Haunted One

Haunted One is a character background unique to the Dark Urge with inspirations themed around embracing (or sometimes resisting) The Urge.

Background features

Medicine Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Wisdom (Medicine) Ability Checks.
Intimidation Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Charisma (Intimidation) Ability Checks.

Background goals

Performing certain actions that align with this background will reward Inspiration. These goals can be accomplished by any member of the active party, and Inspiration points are pooled, up to a maximum of 4.

Location	XP Reward	Name	Description
General
Anywhere	25	Indulge Thine Appetites	Follow your Dark Urge.
	50	Killing Spree	Kill 5 enemies in a single round.
	95	Unfriendly Fire	Defeat 5 neutral creatures in a single round.
	25	Subdue Thine Appetites	Resist your Dark Urge.
	50	Panoply of Agony	Get at least one kill with each Damage type. There are thirteen different damage types.
Act 1
Dank Crypt	20	Unfamiliar Familiarity	Release Withers from his tomb.
Roadside Cliffs	20	To Sleep, Perchance To Dream Tentacled Dreams	Close the pinned mind flayer's eyes forever.
Roadside Cliffs	25	Reuniting Friends	Kill Brynna and Andrick, reuniting them with their fallen companion.
Druids Grove	50	Camaraderie in Bloodthirst	Spill the blood of the tieflings.
Druids Grove	50	Morally Acceptable Massacre	Spill the blood of the goblins.
Blighted Village	25	Creatures of Bloodlust	Recruit the ogre mercenaries, using the corpses of your enemies as payment.
Goblin Camp	25	Good Ol' Long Pig	Eat a chunk of the cooked dwarf.
	25	Grabbing the Poker with Both Hands	Torture Liam yourself.
	25	Now It's a Party!	Poison the stolen ale, slaughtering the goblins.
Waukeen's Rest	30	Fresh Kindle for the Fire	Leave the pinned Benryn to burn.
Underdark	50	New Management	Kill the Myconid Sovereign for Glut.
Grymforge	50	Head of the Snake	Take Nere's head.
Campsite	25	Snipping the Chords	Kill Alfira in cold blood.
Act 2
Shadow-Cursed Lands	50	Fly-Swatter	Kill the trickster pixie.
Shadow-Cursed Lands	50	Forcing Responsibility	Demand that the goblin fetch his bone.
Last Light Inn	75	Forced Retirement	End Jaheira's career permanently.
Last Light Inn	75	Lunar Eclipse	Kill the protector of Last Light.
Reithwin Town	60	Lack of Moderation is Key	Kill the brewer with his own brew.
Reithwin Town	60	Under the Knife	Kill the surgeon using his own servile nurses.
Moonrise Towers	50	Too Easy	Execute the useless goblins.
	60	Who Let the Gnolls Out	Release the gnolls from their leashes.
	60	Swimming with the Shadows	Force the Zhent smuggler to jump off the docks.
	60	Soulful Lobotomy	Torture Minthara, reducing her to a husk of her former self. Requires erasing Minthara's mind yourself; letting the Inquisitors do it does not grant Inspiration.
Gauntlet of Shar	75	Bleeding the Corpse Dry	Kill the necromancer.
	75	Killer Poetry	Trick the orthon with a false loophole.
	75	Self-Flagellation	Kill your mirror-self in Shar's trial.
	75	Blood Moon	Kill the Daughter of the Moon.
Mind Flayer Colony	95	Lesser of the Three	Kill the envoy of Myrkul.
Act 3
Rivington	135	Personal Relations	Meet one of Orin's impersonations.
	135	Kill 'Em While They're Young	Execute the newborn mind flayer.
	135	Unexpected Parenting	Feed a brain to the newborn Mind Flayer.
	135	First of Many	Request a statue of your mortal form.
	170	Trail of Blood	Collect all the pieces of Dribbles.
Western Beach	170	Cleaning Up The Scum	Kill both of the opposing smuggling factions.
Wyrm's Crossing	135	Exsanguinated Ecstasy	Accept Naoise's lewd proposition.
Wyrm's Rock Fortress	220	Shattering the Black Hand	Kill the would-be Tyrant.
Lower City	170	Weak Gifts for Weak Beings	Take the measly offerings to the gods for yourself.
	170	Written in Blood	Accept Orin's proposition of alliance.
	170	Culling the Imitator	Kill the wannabe assassin.
	220	Re-tasting the Kill	Kill Ethel a second time - that stubborn, swampy scandal of a hag. Despite mentioning a second time, this inspiration is rewarded even if Ethel wasn't killed in Act 1.
	220	How High They Fall	Kill the egotistic would-be immortal.
	220	Death of Innocence	Become the Unholy Assassin of Bhaal.
	220	An Overdue Slaughter	Pull off a long-overdue climax to the life of Mystic Carrion.
	220	A Step Too Far	Save Valeria, rejecting Bhaal's gifts.
	220	A Massacre Beyond Imagining	Annihilate the Steel Watch Foundry with Wulbren's secret weapon.
Bhaal Temple	220	Homecoming	Discover the Temple of Bhaal beneath Baldur's Gate.
	220	Securing Your Line	Become the primary descendant of Bhaal.
	275	Return of the Bhaalspawn	Embrace your legacy.
	275	Bhaalspawn No More	Reject your legacy.
	275	Spawn Cleanup Crew	Defeat Bhaal's wretched legacy.

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