Okay, so today I wanted to finally mess around with that Baldur’s Gate 3 character builder thing everyone keeps talking about. Honestly, the game’s character creation screen is kinda overwhelming with all those sliders and tabs.
Step 1: Just Finding the Damn Thing
First off, I had to actually find where people are building these characters online. Took some digging – turns out it’s not an official thing from the game devs, but some fan-made site. Fired up my browser, typed some obvious keywords, and boom, third search result was the one. Clicked on it, hoping it wasn’t sketchy.
Step 2: Getting My Bearings on the Site
Page loaded up, and man, it looked cleaner than I expected. Big buttons saying “New Build” right in my face. Clicked that immediately. Saw a bunch of options laid out like the actual game:
- Race selection with all those elf and dwarf pictures
- Class icons for Paladin, Rogue, whatever
- Background choices that actually matter for skills
Felt familiar, which was nice.
Step 3: Actually Building My Weird Little Guy
Alright, time to make weird decisions. Went with a Gnome because why not? Little dude with a big attitude. Then picked Barbarian class – tiny guy raging out seemed hilarious. The menus actually showed exactly what changes when you pick stuff:
- Strength stat jumped up when I chose Barbarian
- Gnome stuff gave me darkvision automatically
- Picked “Urchin” background for those stealth bonuses
Dragged points around in the stats section like it was Lego, trying to max out his angry screaming potential.
Step 4: Playing Dress-Up (Sort Of)
Got to the visuals part, but here’s where things got simpler than the game itself. No crazy sliders for nose width or anything. Just pick preset faces, hair colors, maybe some scars. Chose the grumpiest gnome face I could find with bright purple hair. For equipment, just clicked on “Greatsword” because he’s gonna hit hard, even if it’s taller than him.
Step 5: Saving This Madness
Almost forgot to actually keep this little guy! Saw the “Save Build” button down at the bottom. Clicked it, popped in a dumb name like “ShortKingSmash”, and it spat out a weird code string. Copied that gibberish immediately, stuck it in a notepad file. Later tested it – pasted the code back into the builder’s load section, and yep, there was my angry purple-haired gnome barbarian again. Perfect.
Whole thing took maybe twenty minutes? Less headache than doing it in-game blind. Now I can actually start my playthrough knowing how to break it properly. Might try building a pacifist bard next time.