Was A Goat for 10 Years

Introduction

In 2018, reddit user u/Metabot submitted a delightful homebrew Background to r/UnearthedArcana: "Was a Goat for 10 Years." With their permission, I've ported the background to Baldur's Gate 3.

The full effect of the mod isn't quite possible yet. The original Homebrew advises having horns and rectangular irises, both of which seem likely candidates for separate mods later on down the line.

A WHAT for how long?

A Goat. For 10 Years. Having been a Goat for so long, you know your way around animals, and have become quite athletic, granting you proficiency in Animal Handling and Athletics. You also gain Surefooted, granting you immunity to muddy and difficult terrain. Your irises are rectangular, granting you a small amount of Darkvision, and you've taken a liking to bushy beards.

Installation

This mod works with Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Manager, and possibly Vortex and Manual Installations. BG3 Mod Managers is by far the simplest method, and as such is recommended one.

BG3 Mod Manager

1. Extract the .pak file to any location
2. Open BG3 Mod Manager
3. Go to File -> Import Mod and select WasAGoat.pak
4. Hit Refresh
5. Drag "WasAGoat" into Active Mods.

Recommended Mod Management Tools

• Laughing Leader's Mod Manager

Other Recommended Mods/Pages

• ImprovedUI
  • Makes improvements to the UI during Character Creation, and removed an error that only appears when using mods.
• Larian Studios Discord

  • bg3-modding and #bg3-scripting are useful channels for learning how to mod, and connecting with the modding community

Acknowledgements

• u/_Metabot for creating Was A Goat for 10 Years
• Larian Software, for working on Baldur's Gate 3 and bringing 5th Edition to PC
• The Baldur's Gate 3 Modding Community
• https://github.com/ShinyHobo for their work easing the process of creating .pak files
• Alana for the creation of the Mod Manager Compatibility Images