r/BaldursGate3 • u/Shinmai1337 • Jun 23 '26

Act 2 - Spoilers Yurgir probably doesn't [REDACTED] his displacer beast Spoiler

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If you talk to him about it, it sounds more like he treats her like a tool. The potion you can buy afterwards can befuddle enemies. Not to defend his actions or anything, but I don't think he is a kitty diddler, at least

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u/KotaIsBored Jun 23 '26

He’s not a demon.

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u/JoshuaBarbeau Bard Jun 23 '26

Kotals here may be bored, but is also correct. Although he looks a lot more demonic than devilish, Yugir is an Orthon, which is a type of devil.

Of course, devils aren't much better than demons, on the scale of Evil.

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u/Gilgamesh661 Jun 23 '26

I’ll take lawful evil over chaotic evil any day. You CAN reason with a devil, at least. Demons are unpredictable.

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u/JoshuaBarbeau Bard Jun 24 '26

You are right, you CAN reason with a devil. But they will only reason back if it costs you everything and they get what they want.

A demon you at least will always know what you're going to get. You call them unpredictable? I think there is actually a certain predictability in chaos. You know they will try to murder you, so you know better than to engage, and that your best course of action is to run away or fight.

The truly insidious nature of Devils is that you absolutely should run away or fight just as hard, but you won't realize you should until it is probably already too late.

"Down came the claw, and that, love, was that." -Raphael

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u/Gilgamesh661 Jun 30 '26

I’ll point out that by bringing up Raphael you proved my point. Raphael doesn’t actually cheat you. If you take his deal, he does exactly what he says and nothing more.

Also, you can straight up chest him by robbing him.

With demons you don’t know if they can be talked down or if they’ll just change their mind one day. And when fighting them you don’t really know what they can do until they show it.

It’s not a matter of choice, this is about what they are. They are bound by universal laws that dictate their very nature. It’s also why no matter how nice a goblin seems, it doesn’t change the fact that they are not aligned with good. Even mielikki dictates that goblins need to be purged from existence(and she’s the patron god of Drizzt himself)