Baldur’s Gate 3: Should You Accept Or Reject Bhaal’s Offer As The Dark Urge?

The Dark Urge is one of the Origin character options presented to players in , and is often considered to be the «canonical» protagonist of the game. The Urge's plot line revolves around a case of serious memory loss and an inexplicable drive towards violence, which players can eventually discover comes from being a Bhaalspawn. This means they are the offspring of Bhaal, god of murder, and once even served him as the leader of his bloody congregation.

[Warning: Major spoilers for the Dark Urge plotline in Baldur's Gate 3.]

While the Dark Urge's path is full of difficult choices and fights with their inner demons, their personal quest culminates in a meeting with Bhaal himself and the chance to either regain their former station or reject the god's influence. This is a difficult choice for multiple reasons. Bhaal's favor would supposedly grant immense power and some relief from the fight against one's own nature, while rejecting him would free the Urge from their killing fate entirely but leave them fatherless and an enemy of the murder lord in his own home.

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For some, the main draw of accepting Bhaal's offer to become his Chosen might be the power that comes with that choice. And certainly, aligning with the murder god grants some unique and powerful abilities. The first of these is one use of a spell that can only be gained through this choice:. This spell is iconic, typically used by boss monsters from, infamous for its ability to strike a character down without even a saving throw. But it is honestly not that useful in the hands of a player.

«Our lord does not care for beauty. Bhaal cares only for death. Death in numbers. Death in droves.»

— Sarevok

The spell instantly kills one creature that has less than 100 hit points, which sounds strong, but fights in are often against groups of enemies with tons of health