But Karlach aside, Origin characters are a great idea, and more games should embrace them.

Origin characters take this a step further.

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17-Karlach from Baldur’s Gate and FemShep

Choose an origin character.

However, Origin characters don’t stop there.

A premade character is great and all, but Origins take them to the next level.

D&D art showing Karlach, Fury of Avernus by Billy Christian.

Karlach, Fury of Avernus by Billy Christian

Karlach will be in your game either way.

Which will be Karlach.

I mentioned Mass Effect before deliberately, because it’s my most replayed game ever.

Mass Effect Cover Art

These characters all have drastically different starting points but I still believe it is possible.

Yes, it would be a huge undertaking, but video games are huge undertakings these days.

Origin characters are unique to tabletop-adjacent games, but they don’t need to be.

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