Digging into powers = become mind flayer?

[Lamiosa]

I really struggle in if I should dig into the powers, as it is such a good system, but I would not want the end of the tadpole taking over. I know that no one knows for sure, if the powers will give the tadpole the control and turn the player into mindflayer, but what is your guess?

[wtiger27]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von mutantbeth:

i want to use the powers but dont want to end up as a bunch of tentacles by the end

It may not be possible to have your cake and eat it too.

I will resist becoming a squid face as much as I can. The game on classic mode, will not be that hard.

[ez game ez life]

with 17,000 possible endings I would be disappointed if I couldn't become the overlord myself

[Mabonis]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ez game ez life:

with 17,000 possible endings I would be disappointed if I couldn't become the overlord myself

Funny thing would be if the first teaser trailer of BG3 was one of the endings :D

[Lamiosa]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von wtiger27:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von mutantbeth:

i want to use the powers but dont want to end up as a bunch of tentacles by the end

It may not be possible to have your cake and eat it too.

I will resist becoming a squid face as much as I can. The game on classic mode, will not be that hard.

That is how I played EA, never used the worm. If I have the choice between the powers and loosing myself to the tadpole, I would rather play it harder without the skills. If there is a "You can have an easy game, but in the end you will die and the tadpole gets your body", my choice will be not using powers. But that exactly is what no one knows but the devs.

[DonPete]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von mutantbeth:

i want to use the powers but dont want to end up as a bunch of tentacles by the end

another problem of becomin a mindflayer is that illithids at least on the spiritual sense dont really have souls at most they're whisps so no afterlife either your soul is forever lost

[Lamiosa]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von DonPete:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von mutantbeth:

i want to use the powers but dont want to end up as a bunch of tentacles by the end

another problem of becomin a mindflayer is that illithids at least on the spiritual sense dont really have souls at most they're whisps so no afterlife either your soul is forever lost

Yeah, it is complete destruction of a person body&soul, erasing existence, like being pinned against the wall of the faithless, just the process is faster. However what can happen is some kind of echo to the mindflayer, where the mindflayer gets memories and earns behaviour of the previous owner, if not controlled correctly by the elder brain.

[Wraith]

I’m pretty sure that wrong
Your soul still around after transformation

You technically died during it and because your body is gone now you need someone to do a wish spell to resurrect you

[DonPete]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Lamiosa:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von DonPete:

another problem of becomin a mindflayer is that illithids at least on the spiritual sense dont really have souls at most they're whisps so no afterlife either your soul is forever lost

Yeah, it is complete destruction of a person body&soul, erasing existence, like being pinned against the wall of the faithless, just the process is faster. However what can happen is some kind of echo to the mindflayer, where the mindflayer gets memories and earns behaviour of the previous owner, if not controlled correctly by the elder brain.

remind me can a free mindflayer get a soul? I know they have only 3 gods but would other gods get them a soul and bring them to their flock?

[Lamiosa]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Wraith:

I’m pretty sure that wrong
Your soul still around after transformation

You technically died during it and because your body is gone now you need someone to do a wish spell to resurrect you

Since a wish spell can alter reality, one does not negate the other: You could "create" a soul that has gone from existence.