In Baldur’s Gate 3, your background defines your inspiration goals, and you are a Folk Hero, a saver of the helpless and a monster slayer.
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What is Folk Hero Background?
Folk Hero is abackgroundin Baldur’s Gate 3, and it represents their proficiencies, where the character comes from and what their life was like before. NPC characters, including your companions, will recognise your Folk Hero origin and can recognise you or admit that they’ve heard about your bravery and sacrifice to protect and save others. Being a Folk Hero can occasionally earn enemies but most likely fans and glory.
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.
What are Folk Hero’s Proficiencies?
In addition to the role-playing aspect, thebackgrounddefines proficiencies, giving you a slight bonus to dice rolls and success in checks. Proficiency is what your character is good at and what knowledge they possess. Thisbackground’sdefault proficiencies are Animal Handling, Survival, History, Perception, and Medicine. Your Folk Hero’s proficiency features are Survival and Animal Handling.
Survivalis a Dexterity skill that will help you with the following checks:
Animal Handlingis a Wisdom skill that will help you with the following checks (You will need to pass multiple checks while sneaking every time you enter the NPC eyesight cone):
Should you choose Folk Hero in Baldur’s Gate 3?
In Baldur’s Gate 3, you should choose Folk Hero if it fits your character and you like it.Backgroundshave defined proficiencies, while classes have a list of skills they can be proficient with, and you can pick only two or three. As a protector of the helpless, the game will reward you for saving civilians, helping those in need and slaying monsters. So ensure it’s how you want your character to act before you make a final decision.
How Inspiration Goals Work Baldur’s Gate 3?
Further, in Baldur’s Gate 3, your Folk Herobackgroundallows you to complete special goals that will award you with inspiration that you can later utilise when playing the game. When you perform an action that is authentic to your Hero’s origin, your character will beinspired.
Folk Hero Inspiration Goals
The following table presents the Folk Hero’sInspiration Goals:
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