After Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian is planning their biggest game yet with Divinity and a sequel to the popular Divinity: Original Sin 2. There isn’t much information about the game yet, but the developers have already hinted that many clues are hidden in the trailer. MeinMMO has taken a closer look and identified at least the potentially playable races, even though some of them would be unusual.
In the Divinity games so far, character creation has been somewhat limited. In most parts, you could only play as humans (or half-dragons), and it was only in Divinity: Original Sin 2 that various races were available to you.
There isn’t much information yet about the playable races in the upcoming Divinity, but the trailer already shows numerous races from Rivellon (the world of Divinity), of which some will certainly be playable. During the big AMA on Reddit, the developers even explicitly stated that while they cannot say anything about playable races yet, one can get a good idea from the trailer.
In our overview, you can learn what else we know about Divinity.
The Divinity series differs significantly from Baldur’s Gate 3 and other settings, especially in terms of its world and races. Classic fantasy tropes are virtually absent here. MeinMMO will explain the races visible in the trailer and what makes them special.
Please remember that none of this is confirmed information but our speculations based on the trailer and our experience with the Divinity series. You can find the trailer on YouTube, for age protection reasons we only show a shortened version here:
Humans – The Most Widespread Race in Rivellon
As in most worlds, humans, with their will to reproduce, are the dominant race of Rivellon. They are somewhat the “average” or benchmark of the world: nothing special, useful for everything, but also not outstanding in any direction.
In addition, they are – as often in fantasy settings – the youngest race in history, but nevertheless have a turbulent past with empires and dramas surrounding divinity, inquisitions, and autocratic power structures… as one might expect.
In the Divinity games, humans have been the most flexible race, meaning they have gameplay bonuses that are useful for all sorts of builds and are not strictly defined. At the same time, they are also the most pigheaded race.
The stubbornness, fanaticism, and belligerence of humans have caused some of the greatest upheavals in history, but they have also managed to eliminate them.
