredients for Omeluum's potion. | |
A Golden Masterpiece |
Sell an item worth at least 1000 gold. | |
The Finest Ingredients |
Create a masterwork item from Sussur Bark. | |
Regeneration |
Restore power to the elevator in the Arcane Tower. | |
Blood, Sweat, and the Other Thing |
Give your blood to Araj Oblodra. | |
Confiscated Works |
Acquire a magical item from the toll collector's confiscation chest. | |
Dark Machinations |
Fill all sockets with Sharran gems in the Gauntlet of Shar. | |
Hellish Armaments |
Obtain a piece of infernal equipment from Dammon. | |
Inhuman Trials |
Witness a horrid operation in the cursed house of healing. | |
Made of Shadows |
Unlock and take the Spear of Rampant Night. | |
Mating Season |
Discover the source of the displacer beast's infatuation. | |
Ruthless Craftsmanship |
Take Shar's ceremonial dagger. | |
Simple Tools, Great Works |
Return Wulbren's tools to him. | |
Special Iced Arsenic... Brew? |
Craft some Brewed-Up Bellygummer. | |
Tragedy in Masonry |
Discover the fate of the mason. | |
Trust and a Little Pixie Dust |
Investigate the Moonlantern and find its power source. | |
Alternative Voices |
Partake in the lurid services of Sharess' Caress | |
Dream Big |
Describe your perfect weapon to Gyldro Angleiron. | |
Following Instructions |
Return the Sentient Amulet to Shirra. | |
Immoral Ingenuity |
Discover the booby-trapped toys. | |
Sour taste |
Find a bottle of poisoned wine (can be aqquired at wine festival if you pass medicine check) | |
Unmasking the Truth |
Folk Hero | Free one of the Hag's masked thralls. |
A Timely Rescue |
Save Findal from the goblins who kidnapped him. | |
The Most Unfortunate Gnome |
Rescue the gnome from his fate at the windmill. | |
Rescued From the Flames |
Save whoever you can from Waukeen's Rest. | |
Liberator |
Liberate the enthralled fishermen from the mind flayer. | |
The Bard With Nine Lives |
Rescue Volo from the goblin camp. | |
Saved By A Thread |
Save Smythin from his lethal fall. | |
Fate Worse Than Death |
Save Liam from his goblin torturers. | |
Guardian of the Forgotten |
Save the tieflings from the goblin assault. | |
A Lethal Endeavor |
Escort Baelen out of the field of bibberbangs. | |
Snake Whisperer |
Protect Arabella from Kagha and her serpent. | |
Protector of the Small |
Save Mirkon from the harpies. | |
Soul Warden |
Save Nadira from the bugbear assassin. | |
A Smile Better Suits... |
Offer a hopeful response to Alfira's inquiry. | |
Breakout! |
Break out and save all of the Moonrise prisoners. | |
From One Hero To Another |
Meet Jaheira and stay in her good books. | |
Greatness Thrust Upon Them |
Find, save & bring Arabella to your camp. | |
Helping The Little Guy |
Help Mol win the game of lanceboard. | |
Meeting of Fates |
Side with either Isobel or Marcus during the confrontation in Last Light. | |
No Strings to Hold Them Back |
Release the gnolls from their enslavement. | |
Not Another Soul |
Keep all Harpers alive during the ambush with the Shadows. | |
Power Corrupts |
Defeat a major figure in the corrupted town. | |
Saving the Prodigious |
Save Rolan from the Shadow-Cursed Lands. | |
Uncommon Recognition |
Relate your feats to the bugbear merchant. | |
A Bet Is a Bet |
Meet with Lakrissa in Baldur's Gate. | |
Chained, Unfortunate Souls |
Rescue the vampire spawns from Cazador's lair. | |
Diplomatic Rescue |
Save Counsellor Florrick from Wyrm's Rock. | |
Empathy for the Fallen |
Convince the coffin-maker to make an exception. | |
End of the Tribunal |
Save Valeria and end the Murder Tribunal. | |
Freeing the Preyed |
Free Hope from captivity. | |
Keeping Your Hands Clean |
Refuse to cause collateral damage with Wulbren's plan. | |
In Need of a Hero |
Successfully rescue all of the Gondians from the Steel Watch Foundry. | |
Innocence Lost |
Expose the toy-maker's mischief. | |
Never To Be Chained Again |
Defeat Lorroakan and let Nightsong execute her vengeance. | |
Painted Hero |
Obtain your portrait from Oskar. | |
Safeguarding the Songbird |
Meet the unflappable Alfira in Baldur's Gate. | |
Securing Hospitalities |
Save the squatters from being kicked out. | |
Trusting Your Instincts |
Take up Valeria's shoddily concluded investigation. | |
Truth Shines Through |
Find the true culprit behind the serial murders. |
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Forgot Haunted One from The Dark Urge, and Hermit isn't in the game sadly that's just DnD
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Wish they didn't abandon custom backgrounds like tabletop has. 4 skills for most characters at character creation in 5e was balanced around you can actually pick 2 custom ones from your background, and the other 2 come from class skills. Picking 2 for your background means there's 36 possibilities. We are down to 12 in BG3. Hope they actually update this.
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Entertainer : In the groove. Tell Volo a spectacular story deserving to be in a book.
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Acolyte's "THE FINAL SCRIBE'S BOON" (Discover Jergal's amulet in the chapel's hidden tomb) doesn't seem to work anymore?
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Why is there no info on the special background for the dark urge?
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Can i change somehow background on my custom character? Like, f.e. - from soldier to sailor. Maybe cheats or whatever. Just don`t want to restart all 1st act but need lvl.5 important proficiency
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Soldier Background in Release Version found at Date 05.08.2023:
Insted of "Start them Young" it is now "To Arms!" = Help Guex learn how to fightt.
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What happens when you have the same background as one of the origin characters in your party
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We need:
Slave
Idiot Savant
Made a deal with a devil
Exiled
Vampire thrall
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Hermit and Sailor backgrounds was retired in patch 5. Understandable based on how BG3 gives thematic Inspirations based upon your actions (hermit and sailor does not fit the game), but losing access to Sailor's Athletics and Perception, two of the strongest skills in BG3, is quite the loss.
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Hoping for:
Faction Agent
Smuggler
Guild Merchant
Mercenary Veteran
Urban Bounty Hunter
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i wish to have the hilarious background from Arcanum:
You were institutionalized at a young age and believed to be mentally handicapped. After several years, the institute lost funding and you were turned out onto the street with nothing more than the clothes on your back. You are brilliant with a keen grasp of numbers and mathematics, but you are barely able to talk. You gain a significant bonus to Intelligence (+6) and an exceptional bonus to your Gambling skill. However, years of being locked away makes you suffer physically and emotionally. You talk as if you had a much lower Intelligence and you suffer penalties to Strength (-1), Constitution (-1), Dexterity (-2), and Willpower (-2).
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If you choose a class that already has a proficiency in a skill and you choose a background that also grants the same proficiency does the proficiency double or are you wasting potential?
I wish they'd done with Backgrounds what they did with Racial stat bonuses and let us just pick 2 proficiencies.
Then added dialogue options for backgrounds so the choice was for RP purposes.
Just imagine things like having banter with Lae'zel as a Noble because you both consider each other Servants. Hilarious back and forth with Volo as an Entertainer (Similar to some of the Bard options) or a Scholar (Who's read his books). Having different ways to interact with Mol as a Criminal, Outlander, Charlatan, Urchin or Guild Artisan. Etc.
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