Steelclaw

Steelclaw is a cat in Act Two of Baldur's Gate 3.

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These are the stalking grounds of Steelclaw, furless one - tread lightly.

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— Steelclaw warning the party

Involvement

Act Two

Steelclaw can be encountered outside the southeast wall of Moonrise Towers. If spoken with, she identifies as a dedicated predator of the Mind Flayer Tadpoles infesting Moonrise, and resents any intrusion onto her hunting grounds. If the dead tadpole she is toying with is picked up, she flees into the nearby cat hole.

The party can speak with Steelclaw using  Speak with Animals. Doing so grants the inspiration  Mutual Respect for party members with the  Outlander background. Meeting His Majesty as well also grants the  Alley Cats inspiration to party members with the  Urchin background.

Steelclaw previously met the Dark Urge while they were at Moonrise Towers. If the Dark Urge tries to remember Steelclaw, they go into a daze and kill her. If they use  Speak with Animals to speak to her, she reveals that the Dark Urge grew angry at and kicked Steelclaw for making noise while all others in the tower acknowledged their status with silence.

Without Speak with Animals, the party can try to befriend her but she ignores the party:

• [ANIMAL HANDLING] Hold out your hand, letting the cat sniff it. (DC 14)

Notes

• Steelclaw's hunting prowess is confirmed in ambient dialogue by the nearby hungry Winged Horrors:
  • "Caat? Take flesh from caaat?"
  • "NO! Not again - my flesh still stings from her claws!"
  • "A great hunter. To be feeaared."

External links

• Steelclaw on the Forgotten Realms Wiki