My latest Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough was more unsettling than any horror game

I'm faced with a dilemma. Arabella, a little Tiefling child, has stolen a precious idol from the local druids at The Grove. She's now facing death at the fangs of acting First Druid Kahga's serpent, Teela. You have several options, some meaning Arabella will live, others meaning Arabella will die. On every other playthrough, I've talked Kagha off the ledge, but there's a fresh Dark Urge option here: flick your eyes toward the cave entrance, and urge the girl to run. It's over in a flash. Fangs pierce flesh. A life snuffed out. It's my first real evil act as Dark Urge in Baldur's Gate 3, and I can already feel a heaviness in my stomach.

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