Better Starting Equipment
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📋 About This Mod
Better, more appropiate starting gear for all classes, including some new custom-made better looking equipment. All items are common quality, non-magical standard equipment.
List of changes:
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[]All classes start with new custom, generic leather gloves (clothing, no armor), except Barbarian, Monk, Paladin, Sorcerer and Wizard (no gloves).
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]Most classes start with a pair of different, better looking generic leather boots (clothing, no armor).[]The following changes are always in addition, not replacing the original starting gear unless stated otherwise:
[]Barbarian starts with an additional Greatclub.
[]Bard starts with an additional second Hand Crossbow.
[]Cleric starts with an additional Spear, an additional Light Crossbow and its shield has been changed to a round metal one.
[]Druid starts with a previously unavailable Druidic Armour, an additional Shortbow and an additional Club.
[]Fighter starts with Chain Mail (Heavy Armour) instead of Scale Mail (Medium Armour), a Greatsword instead of a Longsword, an additional Morningstar, an additional Shortsword, an additional Shortbow and a big reinforced wooden kite shield. Master of arms. The shortsword is useful in case you want built a dexterity-based Fighter.
[]Monk starts with two additional daggers to throw.
[]Paladin starts with an additional Longsword, an additional Light Crossbow and its shield has been changed to a metal kite shield. Removed javelins. All the Paladin armours have been changed to be Heavy Armours with 16 AC (just like Chain Mail).
[]Ranger starts with a new custom coloured green Hide Armour (Medium Armour) with 14 AC instead of its generic Leather Armour, a custom green long cloak, a Longbow instead of Shortbow, a Scimitar, and an additional Dagger.
[]Rogue starts with a new custom coloured purple Bandit Armour (Light Armour) with 11 AC instead of its generic Leather Armour, an additional Dagger so you can dual-wield and an additional Shortbow.
[]Sorcerer starts with an additional Dagger.
[]Warlock starts with an additional Light Crossbow.
[]Wizard starts with an additional Dagger.
[]Lae'zel now starts with a Githyanki Greatsword instead of a generic Longsword, an additional Githyanki Longsword and two additional Githyanki Shortswords. She also starts with Githyanki Metal Bracers. All her weapons are common, non-magical quality (basically like regular generic weapons but with the githyanki visuals).
[]Shadowheart's starting armour's AC has been buffed to 14 (so it's on par with other regular Medium Armour), and she starts with an additional Spear and an additional Light Crossbow.
[]If you have any mods that modify Starting Gear and you prefer their changes (ex. new custom armour for Shadowheart), just l
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Baldursgate3 Mods
- Author
- ChizFreak
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 849
- Endorsements
- 32
- Category
- Equipment
- Created
- 10/19/2025
- Updated
- 10/19/2025
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