Dark Urge has Urges (in combat).

Just a little something I cobbeled together for myself.

This mod gave me some inspiration, but it is apprearantly abandoned and not working correctly, so I didn't wanna touch it.

Whenever you kill someone as Dark Urge, you have to deal with the following consequences:

1: You gain one extra action (won't stack with elixier of bloodlust),

2: For the next 5 turns (excluding the current turn), you may go mad for 1 turn if you do not harm anyone during your turn. For now it's a con Save, DC:10. This includes turns taken out of combat.

Only combat version: No saving throws outside of combat, additional action points from kills don't stack

Balanced version: Saving throws continue outside of combat, additional action points from kills don't stack

OP version: Saving throws continue outside of combat, additional action points from kills stack

High Stakes version: Saving throws continue outside of combat, additional action points from kills stack. However, you are only save from your urges if you hit an enemy during your turn. This means a lot of workarounds and powergaming won't save you. Groveling for Shart will.

Of course, there are various ways to play around the saving throws.

Stuff that also works for High Stakes Characters will be marked with , all other tips won't work for High Stakes Characters

Have gale summon a rat/cat/whatever for you to abuse. Throw/improvise weapon it, dont hit it! Simply bash it on the ground till it doesn't squeak any more. Or better: Bash it on the ground, and have your companions throw potions of healing next to it, so both of you get healed. Bonus points if you equip your cleric with the Hellriders Pride gloves and heal the rodent. Half the damage means double the abuse.

Do the same to Shovel.

Keep at least one dead rat in your inventory to throw at people Astarion.

Hit your companions.

Hit yourself (AOE arrows, throwables, spells).

: Keep a weaker enemy around at the end of combat. Disarm them. Hit with weaker attacks (maby even unequip your weapon with you extra action from killing), dont finish them off with DU. Make them suffer. And then have your companions finish them off so you wont have to deal with the consequences.

: Let your enemies do your job with crown of madness

: Keep a cleric/whatever with command around (insanely useful spell for all occasions. If DU goes mad, make them grovel/Run away etc). Everyone likes to grovel for Shart. Hideous laughter is also perfect

: Unequip your weapon on the end of combat (not that useful for caster DUs, but for everyone else). Getting hit by a fist is always better than getting hit by a hammer.