About this mod
A compendium of species & lineages from just about every D&D sourcebook! Critical Role, Grim Hollow, and other 3rd Party homebrew sources can also be found among the fantastical species. Currently, it provides 31 out of 100 species. Yuan-ti, Downcast, Dhampir, Fire Genasi, Kobolds, Shadar-kai, Goliath, Orc, & many more!
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
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- Spanish
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- Portuguese
- Italian
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CURRENT VERSION
1.6
FEATURES
Customize Your Origin
Origin Proficiencies
(Replace Proficiencies)
Source Material: TASHA’S CAULDRON OF EVERYTHING
Trait Spellcasting
(Choose Spellcasting Ability)
All races that gained spells through a trait have the option to select their spellcasting ability based on RAW 5E Ruling:
Racial Reactions
(Dialogue Racial Tags)
- Racial Tags that were added by Vanilla Baldur's Gate 3 are assigned to that race. These races didn't make it in the official game but are still in the game's code. How often they are triggered is currently based on what was left in the game.
- PLANAR Racial Tag is used for races not found typically in the Material Plane.
- The RARE racial tag is used for races that would be considered unique species that would be encountered.
- Additionally, races not covered have their racial tag added so hopefully once Larian releases the official modding tool I can add them to the appropriate dialogue scenes.
Ancestral Origins This feature is a Lineage exclusive.
(Lineages Racial Tag Selection)
REQUIREMENTS
COMPATIBLE MOD MANAGERS FAQ
A detailed installation guide can be reviewed with this article link:INSTALLATION GUIDE
What is Fantastical Compendium? What does Fantastical Compendium do?
Fantastical Compendium allows several races to access information that several species share such as traits, spells, action resources, etc. Instead of duplicating and risking conflicts the core provides general information for the races to function and utilize while giving the player the freedom to pick and choose what races they would like to be available in their game. It does not add the races it is merely the container for shared/general information and will require you to install one of the Fantastical Race files for that specific race to show up.
The file contains the following assets for races:
- non-overhaul BG3 race progression. So only standalone progression information that doesn't impact the vanilla game.
- Additional Human heads.
- Additional Elf & Drow heads.
- Additional Half-Elf heads.
- Additional Fantastical & Multiverse eyes.
- Commonly shared traits.
- Heads shared by multiple species & lineages.
- Presets for each race. This is what you see when you select the race, the default look of the race or lineage.
- Additional hair options.
- Additional creature types are used by several races.
- Additional Tags, updated vanilla dialogue race tags. If it's vanilla it's mostly so it shows up in your character sheet so you can see what tags you have.
- Presets for spells, skills, & passives.
- List for spells, skills & passives.
- The dodge action.
- Character cosmetic options like hair, beards, private parts, horns, etc.
What does Fantastical XYZ do?
Why aren't all the races showing up when I install Fanstcial Compendium?
Do I need to update the Fanstical Compendium?
You can review this FAQ article for more answers to commonly asked questions.
Playable Character Races
Player's Handbook (2024)
Dragonborn
Dwarf✅
Elf -High Elf & Wood Elf-
Drow✅
Gnome
Goliath
Halfling
Human
Orc✅
Tiefling
Player's Handbook (2014)
Asmodeus Tiefling [Overhaul]
Variant Human [Overhaul]✅
Unearthed Arcana
Revenant
Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (LEGACY)
Baalzebul Tiefling
Dispater Tiefling
Fierna Tiefling
Glasya Tiefling
Levistus Tiefling
Mammon tiefling
Mephistopheles Tiefling [Overhaul]
Zariel Tiefling [Overhaul]
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Aasimar
Air Genasi✅
Bugbear✅
Changeling
Deep Gnome [Overhaul]
Duergar [Overhaul]✅
Earth Genasi✅
Eladrin
Fairy
Firbolg✅
Fire Genasi✅
Githyanki [Overhaul]
Githzerai✅
Goblin
Goliath✅
Hobgoblin
Kobold✅
Lizardfolk✅
Minotaur✅
Shadar-kai✅
Shifter
Triton✅
Water Genasi✅
Yuan-ti✅
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Dragonborn
Gem Dragonborn
Metallic Dragonborn
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Kender✅
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Astral Elf✅
Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft
Dhampir✅
Hexblood
Reborn✅
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Kalashtar✅
Mark of Detection(Half-Elf)
Mark of Finding(Half-Orc)
Mark of Finding (Human)
Mark of Handling (Human)
Mark of Healing(Halfling)
Mark of Hospitality (Halfling)
Mark of Making (Human)
Mark of Passage (Human)
Mark of Sentinel (Human)
Mark of Shadow (Elf)
Mark of Storm(Half-Elf)
Mark of Warding (Dwarf)
Warforged
Acquisitions Incorporated
Verdan
Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Vedalken✅
Volo's Guide to Monsters (LEGACY)
Kobold✅
Yuan-ti Pureblood✅
Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
Draconblood Dragonborn
Ravenite Dragonborn
Lotusden Halfling
Pallid Elf (Elf Subrace)✅
Grim Hollow's Player's Guide
Disembodied
Downcast✅
Dreamers
Laneshi
Ogresh✅
Malipāla Odyssey (Dungeons & Souls)
Avariel
Crepthari
Grugach
Gwŷddpāla
Hemōnari
Krsnik
Malformed
Moroi
Mušḫuššu
Nephilim
Tydelvian
Eorzea (FFXIV X Dungeons & Souls)
Elezen✅
Garlean
Hrothgar
Hyur
Roegadyn
I've made a complete list containing every race currently planned to be worked on for this project below:
➼Planned Playable Races [Full Version]
SPECIAL THANKS ShinyHobo
Larian Studios
For making Baldur's Gate 3 and being an inspirational gaming company! Thank you for also allowing the game to be so moddable and leaving a majority of the race dialogue tags in the game.Wizards of the Coast
For making one of my all-time favorite TTRPG and D&DBeyond which has been the biggest help to making this mod.Laughing Leader
For making my favorite BG3 Modding Manager, that has helped alot with playtesting my mods. Plus the precious version generator tool!Norbyte
For making wonderful and useful modding tools, and for saving the bg3 modding world during Early Access Update 3 and for Script Extender!
For making BG3 Modders Multitool and all of its lovely improvements. This has made learning everything I can about modding BG3 so much easier by giving easy access to all the game files. Thank you for all the constant updates and work you put in, especially during Early Access!Djmr
Alot of love for Alana and her work. Thank you for your contributions to ImprovedUI and the insight you gave me when I first started modding Baldur's Gate 3 in Early Access! Thank Alana for the quality mod manager compatibility Icons and the improvements for wings for Aasimar & Avariel along with the support you've provided for Fantastical Multiverse.
Ghostfire Gaming
One of my favorite 3rd-party homebrew developers for 5E. Happy to bring their wonderful work into the world of Baldur's Gate 3! You can find all their Grim Hollow content and more on the Ghostfire Gaming link above! I'm not sponsored by them but love their work so I'm happy to support and share their work in any way that I can!
Additional Thanks
Patreon Supporters
Visual Studio Code
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