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Jess Elizabeth Reed

From the mind-flayer larva in your head to Wyll's devil horns, Baldur's Gate 3 is a game about transforming—whether you want to or not

A freshly transformed mind flayer in Baldur's Gate 3.

Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3's story and the Dark Urge origin.

From the opening cinematic, where you find yourself trapped in a pod and watch as a razor-mouthed leech is lowered into your eye, Baldur’s Gate 3 makes it very clear that it is a game about the body—about what can happen to a body, and what it can become. 

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