Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Dark Urge, Companions and cognitive dissonance

DU: "I crave naught but murrrderrrr!"

Companions: "Yeah, but who among us hasn't?"

DU: "Seriously, I dream daily of stuffing you all into a wood chipper, adding some paprika, and calling it goulash!"

Companions: "Sure, but we all have our secret naughty thoughts, right?

DU: "THERE AREN'T ENOUGH HANDI-WIPES TO CLEAN UP WHAT I LEFT OF THAT BARD!"

Companions: "It could be the parasite."


Later, when you wake up your love interest to warn them...


DU: "If I fall asleep, I'll become possessed and kill you!"

Companion: "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

There appears to be a rather large disconnect between the Alfira execution and the scene where you wake up your love interest. Yes, you get to talk to your butler, but you never get to inform your companions about any of it, such as his tasking you with the murder of Isobel. In a resist Dark Urge playthrough, it almost makes sense that your love interest would react this way because it's been so long since Alfira with no incident that the excuse of it being the tadpole almost makes sense. Hells, they weren't even more than a reluctant travelling companion at the time that you brutally murdered Alfira and they got together with you anyway.

There should be more dialogue between these scenes where you can warn your companions that while you are trying to resist, the butler - and the urges themselves - are urging you on to do these things. But then again, this way the reply after waking them up would have to change, too.

For what it's worth, I can warn you to contain expectations regarding Dark Urge in act 3. It will get a fair amount of extra content, but companion replies are not always as in character as one would hope for due to bugs. This may vary depending on the companion.

there was no option to tell your companions about discovering your heritage.

based on how you trigger the event. If you get it through long rest, you can inform them. If it's forced on you by the butler because you move too far into the act, you can't. The companion replies I was referring are mainly related to the Gortash reveal, where I know some can be exceedingly cold and if memory serves this was a confirmed bug, and during the personal story finale of a resist Dark Urge playthrough. In some other cases, I feel like they have less (or nothing) to say than I had hoped for, too.

So, Alfira came over and wanted to join our group. In his sleep my character murdered her in the most horrendous way possible. He gets rid of the body but there's still a huge sacrificial circle of blood on the ground.
Days go by and no-one asks about Alfira or the circle. My character decides to 'rescue the grove' because from all the information he has he feels that Halsin is his best bet for a cure. Then comes the party at the camp and still no-one is worried about Alfira and nobody comments on the blood circle. Also, this circle is right in front of where Astarion is standing and there's not even a snarky comment?

admit to Alfira's murder, which has been portrayed as exceptionally brutal, and they just shrug it off as "probably the tadpole", yet later your love interest seems surprised you have such cravings when you get to the unique cutscene in act 2, as if you never admitted to the Alfira murder.

and I didn't hide the body or anything just waited till morning. Lae'zel pretty much told me she was watching me and would kill me if I tried to kill her.

when Durge was brutally murdering a whole ass person right next to their bedrolls. A bunch of people trained so sleep with one eye open and a vampire. So now I headcanon that at least Astarion woke up, saw what's happening and made a calculated decision not to interfere.