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Species penalty

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Certain species, sub-races, or such can't ever become as proficient in some skill (or class) as another, no matter what. Or gets other significant penalties that no other get (to such degree).

20
games
8
platforms

Alternate names: Race penalty, Species skill restrictions, Species class restrictions

Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (Windows)
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
WIN 1999-05-05
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (Windows)
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
WIN 2013-11-15
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (PlayStation 2)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
PS2 2001-12-03
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (GameCube)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
GC 2002-11-19
Baldur's Gate (Windows)
Baldur's Gate
WIN 1998-12-21
Shadowrun Returns (Windows)
Shadowrun Returns
WIN 2013-07-25
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (Windows)
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
WIN 2013-01-16
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (Windows)
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
WIN 2001-06-21
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Macintosh OS Classic)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
MAC 2001
Baldur's Gate (Macintosh OS Classic)
Baldur's Gate
MAC 2000
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Xbox)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
XBOX 2002-10-22
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Windows)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
WIN 2000-09-22
This is mostly for "skill" things, not counting bonuses other gets from traits. For example, if some species/race is limited to rank 5 of a skill when normal max rank is 10. Or when a species/race can't choose some character class for some vague reason.

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Games by year

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The first Species penalty video game was released in 1998.

Beamdog, Interplay and Graphic Simulations published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 7
Linux 4
Mac OS Classic 3
Mac OS X 2
PS2 1
Xbox 1
GameCube 1
MS-DOS 1

Most common companies

Beamdog6
Interplay3
Graphic Simulations2
Interplay Entertainment2