There's no strict requirement of being a rogue to open locks and disarm traps. It's just a Dex (Sleight of Hand) roll that other characters can get proficiency and expertise in. And even without proficiency you can stack the roll in your favor with bonuses from other sources. Finally, most of the locks and traps can be circumvented by other means, like obtaining keys, finding a way around the threat or just destroying chests. If you specifically want a rogue in your party, you can just multiclass and take a couple of levels in it, or recruit a rogue henchman. I'd say it's not that restrictive.

 

So Sven confirmed in an interview that you can in fact respec all the origin characters to any class you want. In dialog and story they will still be treated as they original class because if not the story wouldn't make sense.

Sven also recommended doing a custom character on your first run so you can experience the origin stories through the companions instead of playing one. He basically said he thought it was more satisfying that way. He also advised against picking the Dark Urge first as that origin has unique things that happen in the story so he thought it was best enjoyed on a second playthrough so you'll notice the differences.

With all that being said I've planned to do a Dragon born Paladin and multiclass into Sorcerer. I want my first playthrough to be a character that has good charisma for dialogue choices and a Sorcidin sounds like a lot of fun.
 

BTW there is currently some discussion ongoing on the main BG3 subreddit talking about the Karmic Dice system.

Apparently folks are recommending to turn it off if you are a D&D veteran because the system ensures success rolls for both you and enemies if the fail several times in a row so that leads to high AC characters taking more damage then they normally should.

A few people did tests and the results show that you and enemies end up taking more hits as if everyone's AC was actually 4-6 points lower then it should be.
 

I've never played a Baldur's Gate game. The premise sounds interesting, but watching people play to get an idea of the game, it doesn't seem like the type of game for me. I wish there was a demo so I could try it without paying up front. Even with being able to get a Steam refund, I'll just pass.

I plan to play the Cyberpunk 2077 expansion since I am in love with that world, the characters, and the immersive feeling that I get while playing it - and the stories just suck me in so I've been waiting for more of that. Then I plan to try Starfield after I've gotten every minute out of CP2077 that I can.

Hope you all have fun though.
 

I don't know why they'd recommend it to D&D veterans. It's way overtuned for the average D&D player. I made it about 10 hours into the game and got tired of my tanks being one shotted. Got a refund. It looks kind've like D&D but it doesn't play like d&d the divinity style tactical play will make or break the game for a player. I suspect a lot of "veteran" D&D players are going to party wipe till they quit. That was acceptable gaming style in the old SSI games in the late 80's early 90's modern D&D players aren't used to wiping regularly. Now people that loved Divinity 1 and 2 will love this game because it's really Divinity 3 with a D&D theme.
 

I am also planning to play bard, for the charisma related check, making it a good party head. It seems also it can be adjusted quite a bit during play to fit different type of gameplay ( melee fighter, spell, support, trap, etc ..) I hope this will allow me to follow the flow and not having to plan the whole build and companion from the start.
 

> The six companions also only cover 6 of the 12 character classes in Baldur's Gate 3.

Based on what I'm reading, there are more like 10 companions, although I don't know how late some of them may become available, and whether they'll stick around forever or not.