Game over beginning of Act3???

[machedavvero]

Help…! At the beginning of act3 I am basically forced to take a long rest. I get a cutscene of Tav reflecting over everything that happened and a choice about which side to take. It is interrupted by a fight scene where Gythianki and others storm my camp and a portal appears. Before I can defeat everyone I get another cutscene where I am turned into a Mindflayer and it’s game over.
I tried reaching the portal before and I get Transported to the Astral plane where I find out that my Guardian is actually a Mind Flayer Emperor…
I still have to finish that fight. And I have some questions:
- what causes the game over scene to appear? Have I consumed too many tadpoles and that’s why I turned into a mindflayer? But I read you can consume them without risks before act 3… should I go back and not consume the latest (which I got from victims of Moonrise Tower)?
- If I don’t go back can this cutscene of me turning into a mindflayer happen again? What triggers it?
- should I take the side Emperor/Guardian or kill him?
Thanks!!!

[TwinCats]

You only have 3 turns to get to the portal. If you are late, the Absolute will take over and GAME OVER.

- should I take the side Emperor/Guardian or kill him?

Save your game before entering the rainbow sphere and try both options.

[machedavvero]

Originally posted by TwinCats:

You only have 3 moves to get to the portal. If you are late, the Absolute will take over and GAME OVER.

- should I take the side Emperor/Guardian or kill him?

Save your game before entering the rainbow sphere and try both options.

So it has Nothing to do with how many tadpoles I consumed or wrong Choices? It happens to everybody?

[Sistalis]

In this case forget the fight and run forest run!!! Get to the portal. If you have Lae'zel use her superior jump ability! There's plenty of loot and Gythyaki left to fight once inside.

[Lamp]

Originally posted by machedavvero:

So it has Nothing to do with how many tadpoles I consumed or wrong Choices? It happens to everybody?

Yes. Happens regardless of tadpolery.

[wagg40k]

Originally posted by machedavvero:

Originally posted by TwinCats:

You only have 3 moves to get to the portal. If you are late, the Absolute will take over and GAME OVER.

Save your game before entering the rainbow sphere and try both options.

So it has Nothing to do with how many tadpoles I consumed or wrong Choices? It happens to everybody?

Nope. The game boils down to a gimmick encounter if you play that route.

All of the available endings are some form of gimmick that actually has nothing to do with your agency as a player.

[machedavvero]

Originally posted by Lamp:

Originally posted by machedavvero:

So it has Nothing to do with how many tadpoles I consumed or wrong Choices? It happens to everybody?

Yes. Happens regardless of tadpolery.

“Tadpolery” 😂
THANK YOU that is a RELIEF.

[machedavvero]

Originally posted by wagg40k:

Originally posted by machedavvero:

So it has Nothing to do with how many tadpoles I consumed or wrong Choices? It happens to everybody?

Nope. The game boils down to a gimmick encounter if you play that route.

All of the available endings are some form of gimmick that actually has nothing to do with your agency as a player.

So it may happen again? How do I avoid it? Seeing “game over” after so many hours played gave me the chills.

[machedavvero]

Originally posted by Sistalis:

In this case forget the fight and run forest run!!! Get to the portal. If you have Lae'zel use her superior jump ability! There's plenty of loot and Gythyaki left to fight once inside.

I will…. Thanks

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by machedavvero:

Originally posted by wagg40k:

Nope. The game boils down to a gimmick encounter if you play that route.

All of the available endings are some form of gimmick that actually has nothing to do with your agency as a player.

So it may happen again? How do I avoid it? Seeing “game over” after so many hours played gave me the chills.

You ignore the naysayers and look at the right side of your screen, where it will say you need to accomplish an objective before X turns. Make sure to read the text, though, because sometimes it's just X turns before something happens.

[Daniel]

Tadpole consumption or use of [Illithid] dialogue checks (or its refusal) sadly has no bearing on the storyline.

I feel like this is one of the major weak points of the game.

[Mike Garrison]

I have had trouble with that portal, where I got players there in time but I still couldn't interact with it. Quite frustrating.

You only need to get one party member to go through the portal, and then all will join. I find it best to kill the gith attackers while moving toward the portal. Use jump or misty step to leap over anything in the way, but be aware that more gith will just keep coming out.

Absolute number one priority is to get somebody to the portal, but that's actually easier/safer to do if you kill some or most of the gith along the way.

One possible way to do it might be to invis somebody and have them just run past all the gith.

[VastGirth]

You only need to get 1 party member through, then everyone else magically goes through as well.