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Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)
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I've only played D&D for a couple years and don't have extensive experience with githyanki lore but my impression is they're not so much bent on genociding other races as they are exterminating the mind-flayers that enslaved, tortured, and fed on them. Everything about the structure of their society and their philosophy on the value of life hinges around that. They became hyper militaristic - only the strongest and most capable are valued. They seem to regard other races as largely weaker or simply unworthy/uninteresting, but aren't looking to kill or subjugate them, they're just irrelevant.
I'm only ~near the end of Act 2, but Laezel's development has been some of my favorite stuff about the second act.
I really love the lore, especially as it pertains to the Planescape setting. It's part of the Proclamation of Two Skies: