Gaming: Avowed's Massive Anniversary Update Adds New Playable Races, But...

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Avowed's 2.0 update, also known as the anniversary update, is a meaty one. New stat bonuses, custom difficulty modifiers, NG+, the new staff weapon type, a photo mode—it's a lot. The most significant new addition, though, is undoubtedly the arrival of three new playable races.

If you've not played Avowed yet, you might be surprised to hear that, until now, only humans and elves were playable. This is a significant departure from Obsidian's previous games set in Eora, the Pillars universe, which offered plenty of choice at character creation.

The in-fiction reason for this limitation is that, where the main character is from, elves and humans are the dominant peoples. But that's a bit of a bummer for roleplayers, so now you can also play as a dwarf, an orlan or an aumaua.

Source: PC Gamer