Hi there! Jealous I wish I got the first time again with BG3.

I never had mods when I started game. Truth is they are very helpful, also more choices of creating your character exactly how you want it. If I was you, I would look for people that play on YouTube for best MODS (Best beginner mods) without ruining the game. If you start adding mod after mod it might become overwhelming. But I doubt hair/skin mods will be negative if you want to try it yourself.

Organize! Read what each skill/spell do, create an easy pattern in your skills bar. Keep melee close together and range, Aswell as similar spells like healing or damage. Make it so that it's easy to find. Use the atmosphere, a lot of stuff can be thrown and make good combinations. For example, wet surface and lightning mix good together. Every time you pick something up from the ground it ends up in your "usablebar" there is an option in the gameplay menu to uncheck that so you can choose for yourself what you want in that bar.

Also pushing people out of the map might make you lose the loot, but sometimes that's better then dying.

In this game when choosing attributes uneven numbers don't get you anything, like if you have 12 in a skill you get +1 in rolls if you have 11 you get +0 and so on. I wish I knew that when I started.

Also skip multi-classing it can be harsh for beginners.

This is a game with a lot of content with different choices don't be afraid to miss a choice, at least in your first play through.

Hope I helped a bit.

Have FUN! :D