Choosing a set character came with an obvious drawback, however.

Optionally available as one of seven starting personalities, the Dark Urge is a mass murderer.

Understandably, given his welcome, Gale chose to remain on the other side of that portal.

Astarion ponders something at the campfire in Baldur’s Gate 3

Some of the Urges setpieces have a dissociative quality.

Yet the squirrel was just the start of it.

Whenever we judged the main story or companion stories, it was always against that.

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Youve got this monstrosity forming inside of you.

Embracing it comes with benefits, and non-benefits.

So what are you going to do?

Two warriors prepare to fend off a Dark Urge Dragonborn character in Baldur’s Gate 3

What are you ready to sacrifice for it?

And can you convince others of what your cause is going to be?

Thats what the game is.

A Dark Urge Dragonborn character from Baldur’s Gate 3

How theyre played is up to you.

The murderous demon servant Sceleritas Fel from Baldur’s Gate 3