The creche. pointless?

[Exarch_Alpha]

So the bastard inquisitor senses that you have the artifact and all dialogue leads to bloodshed.

If I kill the inquisitor will I need to kill every githyanki? Already killed all the duergar I found, will I need to go full genocide here for the lulz? Or it is ok just yo get the hatchery egg?

[Pyromaiden]

yes you'll have to fight all the gith

but it's okay because they're psychos and most of them deserve it tbh

[Exarch_Alpha]

Oh I´m aware they are SOBs, but there is supposed to have someone that help with the tadpole problem. Is he in the creche? Couldn´t find him

[EricHVela]

Several ways to handle this.

One way is to go in peacefully. Deal with whatever before heading to the Inquisitor (such as finding out what the Zath'isk really is and convincing the nursery manager to let your character take an egg and dealing with the peacenik fighter and learning about how one of the statues could use some oil now and then and what happened to the hrasting fool trying to survive at the ruined bridge, etc.).

After doing all you wanna do, deal with the Inquisitor. Don't leave. Go find the Blood of Lathander. Deal with that and fast travel away. ...or fight your way back through the horde or do bad with the BoL and have 4 turns to escape through a portal and get away far enough.

[Rabidnid]

The trader sells a finesse longsword and there is a secret area with a legendary weapon. Everyone is just XP.

[Pyromaiden]

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

Oh I´m aware they are SOBs, but there is supposed to have someone that help with the tadpole problem. Is he in the creche? Couldn´t find him

she's in the room close to the hatchery

it's sort of a barracks/infirmary combo, through a door past some kids beating up a screaming box

[DontMisunderstand]

Originally posted by Rabidnid:

The trader sells a finesse longsword and there is a secret area with a legendary weapon. Everyone is just XP.

"Everyone is just XP" is such a gamer statement. Kinda messed up tbh.

[Lani]

I wouldn't say pointless.
But I guess it really depends on what makes 'point' to you individually.

There's a companion questline that relies on visiting the creche as well as several other questlines of varying size, interest and reward that take place there, not to mention the lore tidbits that fall into place during your sojourn through the creche.

And while it seems to always end with some bloodshed* you don't have to go all murder hobo like a DnD player either. You can bypass dealing with about 2/3 of the creche by taking a left turn at a junction.

*I haven't actually tried aligning with Vlaakith ever, but keep meaning to play as a more-indoctrinated-than-Lae'Zel Gyth Monk one day

[EricHVela]

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

Originally posted by Rabidnid:

The trader sells a finesse longsword and there is a secret area with a legendary weapon. Everyone is just XP.

"Everyone is just XP" is such a gamer statement. Kinda messed up tbh.

Wait. That's in games only?

Huh. I guess that makes sense in hindsight. No wonder leveling up was so difficult IRL.

[Exarch_Alpha]

Imagine multi clases....

[ULTRA]

You don't have to fight ALLLL the gith, you can just bamboozle, kill or knock out the ones in the room and then slip out toward the Blood of Lathander and then fast travel wherever you feel like at that point.

[EricHVela]

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

Imagine multi clases....

Multiclassing was required. Scientist, sociologist, mathematician, biologist, linguist, artist, musician, literary expert, sports star, and more. It was insane. Grinding for XP made multiclassing more difficult, though. I had to wait to grind XP later.

[KRON]

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

So the bastard inquisitor senses that you have the artifact and all dialogue leads to bloodshed.

If I kill the inquisitor will I need to kill every githyanki? Already killed all the duergar I found, will I need to go full genocide here for the lulz? Or it is ok just yo get the hatchery egg?

Well, no. You can kill everyone in the room with the inquisitor, but you don't have to fight the entire creche. You can step into the next room, where you can find The Blood of Lathander and either fast travel from there(since it's not considered hostile territory anymore) or, if you wish, you can take The Blood of Lathander without disabling the security device which can result the destruction of the creche, and funny dialoge from Astarion should he die in the explosion.

[WhisperFire26]

If the main character uses that zaisk (or however it's spelled) you gain the trait, "Awakened" where you use the special illithid abilities as bonus actions so that makes it kinda worth it

[northernwater]

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

Originally posted by Rabidnid:

The trader sells a finesse longsword and there is a secret area with a legendary weapon. Everyone is just XP.

"Everyone is just XP" is such a gamer statement. Kinda messed up tbh.

Every aspect of this game is morally messed up. At least when viewed as a "gamer" you don't have the horrid possibility of role playing this mess.

[EricHVela]

Originally posted by northernwater:

Originally posted by DontMisunderstand:

"Everyone is just XP" is such a gamer statement. Kinda messed up tbh.

Every aspect of this game is morally messed up. At least when viewed as a "gamer" you don't have the horrid possibility of role playing this mess.

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