Spoilers and question about "The Dark Urge" Events

[Sp1R1LL]

So I killed a bard that showed up at my camp. (doing "The Dark Urge" character) and i want to know if it is something that i could have avoded at all? or is this a TDU only event?

[Reynard]

Yes, this is Dark Urge exclusive and cannot be avoided.

[Moonbane]

You can knock her when you meet her in the grove to ensure her survival, but it needs to be done on every long rest until the Durge event runs. Then the game will push a substitute, a dragonborn bard, whom you cannot preemptively save.

People like to save Alfira as she is a questgiver in act2 that have a super warlock robe, that otherwise will be unobtainable.

[Sp1R1LL]

Originally posted by Reynard:

Yes, this is Dark Urge exclusive and cannot be avoided.

So they made the cute bard girl just to kill her????? :(

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by Neff (goblin mode):

Originally posted by Reynard:

Yes, this is Dark Urge exclusive and cannot be avoided.

So they made the cute bard girl just to kill her????? :(

Read what i said just above, you CAN save alfira, just another bites it instead.

[Sp1R1LL]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

You can knock her when you meet her in the grove to ensure her survival, but it needs to be done on every long rest until the Durge event runs. Then the game will push a substitute, a dragonborn bard, whom you cannot preemptively save.

People like to save Alfira as she is a questgiver in act2 that have a super warlock robe, that otherwise will be unobtainable.

can you edit that to be spoiler so i can mark it as answered please?

[Moonbane]

there, though its pretty old news by now.

[Sp1R1LL]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

there, though its pretty old news by now.

You say that but this game has a lot of content and this is just one of like 20 backgrounds including the other premade characters

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by Neff (goblin mode):

Originally posted by Moonbane:

there, though its pretty old news by now.

You say that but this game has a lot of content and this is just one of like 20 backgrounds including the other premade characters

Not entirely true, Dark Urge is a fairly defined premade with its own unique background. Theres 6 origins, 7 with durge.

[Quacksalber]

Knocking her out is easier said than done. Even if you enter tb mode, she yells at you and heals. I eventually gave up since she decided to show up in the underdark. I also made her leave and yet still ended up killing her in camp somehow.

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by EH!:

Knocking her out is easier said than done. Even if you enter tb mode, she yells at you and heals. I eventually gave up since she decided to show up in the underdark. I also made her leave and yet still ended up killing her in camp somehow.

You have to enter tb before you strike her. I 1 round her just fine with a combo of astarion and lae-zel laying the smack on her. I think you are mixing up someone, Alfira does not show up in the underdark, she is not a recruitable npc.

Furthermore it has to be done on every long rest after you meet her until the Durge scene plays. Once had to knock her out 3 times before the scene finally played.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Originally posted by EH!:

Knocking her out is easier said than done. Even if you enter tb mode, she yells at you and heals. I eventually gave up since she decided to show up in the underdark. I also made her leave and yet still ended up killing her in camp somehow.

You have to enter tb before you strike her. I 1 round her just fine with a combo of astarion and lae-zel laying the smack on her. I think you are mixing up someone, Alfira does not show up in the underdark, she is not a recruitable npc.

I explicitly said even in TB mode. I'm used to being forced to enter tb mode to attack non hostile npc's, and every time after hitting her once, *even in TB mode* I got a cutscene with her yelling, after which she healed and wasn't hostile.

And she turns up in camp if you are in the Underdark.

Why you would assume I think she's a recruitable NPC is beyond me, and I know exactly who she is.

[Moonbane]

Clearly you are doing it badly then if you dont know how to down her easilly.

[Reynard]

Originally posted by Neff (goblin mode):

Originally posted by Reynard:

Yes, this is Dark Urge exclusive and cannot be avoided.

So they made the cute bard girl just to kill her????? :(

It wasn't just to kill her, and as the other person pointed out, it's technically possible to prevent her death (the event is still unavoidable however).

Her brutal death is an important plot point for the Dark Urge and you, the player, where you finally get a good understanding of your character's predicament and the roleplay possibilities. It's the moment you are supposed to decide what your character feels and what they're going to do about it.

If you don't want her, specifically, to die, you can just meta-game the hell out of it, or simply not play the Dark Urge.

This event was supposed to be impactful.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Clearly you are doing it badly then if you dont know how to down her easilly.

Funny how I can complete the entire game w/o knowing how to play it at all.