#durge run

[littlequeenofthemangoes]

The team when you decide to torture some guy

[spillingteanotpermitted]

DRAGOMIR'S ASTRAL INTRO

✦ BIRTH NAME | CHOSEN NAME

He still remembers nothing about his past, but his mind did cling to the name "Dragomir". It is the name his adoptive mother gave him.

✧ NICKNAMES:

Goldie (Astarion), Scales (Karlach)

Wyll has tried to think of a hero name for him, something along the lines of "The Dragon of the Coast" or "The Golden Avenger", but it is a work-in-progress.

Gale calls Dragomir nothing special yet, but he is glad that the wizard calls him "friend" even after witnessing the effects of the urges.

✦ RACE AND SUBRACE

Human (as far as he knows)

✧ AGE | GENDER | PRONOUNS

Unknown, but he looks like a human in his thirties | Male | He/Him

✦ CLASS AND SUBCLASS

Gold Dragon Sorcerer

✧ BACKGROUND

Haunted One

✦ FAMILY HISTORY:

He was found as an infant by the Gur monster hunter duo Dorrela and Sorin. The two friends decided to raise the boy and brought him to their tribe, where he grew up among the other kids.

When the boy's draconic magic awakened, his parents took him to Baldur's Gate to find a teacher to help him control his firey powers. They lived there for a while, rather poor due to harsh laws regarding their people.

But then something else awakened within their son...

✦ PETS | FAMILIAR:

He has a dog and an owlbear by now, kind of, but he'll have to fight Shadowheart for custody, he fears.

While it is Gale who has to summon them, Dragomir has a fondness for the quasit Shovel. He also is very excited about the prospect of meeting the tressym Tara.

✧ THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE HIM:

Fierce, Kind, Conflicted

✦ PHYSICAL TRAIT | ANOMALY | DISABILITY:

He is scarred where the golden scales on his body have been ripped out or scraped off by someone, though they spared his face of this treatment.

The burn scar on his face seems to be quite old, though, and he suffers from persistent migraines from whatever happened to him.

✧ TADPOLE STATUS:

Infected, no additional tadpoles taken

✦ ATTRIBUTES:

Physically weak, nimble enough, quite hardy, average intelligence, sane if you squint, captivating presence.

✧ COMPANION AFFINITY:

Gale 💜 Astarion 🧡 Wyll 🧡 Lae'zel 🤍 Shadowheart 🧡 Karlach 💙 His opinion of Lae'zel will change for the better after the creche.

Companion Affinity Key: 💜 = Close bond / Romantic interest 💚 = Rivalry / Mutual respect 🧡 = Strong friendship / Ally ❤️ = Romantic interest / Complex bond 💙 = Trustworthy companion / Mentor 🤍 = Mutual admiration / Professional respect

✦ THEME MUSIC:

Fight Song

Dragomir was one season's main antagonist in a Pathfinder campaign of mine, and that was the song that I used for the final confrontation with him.

Love Song

Gale as Betty Schaefer, Dragomir as Joe Gillis. Gale has still has his complicated feelings for Mystra to deal with, as well as the "plan" she has for him to sacrifice himself. Dragomir finds the fight against the urges hopeless, but Gale makes it better somehow. It's crazy, he should stay away the wizard, lest he doom the man and with that, the world...

Character's Choice

Also a song I used for NPC Dragomir.

✧ MOODBOARD

✦ VOICE CLAIM:

Matthew Rhys (aka Emperor Belos from The Owl House)

✧ REPUTATION | WHAT OTHERS SAY:

To the tiefling refugees and the druids, he is a hero.

Alfira has written a very raunchy song about this handsome firey mage after he cheekily told her to at the celebration.

To Baldur's Gate... Well. You know what he did, even if he does not.

✦ BELIEFS | PERSONAL CODE:

His gold dragon blood and the urges are in a constant battle within his mind and body. He wants the former to win out.

✧ MOST PRIZED POSSESSION:

Lihala's lute, and the hairband Shadowheart gave him when he asked her to help him be more presentable.

✦ GREATEST FEAR:

The Urge. Himself. His past self?

✧ D&D ALIGNMENT

Neutral Good when he is in control. Chaotic Evil when the urges overwhelm him.

✦ AUTHOR'S NOTES

Many of my BG3 Tavs are campaign NPCs of mine that I felt deserved to be the hero for a change. When I wanted to do a Dark Urge run, Pathfinder Dragomir was the perfect choice, because he too is the offspring of an ancient being that settled him with a madness.

Other than the Dark Urge though, NPC Dragomir was the half-dragon son of an ancient nameless gold dragon. That dragon, only known as "The Golden One" to the party, had been touched by an astral anomaly and went too far with his magical experiments, so far that Apsu, the god of good dragons, imprisoned him.

One of his offspring is prophesized to free him, inheriting his powers. Cue him using his bits of freedom to sire said offspring, and Dragomir was born to a human mother in Varisia. As a young man, a water elemental oracle showed Dragomir his future, and he saw nothing but destruction. He set out to not let it come to pass.

By the time the party came into conflict with him, he had resorted to drastic measures - he presented himself as a villain, raising a hobgoblin army, both to collect these dangerous beings in one spot and to bring his homeland to unite and prevent the horrid future.

He is a well-intentioned extremist. He also has no intention of doing his father's bidding, let alone free him.

Thus, he was perfect for a Resist Durge run.

[is1of1]

i think today for the first time ever im going to help minthara invade the grove and see how all that goes.

damn one of my favorite things about bg3 is how different everything can go! spoiler alert, there's too much shit going on to get spoiled on everything.

[tealfling]

Bonedaughter

I can't believe Astarion doesn't have ANY thing to say while she's prattling on about opening up Durge with scalpels for a long night of experiments. Especially, a romanced Durge.

[loudlittledemon]

When Gale is stuck in the portal I feel there should also be an option that just says ‘BITE’ in all caps. I know there’s ‘slap the hand’ and ‘sever the hand’ (and I mean you can also just pull the wizard out or whatever) but I feel like ‘BITE’ is nice middle ground.

Just a good, satisfying *CHOMP*.

[romantic-bloodless-nights]

Karlach: *sees Astarion curled up asleep next to Ze'erith who is reading with their hand in his hair* Awww, he looks like an angel!

Ze'erith: *smiling down at him with a soft, loving sigh* Yeah... Lucifer, maybe...

Karlach: *furrows brows* That... doesn't seem to bother you...

Ze'erith: *gives an unsettling stare* Should it?

Karlach: W-Well, you know who Lucifer is, right?

Ze'erith: Of course. Still not seeing a problem here.

Karlach: *blinks then shrugs* At least you know what you're getting yourself into.

Gale: *overhears the conversation and claps his hands together* Welp, that settles it.

**Sometime later, Astarion approaches Ze'erith**

Astarion: Darling, not for anything, but WHY is Gale calling me Lucy and telling me that it's your fault?

Ze'erith: Huh. Not a clue.

[chillingintheunderdark]

The dialogue about the entitled drow hits different if you don't romance Astarion. The way he talks about being forced to have sex - pretty matter of factly, less emotional than if Tav were romancing him. And in the end, the line about scars is spoken with tears in his eyes, and a shaky voice.

I love how he feels empowered not only by Tav having protected him, but also by saying no himself because the party is strong enough without the mysterious potion. The strengh of Tav and the others allowed him to pass on the opportunity to gain that advantage in fight. Moral of the story - you gain inner strength and physical strength when you have friends by your side.

[silvandar]

BG3 Durge run: casualty list, sunmary etc. Durge spoilers.

I absolutely loved this run. Durge is like playing a completely different game! The plot is fantastic, and the dialogues are hilarious and very clever.

My Durge looks almost exactly like this! Love this tattoo design.

Party: Durge fighter, Astarion, Shart, random hireling sorcerer. Picking Duergar was a Choice, their movement is dogshit and they keep getting stuck on jumps 😭

Act 1

Gale: maimed, presumed dead. Unless Mystra took pity on him.

The Grove: bloodbath. Stole everything that wasn't nailed down.

Wyll: dead

Goblin leaders: dead. Minthara tried to shiv me when i picked Astarion over her, should have rerolled just to see her romance scene but it was late and I was tired.

Karlach: dead. Attacked me on sight yelling about the Grove massacre, which was weird but cool. How did she knowwwwww.

Laezel: dead, because she tried to shiv me when i was sick. Otherwise we were besties 😭

Act 2

Oliver: squished

He Who Was: openly likes me, headcanon dating.

Last Light Inn: bloodbath

Jahira: dead

Isobel: dead

Yurgir: freed from contract because i couldn’t trick him into yeeting himself

Nightsong: dead

Shart: Dark Justiciar mode.

Durge plot: think I'm figuring it out. Orin is getting slapped later.

Daddy Thorm: dead. Surprisingly easy to kill when everyone has misty step and range.

Githyanki plot: pretty much ignored.

Romances: dating Astarion, flirting with Shart.

Durge has slayer form which everyone else in the camp thinks is gross, but Durge absolutely loves it.

Act 3

Picking and choosing quests is fun! I'm already level 8 so can easily ignore stuff that feels too "good" to be of interest.

Somehow my general terribleness has made me Chronically Single. So I had to bang drow beef without the offer of a foursome. Sigh. Choosing the "kinky" options was hilarious.

Kissed and made up with Gortash. He's a good guy really, very swauve. Looking forward to killing him later.

Ascended Astarion. Went at level 10, fight was surprisingly easy now I know the mechanics of the power boosts. Also having Turn Undead is big and clever. Watching Cazador scuttle like a cockroach was very cathartic.

Murder tribunal: Met Saravok, he was fun! Chatted about the old days, killed an elephant, bathed in some blood. Good times.

Nightsong redux: Robbed Lorroakan while he sulked about the Nightsong being dead. Astarion can now summon Ghouls. (Genuinely, just hopped on downstairs and cleaned out the vault. Not a single combat reaction from anyone. Bugged? Or just wizarding hubris? Didn't try to take anything from the main tower tho as I didn't need the robes or staff.)

House of Grief: Shart turned about 1/4 of the adds to our side, so it was a surprisingly easy fight. Shart is now God's Extra Special Princess.

Orin: died in 3 turns, just went Slayer on her and ripped her apart. Fun! Astarion has a new sword.

Saravok redux: Durge has a nice new sword and hat. Although he did one-shot me at one point. Don't know why I expected anything other than a fight, honestly.

Gortash: roasted by the Netherbrain. Saves me killing him I guess. Bit annoyed that I couldn't loot him.

Ignored Raphael and Orpheus completely. Gave the Emperor the Netherstones. Pretty much zero Githyanki plot on this run, as it seemed pointless with Laezel dead.

Netherbrain: much harder with only 2 sets of allies! Blinding the dragon helped, and for some reason the mage got stuck and glitched, so I consider the fight Cheesed By Accident.

Ending: murdered the Emperor, dominated the Netherbrain, turned my party into thralls, ruled the world as Bhaal's Chosen. Epic end scene, absolutely brilliant. IN BHAAL'S NAME!