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About this mod
You have called to the seas, and they have answered...
introducing the new Merfolk Race - a new homebrewed race featuring the Mermaid, the Siren, and the Selkie as subraces.
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You have called to the seas, and they have answered...
Song of the Sea: Merfolk Race
a new race featuring the Mermaid, the Siren, and the Selkie as subraces.
Song of the Sea: Merfolk Race
a new race featuring the Mermaid, the Siren, and the Selkie as subraces.
*created using the BG3 toolkit, works with Patch 8
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Subraces Overview
Homebrewed from some research (mythology, other homebrews, wikis and etc.) and from personal interpretation
Mermaid
"A curious native of the seas and oceans, the Mermaid is as swift
on the surface as in the water, outracing other Merfolk."
Progressions:
Level 1: increased movement speed by 1.5m
Level 4: Ability to dash, hide, or disengage using a Bonus Action
Siren
"Sirens, with their striking beauty and enchanting songs, lure sailors to their doom.
Mysterious and dangerously alluring, they embody the treacherous beauty of the sea."
Progressions:
Level 1: Siren Cantrip - choose out of three cantrips
Level 9: Siren's Charm - gain the ability to charm an enemy to fight on your side
Selkie
"Selkies shed their sealskins to dance beneath the moonlight, their laughter blending with the sea.
Drawn to shore, they weave timeless tales of love and longing"
Progressions:
Level 1: Selkie Speech
Level 2: Cure Wounds
Level 3: Mass Healing Word
Visual Elements
- Custom icons for the race and subraces
- 2 body types available: feminine and masculine (regular height)
- Fin-like ears and webbed hands for both feminine and masculine bodies
- Unique heads: 7 for feminine body and 5 for masculine body
- Face and body scales, with colour being customizable through the "horn colour" section
- 10 new eye colours
- 3 new skin tones
Current Compatibility Patches
Hosted Here :
- Medusae's Hairs
- Unique Tav
- more dreadlocs and curly hairs volume 1 by Bububull
- more dreadlocs and curly hairstyles volume 2 by Bububull
- more dreadlocs and curly hairstyles volume 3 by Bububull
- Silver's Hair Pack by silversorceress
- Silver's Hair Pack 2 by silversorceress
Hosted on Mod creator's page:
For modders: Please feel free to patch your mods for compatibility yourself, please see the articles published for guidance (race uuid, material to add scales, etc) or reach out to me (I can see if I can patch it myself). Either way, please let me know so I can update my list.
For users: Please feel free to message me to patch a mod for compatibility. I will reach out to the original creator for their permission and only when I get permission will I add to patch.
*This has been a work in progress for a long time, and I am happy to finally release it just in time for the final patch. If any issues are encountered, please view the Bugs/Issues for existing reports or add a new report for anything new you encounter.
Thank you to:
- Larian Studios for Baldur's Gate 3 and for the Toolkit
- the Down by the River Discord
(I am too scared to talk there but seeing everyone's development and projects helped me so much through this development both morally and troubleshooting-wise so thank you all <3)
- Trips for 'Whispers of the Resource - Custom Race and Sub Race Template'
- Aloija for 'Aloija's Modding Resources' and for BG3 Armature Tools for Blender
- Padme4000's Video Tutorials from the beginning
༄
Subraces Overview
Homebrewed from some research (mythology, other homebrews, wikis and etc.) and from personal interpretation
Mermaid
"A curious native of the seas and oceans, the Mermaid is as swift
on the surface as in the water, outracing other Merfolk."
Progressions:
Level 1: increased movement speed by 1.5m
Level 4: Ability to dash, hide, or disengage using a Bonus Action
Siren
"Sirens, with their striking beauty and enchanting songs, lure sailors to their doom.
Mysterious and dangerously alluring, they embody the treacherous beauty of the sea."
Progressions:
Level 1: Siren Cantrip - choose out of three cantrips
Level 9: Siren's Charm - gain the ability to charm an enemy to fight on your side
Selkie
"Selkies shed their sealskins to dance beneath the moonlight, their laughter blending with the sea.
Drawn to shore, they weave timeless tales of love and longing"
Progressions:
Level 1: Selkie Speech
Level 2: Cure Wounds
Level 3: Mass Healing Word
Visual Elements
- Custom icons for the race and subraces
- 2 body types available: feminine and masculine (regular height)
- Fin-like ears and webbed hands for both feminine and masculine bodies
- Unique heads: 7 for feminine body and 5 for masculine body
- Face and body scales, with colour being customizable through the "horn colour" section
- 10 new eye colours
- 3 new skin tones
Current Compatibility Patches
Hosted Here :
- Medusae's Hairs
- Unique Tav
- more dreadlocs and curly hairs volume 1 by Bububull
- more dreadlocs and curly hairstyles volume 2 by Bububull
- more dreadlocs and curly hairstyles volume 3 by Bububull
- Silver's Hair Pack by silversorceress
- Silver's Hair Pack 2 by silversorceress
Hosted on Mod creator's page:
For modders: Please feel free to patch your mods for compatibility yourself, please see the articles published for guidance (race uuid, material to add scales, etc) or reach out to me (I can see if I can patch it myself). Either way, please let me know so I can update my list.
For users: Please feel free to message me to patch a mod for compatibility. I will reach out to the original creator for their permission and only when I get permission will I add to patch.
*This has been a work in progress for a long time, and I am happy to finally release it just in time for the final patch. If any issues are encountered, please view the Bugs/Issues for existing reports or add a new report for anything new you encounter.
Thank you to:
- Larian Studios for Baldur's Gate 3 and for the Toolkit
- the Down by the River Discord
(I am too scared to talk there but seeing everyone's development and projects helped me so much through this development both morally and troubleshooting-wise so thank you all <3)
- Trips for 'Whispers of the Resource - Custom Race and Sub Race Template'
- Aloija for 'Aloija's Modding Resources' and for BG3 Armature Tools for Blender
- Padme4000's Video Tutorials from the beginning