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I don’t think the recommendation is about knowing the rules.
I think it’s recommended that Dark Urge is only played after your first play through because something with the character is going to drastically change the story and your decisions. Just judging from the name alone it sounds like you’re going to have to fight against the character to make decisions in the game that aren’t evil or what not.
To me Dark Urge feels perfect for an evil play through. Probably not great for a good alignment run or a multiplayer game, where I’d argue it would be like a PnP game where 1 player was a murder hobo. If you plan your first run to be evil, then get all those juicy extras shown on the livestream.
Dark Urge is not Tav+. Both of these backgrounds have different origin cues for dialog and found content.
Unless you are going high Wis or Paladin you will run into railroads going Dark Urge due to skill/save checks.
I plan to save this for my third run.
I’m literally going to roll a dx on origin and go with it, no regrets. I’m sure I’ll play through it a few times regardless, might as well have fun with it.
I would save the Dark Urge play through as a second play. Unless you like playing evil characters, then do first.