I was really looking forward to creating a custom character, but after the recent video from fextralife I finally decided to play The Dark Urge first. I want to explore the new illithid powers fully as a 'nothing to lose' kind of character and I think I'll stick to the Dragonborn in order to check out the new race. I am planning to go something like 75% murder hobo 25% pragmatic style. I think I'll only keep companions who I feel I won't be able killing (narratively), I wonder who those might be with the new writing.

I had a thought of going full murder hobo lone wolf style, but I think thats not great to lock yourself out of a big portion of gameplay which is companions with their distinct classes and features. I am also kind of a hoarder so having at least some pack mules around helps.