Is Dark Surge actually fun? Do you get unique powers or something?

[Witch ~]

Just curious. Being tempted to start a new game already. Maybe as a dark surge monk? BUt I wanted to ask first if its even worth it.

Also any cool dark surge suggestions?

[GrayHound]

The cloak is great and you can eat dwarf meat to heal yourself (not sure if DU or Dragonborn thing but it seems that other party members won't eat it) which you get a lot of in the first act.

[Morgian]

Bunch of specific gear = 1 cloak
Special powers = 1, usable once per long rest
And you get to massacre innocent people (offscreen), alienate some companions (= kill them) just by being around, and bathe literally in blood. It is "the" murderhobo route.

In general I can do without it after having played both ways. However, a huge plus is how you get rid of Gale when meeting him. That is one of the most satisfying kills for the dark urge. And gives you a key for act 3 :)

[U92]

Yes and yes

[Morte-360]

It's definitely worth it. The Durge feels like the canon story, they're hooked into the plot far more than a Tav or Origin. On my playthrough there's was only one murder you're forced into.

[BeautifulFlowerField]

the power is worthless, it would have been better to get wild shape cat than what you do get.

[Maxx_Crowley]

Dark Urge is basically just "What if you where THAT guy" the character.

Anyone who has ever sat down for Dnd More than once knows who THAT guy is.

[Morgian]

@Morte:
There is a single murder offscreen, and later you must decide between sacrificing a companion or a mass murder (although you might think is is just another single kill). I don't think you can get out of either of those two. And doing the mass killing also breaks several quests off before their finish.

[juppsen]

My m8 played him with me in MP. So funny dialogues and interactions. Definitly worth playing!

[paladin181]

Origineel geplaatst door Witch ~:

Just curious. Being tempted to start a new game already. Maybe as a dark surge monk? BUt I wanted to ask first if its even worth it.

Also any cool dark surge suggestions?

Yes and Yes. It's fun and you can get special powers.

It is the canon origin for your character, and actually ties the game to the previous 2

[goodbye_bonito]

Origineel geplaatst door Morgian:

@Morte:
There is a single murder offscreen, and later you must decide between sacrificing a companion or a mass murder (although you might think is is just another single kill). I don't think you can get out of either of those two. And doing the mass killing also breaks several quests off before their finish.

That's not true. Only a single kill in the entire game is unavoidable, anything else is not required

[Banelord]

Origineel geplaatst door Witch ~:

Just curious. Being tempted to start a new game already. Maybe as a dark surge monk? BUt I wanted to ask first if its even worth it.

Also any cool dark surge suggestions?

its like playing the toxic jerk, and doing evil things for evils sake. its not the organized evil that id hope for like building the Church of Bane and promoting evil in a systematic way. its being toxic for toxicitys sake, since they chose the wrong evil.

[Morgian]

How do I avoid the choice I get from the butler between companion and the cleric?

[Kamiyama]

There's a youtube video about it. You get more dialog options that lead to bad things.

When Gale sticks his hand out of the teleport stone, you can cut his hand off.

[Banard]

Origineel geplaatst door Witch ~:

Just curious. Being tempted to start a new game already. Maybe as a dark surge monk? BUt I wanted to ask first if its even worth it.

Also any cool dark surge suggestions?

I just finished it.

Two choices ..are you going to go with your urges or fight those urges? Decide before you play.

I played a warlock and went with the urges, the "dark side" of the story for the dark urge is more suited for the Assassin. I suggest trying 8 Assassin/ 4 Gloom Stalker Ranger.

[goodbye_bonito]

Origineel geplaatst door Ismael Clowndova:

Origineel geplaatst door Witch ~:

Just curious. Being tempted to start a new game already. Maybe as a dark surge monk? BUt I wanted to ask first if its even worth it.

Also any cool dark surge suggestions?

its like playing the toxic jerk, and doing evil things for evils sake. its not the organized evil that id hope for like building the Church of Bane and promoting evil in a systematic way. its being toxic for toxicitys sake, since they chose the wrong evil.

Being a toxic evil is completely on player, Dark Urge story itself does not forces you, I would say it's the opposite instead. And it's pretty bad if you decide to be evil, bad as in boring as hell and yes, as you said, just unimaginative toxic evil