Haunted One

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

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A wicked moment, person, or thing that cannot be slain by sword or spell haunts your mind and flickers in your peripheral vision. You carry it wherever your adventure takes you - or perhaps it carries you.

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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 rewards Inspiration Points. These goals can be accomplished by any member of the active party, and Inspiration Points are pooled, up to a maximum of 4. Completing an inspiration event also grants experience to the  Dark Urge. While not necessarily all-inclusive, listed below are known events which grant inspiration points to Dark Urge characters.

Location	XP Reward	Name	Description
General
Anywhere	25	Indulge Thine Appetites	Follow your Dark Urge. There are many opportunities to obtain this version, generally by choosing dialogue options related to giving in to the urges, but only the first time this is done actually grants an Inspiration Point. Interaction catalysts include: Killing Gale, Timber, Arabella, Wounded Bird, Okta, Remira, Pandirna, Zevlor, Lady Esther, Blood of Lathander, and the Strange Ox in Act 2, among others.
	50	Killing Spree	Kill 5 enemies in a single round.
	50	Panoply of Agony	Get at least one kill with each Damage type. There are thirteen different damage types.
	25	Subdue Thine Appetites	Resist your Dark Urge. There are many opportunities to obtain this version, generally by choosing dialogue options related to refusing to give in to the urges, but only the first time this is done actually grants an inspiration point. Interaction catalysts include: Saving Gale, Okta, Arabella, and Sa'varsh Kethk, among others.
	95	Unfriendly Fire	Defeat 5 neutral creatures in a single round.
Act 1
Blighted Village	25	Creatures of Bloodlust	Recruit the ogre mercenaries, using the corpses of your enemies as payment. This inspiration is shared with ⁠Bodyguards for Hire and ⁠Pyramid Scheme.
Campsite	25	Snipping the Chords	Kill Alfira in cold blood. Quil Grootslang does not count.
Dank Crypt	20	Unfamiliar Familiarity	Release Withers from his tomb.
Druids Grove	50	Camaraderie in Bloodthirst	Spill the blood of the tieflings.
	50	Morally Acceptable Massacre	Spill the blood of the goblins.
Forest	25	Reuniting Friends	Kill Brynna and Andrick, reuniting them with their fallen companion.
Goblin Camp	25	Good Ol' Long Pig	Eat a chunk of the cooked dwarf.
	25	Grabbing the Poker with Both Hands	Torture Liam. This cannot be done as a drow.
	25	Now It's a Party!	Poison the stolen ale, slaughtering the goblins.
Grymforge	50	Head of the Snake	Take Nere's head.
Roadside Cliffs	20	To Sleep, Perchance To Dream Tentacled Dreams	Close the pinned mind flayer's eyes forever.
Underdark	50	New Management	Kill the Myconid Sovereign for Glut.
Waukeen's Rest	30	Fresh Kindle for the Fire	Leave the pinned Benryn to burn. Freeing him but letting him die from the fire before he escapes counts.
Act 2
Gauntlet of Shar	75	Bleeding the Corpse Dry	Kill the necromancer.
	75	Blood Moon	Kill the Daughter of the Moon.
	75	Killer Poetry	Trick the orthon with a false loophole.
	75	Self-Flagellation	Kill your mirror-self in Shar's trial.
Last Light Inn	75	Forced Retirement	End Jaheira's career permanently.
	75	Lunar Eclipse	Kill the protector of Last Light.
Mind Flayer Colony	95	Lesser of the Three	Kill the envoy of Myrkul.
Moonrise Towers	50	Too Easy	Execute the useless goblins.
	60	Swimming with the Shadows	Force the Zhent smuggler to jump off the docks.
	60	Who Let the Gnolls Out	Release the gnolls from their leashes.
Moonrise Towers Prison	60	Soulful Lobotomy	Torture Minthara, reducing her to a husk of her former self. Obtained if the Urge personally erases Minthara's mind; letting the Inquisitors do it does not grant an inspiration point.
Reithwin Town	60	Lack of Moderation is Key	Kill the brewer with his own brew.
	60	Under the Knife	Kill the surgeon using his own servile nurses.
Shadow-Cursed Lands	50	Fly-Swatter	Kill the trickster pixie. This can also be triggered by arriving to Moonrise Towers with Kar'niss' convoy.
	50	Forcing Responsibility	Demand that the goblin fetch his bone.
Act 3
Bhaal Temple	275	Bhaalspawn No More	Reject your legacy.
	220	Homecoming	Discover the Temple of Bhaal beneath Baldur's Gate.
	275	Return of the Bhaalspawn	Embrace your legacy.
	220	Securing Your Line	Become the primary descendant of Bhaal.
	275	Spawn Cleanup Crew	Defeat Bhaal's wretched legacy.
Lower City	220	A Massacre Beyond Imagining	Annihilate the Steel Watch Foundry with Wulbren's secret weapon.
	220	An Overdue Slaughter	Pull off a long-overdue climax to the life of Mystic Carrion.
	170	Culling the Imitator	Kill the wannabe assassin.
	220	How High They Fall	Kill the egotistic would-be immortal.
	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 is not killed in Act 1.
	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.
Murder Tribunal	220	A Step Too Far	Save Valeria, rejecting Bhaal's gifts.
	220	Death of Innocence	Become the Unholy Assassin of Bhaal.
Rivington	135	First of Many	Request a statue of your mortal form.
	135	Kill 'Em While They're Young	Execute the newborn mind flayer.
	135	Personal Relations	Meet one of Orin's impersonations.
	170	Trail of Blood	Collect all the pieces of Dribbles.
	135	Unexpected Parenting	Feed a brain to the newborn mind flayer.
Western Beach	170	Cleaning Up The Scum	Kill both of the opposing smuggling factions.
Wyrm's Crossing	135	Exsanguinated Ecstacy	Accept Naoise's lewd proposition.
Wyrm's Rock Fortress	220	Shattering the Black Hand	Kill the would-be Tyrant.