Just How Evil is a Dark Urge Playthrough in Baldur's Gate 3? 😈

How evil, you say?

[@Mhill08]

You left Wulbren Bongle alive, you monster

[@KatClay]

😈

[@deanmalto1386]

Genociding half of faerun didn't even come close to the sin of leaving wulbren unscathed

[@yakuzaman5074]

Most evilest thing you can do

[@99xplord]

​@@yakuzaman5074I think returning Scratch to his original owner is the most evil thing you could do.

[@Fr3elancerflorida]

Bongle is my homie, who else is going to give me a big explody barrel?

[@erickeller7313]

She saved Scratch so it's all ok.

[@KatClay]

Exactly 😈

[@bighouse581]

Agreed. All others are acceptable. Scratch is best boi

[@cdwarrior6582]

Yeah as long as we aren’t killing best boy all is forgiven

[@rioluboy]

But did you save the baby owl bear?!

[@KatClay]

@@rioluboy no comment 😬

[@fluff2689]

To be fair, it was a really rough week, and you had a headache

[@KatClay]

In my defence your honour, I had a tadpole, an astral visitor, and big daddy Bhaal in my head. (This comment made me laugh so hard)

[@bowensutton6571]

​@@KatClay Your honor, I plead Oopsie Daisy!

[@moreconstantthanthegods298]

Leaving Wulbren alive but killing everybody else is the most evil thing you could ever have done.

[@KatClay]

Yup.

[@thegooddoctah]

NTA, you helped Scratch.

[@KatClay]

🤣🤣🤣

[@CB-lg1pk]

Oh don’t scare me like that For a moment there I started to think you were evil

[@KatClay]

Scratch is the supreme doggo of Baldur's Gate!

[@Senok13]

@@KatClay I played a lot of games, where you could be Evil with capital "E". Almost all had one character so innocent, who you couldn't/shouldn't hurt, no matter what other heartless things you could do to the world. The most precious ones - the truly innocent ones. Even, when you are Evil Incarnate, you need them.

[@TheGreyBush420]

If only Wulbren was tied to the windmill instead of Barcus. That would have been my favorite toss, i mean interaction.

[@KatClay]

DLC?

[@TheGreyBush420]

@KatClay ? Blighted village windmill, where you meet Barcus, you have the option to help him of fling him to the heavens. Lol. I was simply saying that I wish Wulbren was there instead of Barcus. I'd throw his little a$$ every time. 😆

[@alessaaa67]

@@TheGreyBush420I think she meant that she hope for a dlc where you can send wulbren flying

[@xgbby1124]

​@@TheGreyBush420 What???? How do you toss him?? 😂😂😂

[@kurtwagner4663]

​@@xgbby1124if you pull the wrong lever on the windmill xD happened in my 1st play through 😂

[@OverlordMalarkey]

Scratch is alive? As TF2 Sniper once said "Professionals have standards"

[@KatClay]

Hahaha I was really mean to him but he still followed me 🐶 even evil masterminds need pets

[@confusedwhale]

​@@KatClay: What about the owlbear?

[@storyman385]

@@confusedwhalenow this is a real question

[@Senok13]

@@storyman385 As it wasn't mentioned in the video, i think it's no more... :(

[@mr.e3123]

Saving scratch is actually a brilliant villain move. because it protects you from metaphysical retribution.

[@KatClay]

Also the mean dialogue choices still land with him joining you, as I found out!

[@christopherlee5796]

I shouted at scratches sleeping friend and he attacked me.

[@EzioAuditore117]

**Durge saving Scratch** Professionals have standards

[@KatClay]

Let it be known I'm professionally evil. 💁‍♀️

[@pointlessink6084]

I mean yeah saving Scratch absolves you of all the sins

[@KatClay]

I'm not that much of a monster... 😈

[@sirreaper3067]

Average week in the life of a durge, can confirm.

[@omega_berzerk5384]

Well, if i had a constant headache, I'd be grumpy and stabby too

[@KatClay]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lilknux1646]

*Names numerous war crimes* "But I saved Scratch" Honestly were you really *that* evil?-

[@KatClay]

What's a supervillain without their pet?

[@banebeard]

I hooked up with Minthara and then got an itch and her neck went pop......

[@KatClay]

Sounds like a bad rash...

[@RunicTurnip]

Scratch dying is the only thing I can’t forgive

[@KatClay]

Hard agree. Scratch is the Goodest Boi

[@Cuautehmok]

The world can burn as long as Scratch lives.

[@aouyiu]

Worst possible timeline basically 😂 but seeing Wulbren as a thrall would make it all worth it.

[@KatClay]

Yep the worst ever! The things I do for platinum trophies 🫠🫠🫠

[@JMOlsen_]

Some sensible things. Killing Orin is essential. Astarion deserves true freedom and a better life, so ascending him is the sensible thing to do. Shadowheart's parents failed her really bad. They deserved no better. Helping Ethel is sensible, she is a useful ally and helping her get a coven of her own is the best action. There is no downside to siding with Nere. If you are a Dark Urge, you get the butler whether you like him or not. Becoming a vampire is morally neutral. Same goes for making out with an illithid, it is not wrong, merely unusual.

[@calvintyler9281]

​@@JMOlsen_ ok it's not funny anymore. You're actually real life awful.😐

[@Xupas]

​@@JMOlsen_ You're more than right about this, bro.

[@pactlapismorax]

"i'm evil but dog is alive" understeble, have a nice day

[@Vi0letR0gue]

Out of everything you can do as a dark urge, hurting scratch in any way is what makes them a monster

[@KatClay]

It's what separates lawful evil from true evil

[@sirfishalot6782]

I love how evil you can be in this game. There are so many choices in this game that make me feel ill IRL.

[@KatClay]

Yeah I legit cried on stream when I killed the tieflings, it's so sad. After that you get Minthara who makes everything better. But yes, I will not be doing another evil playthrough!

[@sirfishalot6782]

@@KatClay yeah, the grove, standing in a pile of civilian corpses made me feel so ashamed i deleted the save.

[@Ruben-nc6es]

You kicked the squirrel, you're despicable...the rest of them aww well they had it coming.

[@KatClay]

If I remember correctly in dark urge playthroughs you don't get a choice about kicking the squirrel. You automatically kick it, to my shock and horror!

[@Ruben-nc6es]

@@KatClay 😆

[@micz5490]

Scratch remains unharmed = all sins are nonexistent

[@TheAzuregreen]

Yeeting Barcus is both evil and hilarious 😂

[@KatClay]

Quite possibly one of the funniest moments in the entire game... Full clip of it here kzbin.info6TTGo41XxTc?feature=share

[@user-bq1gh3fy1h]

I thought you were evil there for a second! But never mind!

[@Mauricekaip]

Me: *plays a Durge Paladin of devotion all the way though without breaking oath.*

[@KatClay]

How??????????

[@paulpoumet773]

She saved Scratch, therefore she is obviously a saint.

[@girth_goblin]

I was so bricked up when I slaughtered the tieflings

[@KatClay]

Yeah me too, there's footage of me crying on stream...

[@PirvateerKurei]

Very true! Saving Scratch is the universal lynchpin of any Baldur's Gate 3 run through. Without scratch, the universe collapses into entropy

[@KatClay]

Save scum always for the bestest boi

[@MorbidMonstera]

The most evil thing is leaving Wulbren Bongle alive.

[@KatClay]

Fair.

[@GiannisMihelakakis]

I love that even when you are death incarnate , the nightmare of Faerun. No doggos were harmed in the making of this playthrough 😂

[@KatClay]

Supervillains have standards! 💁‍♀️

[@igormaryshev2579]

My playthrough exactly, finaly found a relative soul!

[@KatClay]

@@igormaryshev2579 don't you mean, a true soul? 😉

[@animejunkie4373]

The perfect play through beautiful simply beautiful

[@KatClay]

👏👏👏 thankyou

[@runeg8590]

sparing Wulbren is the most cruel vile thing in this list. bravo! well played

[@harkontsd3042]

When she said "executed Karlach", I was already angry. But when she said "except Wulbren Bongle" I knew she was the enemy

[@KatClay]

😈

[@s1ns0mbr43]

If you hurt scratch John Wick will find you.

[@aidanedwards8931]

Hearing most of your deeds: YOU MONSTER!!!!!! You saved Best Boi: all is forgiven

[@KatClay]

🐕💁‍♀️

[@winterhunter9498]

Funny part is that’s what I was worried about the most too as long as scratch is safe everything‘s OK

[@Tat2dBard]

You could have saved the Wulbren Bongle statement instead of saving Scratch and made it even better 😂🤣

[@craigerz2875]

"Perfectly balanced, as all things should be."

[@thestarhopper]

my dark urge run is going to start off with me going to untold lengths to save alfira, after what'll be like 3-4 playthroughs by that point i don't think i could cope without her lol

[@KatClay]

Yeah I didn't save Alfira... 😅

[@Steele00]

The modern day scale that weighs a characters heart when approached by anubis. Wulbren ⚖️ Scratch

[@KatClay]

Hahahah exactly.

[@liamchute8550]

I almost missed Scratch before going to act 2. I was exploring a bit before progressing and found him. So glad i did

[@KatClay]

Bestest Boi in all the realms

[@thecursingexplorer138]

Even the most evil needs a dog.

[@arkandy7314]

"she's okay, guys...."

[@KatClay]

🤣😈

[@marax1927]

If anyone does anything to hurt the goodest boy, leys just say the culprit would rather John Wick was coming for them, instead of me.

[@KatClay]

See I'm smart evil, no John Wick coming for me

[@chitipatutrapiromsook9447]

Scratch, Shadowheart and Minthara is with us. It’s perfect!!!

[@KatClay]

No better party!

[@frilindsay]

There should be a BG3 achievement for taking out as many people as you can but protecting Scratch at all costs. As far as I’m concerned, all of those people might eventually have been mean to Best Boi so it’s better we never have to find out.

[@BearCobb]

Except Wulbren Bongle NOW THAT IS PURE EVIL!!! 😱

[@KatClay]

heheheh 😈

[@bengmaximilian]

Lololol you monster!!!😂😂😂

[@KatClay]

Hahahahah lucky I don't play this way at table 😂

[@bengmaximilian]

@@KatClay I think we'd be having an out of table discussion if you were!!

[@Alpatrixx]

im currently doing a semi evil/very morally gray run as durge. Im a padlock multiclass (oathbreaker paladin+pact of the blade warlock) drow who is also going heavy into illithid. im trying to make my character use and exploit a bunch of powerful beings for power (gods my patron the absolute etc) and is just op af

[@KatClay]

Ooh that sounds super interesting! I love building around sorcerers in BG3 cause you can multi class into wizard easily with the intelligence circlet. And yeah, my first drow playthrough had no time for authority - in the world or in her head.

[@davidaddison4712]

I put 72 hours into this game and i dont even know what half the things you mentioned are. Jesus christ this game is endless. Time for my second playthrough

[@KatClay]

350+ hours later I'm still finding stuff.

[@Broku.420]

Wild ride. Gotta say my dark urge run was similar just shorter. Nothing but bodies in my wake. Few were deemed worthy to live (failed honor mode at the end of act 2 boss fight)

[@KatClay]

That Myrkul fight is brutal. I’ve thought about doing honour mode but that’s the one fight I worry about.

[@Broku.420]

@@KatClay tis where I lost my honor mode run. It's a pain

[@IraStrife]

I'm still in act one but I have a barrel in camp with all 200 corpses from everything I have killed in town complete with every companion (save Atarion who withers is holding onto because I accidentally recruited him first), and killed all the druids, Tiefling, and goblins. All I have left is the githyanki and Auntie Ethel.

[@KatClay]

Omg that's brutal! And I thought I was bad for leaving Wulbren alive...

[@cyumus]

Oh so that's called Dark Urge? That was literally my first personalised walkthrough

[@cosmicrusenaite1939]

Killing that annoying elephant is probably going to knock off a point ngl, but still evil

[@cinderwar532]

Not me quickly taking notes for my evil durge

[@KatClay]

It's saving Wulbren that's the real test.

[@cerengzl]

You are my hero

[@sergeiviskov7208]

No matter what you, Scratch is sacred 😅

[@baronvonstefan8657]

I stoped at executing Karlach. Because that’s the step I can’t do.

[@KatClay]

It was very hard... But the armour you get from Mizora is sooo good. 🫣

[@kittentune997]

Gale's necrotic aura killed scratch in my first playthrough. I eas so sad 😭

[@KatClay]

Bad Gale! Bad Gale!

[@ladylunara5]

That sounds like the playthrough that I'm in the process of. Dark elf too Lolth sworn drow specifically

[@KatClay]

Drow are my favourite race. My first playthrough was chaotic neutral drow who'd seen too much and had no time for authority. This one was a Mephistopheles tiefling (which makes the grove so much worse)

[@ferelcopter5126]

Made out with the calamari 😂😂😂😂

[@KatClay]

🐙🦑🐙👩‍❤️‍👨

[@Lisa-yv2hd]

This game is so amazing

[@KatClay]

I love it so much (although being truly evil was hard!)

[@disboundedx8038]

You forgot the Myconids!

[@KatClay]

Completely forgot to include it here! I totally destroyed their leader!

[@Neozoo800]

She's evil, but she's not THAT evil.

[@lizzt396]

I forgive you

[@KatClay]

Thankyou I need a cleansing good run after this

[@snowieyoung]

Make out with the calamari😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KatClay]

Mindflayed is the hardest trophy IMHO 🐙😘

[@jamesconkey1480]

Video games are where your TRUE personality is revealed.

[@KatClay]

Eep 😬

[@candygarden5029]

of course. I'm evil. not a monster

[@charlotteembrich9603]

As long dog lives

[@KatClay]

Even evil people need pets

[@joncardoza1012]

Oh if she saved scratch it’s fine

[@redkiko22]

Scratch will be at my side along with minthara as we rule the world

[@akseltanskanen9103]

Everything is forgiven for saving scratch

[@KatClay]

😇

[@soralockhart8428]

As long as scratch lives, then your fine

[@Esoteri2]

It’s all worth it to flirt with minthara

[@KatClay]

Minthara is the best companion

[@PipMuir]

I'm trying to do an evil run but I swear you don't level up as easily and it's so hard 😂

[@KatClay]

Also act 2 is really hard to prep for the big myrkul battle when all your vendors are dead or escaped.

[@landofjennay]

Well at least you saved Scratch because if not, you’d have been another kind of monster. 😅

[@aruf__ii2709]

Every evil run i save scratch and side with the goblins and then see them bully him at camp then end up killing them 😂

[@KatClay]

No body puts scratch in a corner

[@jalensmith4085]

Kicking the squirrel is how you know it isnt a dark urge play through more like curb stomp’ed the squirrel

[@KatClay]

Yeah I know! I couldn't put the footage in the video otherwise it would go against YT's guidelines.

[@pureinvictusgaming4188]

You think thats evil? I did all that without being a Dark Urge. I didnt have Baal whispering to me to be evil, I just was. Claimed the netherbrain in my own name. Now onto Elden Ring where I'll let Chaos consume the world

[@WhyDidYoutubeDoThis]

i'm doing a redemption vengeance Paladin Durge. So I'm doing none of that and bumping uglies with nice Shart.

[@KatClay]

Sounds like an excellent plan. Definitely would prefer the redemption arc vs this kind of villainy!

[@jasmine3138]

Man I thought I was pretty evil until I remembered in my playthrough, Wulbren died with the rest of Last Light Inn lol😂 (Letting SH defeat Nightsong also counts as killing Isobel soooooo I didn't have to do work lol]

[@KatClay]

Delegation is the sign of a great leader... 🤣

[@heyitsevie]

I'm currently doing my redemption run first before planninh my evil run

[@KatClay]

I feel like I need a redemption run to cleanse myself from this evil run.

[@faithxmccoy]

As long as you save Scratch, all is forgiven 🥰

[@perbj]

It is only as evil as the choices you make

[@KatClay]

Couldn't agree more, and as a game writer I played it to understand how they approached an evil narrative.

[@veganryori]

Oh gods, some of those i could forgive, but you *let Bongle live* ?

[@ArckAngel75]

You are forgiven my child for thou has saved the best boy Now what news of the owl bear

[@KatClay]

Uhhhhhh no comment... 😬

[@ArckAngel75]

@KatClay I see Well should be no problem I just need to go fill out this paperwork. Would you mind standing by the sign that says "Damnation" please?

[@Fr3elancerflorida]

Leaving Bongle and Scratch alive? This is chaotic neutral at best.

[@rowbeans-l1n]

Letting Wulbren live is by far the worst of these

[@KatClay]

Hard agree

[@ascel6799]

…would do anything but the dog

[@KatClay]

Exactly

[@CupcakeDeity]

Really regret killing scratch my first run but i figured i needed meat cuz my supplies were LOW

[@KatClay]

Nooooo! 😱

[@gefangener2006]

D... Did you save the baby owl bear and Scratchs best friend 😢

[@KatClay]

No comment 😬

[@user-vc1gh3jp2d]

Even devils have standards

[@KatClay]

💁‍♀️😈

[@majorbones251]

Saved Scratch. Thats A ok with me.

[@TheFloridaDuo]

I must confess my sin I killed scratch in one play through to become an oathbreaker

[@KatClay]

Noooooooo!

[@justintubbs796]

you may not have been evil enough for a true dark urge playthrough.

[@ashvolierider2703]

You forgot about the part where you bite off gales hand

[@KatClay]

Hahah I wanted to corrupt him with the tadpole instead, and my nefarious plans were thwarted by accidentally clicking the wrong option. Gale survives, miraculously.

[@tsuki7838]

As long as Scratch is ok I give thumbs up for this genocide

[@nataliebateman1151]

Also you can tear Gale's hand off XD

[@KatClay]

Yeah I rescued him because I had this whole grand plan of turning him into a mindflayer but then my hand slipped at the crucial moment and I ate the tadpole instead. Silly dark urge!

[@nataliebateman1151]

@@KatClay Oh Dark Urge you silly goof I don't think I could do that run. I'm trying an evil run and it physically pains me. Especially smashing Alfira's lute. Like I love that girl so much, I don't wanna be mean T-T