A funny story about me: I didn’t know that “Tav” was the default player character name in Baldur’s Gate 3. I thought that, like other RPGs I’ve played, it was a randomly generated name. “Tav“, I thought when I saw him, “nnot bad for a random name generator.” Then I discovered a lot of other people have Tavs and have learned the truth: I was not impressed by random selection; I settled for vanilla. Mortifying, honestly.
Fortunately, the last Baldur’s Gate 3 patch adds the ability to change your name via the Magic Mirror. This is the same mirror that was added in the game Massive Patch 3 for players wanting to change their character’s appearance, within certain limits (race and body type are locked). The name change is a nice added touch to complement any mid-game character changes you might want, for personal or roleplaying reasons.
The new patch also allows players to use the Magic Mirror to change the appearance of mercenaries, which is ideal if you’ve ever wanted to throw a party inspired by U2 frontman Bono’s various alter egos. But I don’t know what kind of pervert would want to do that.