I can't rescue Shadowheart without using Illithid wisdom.

[Bacon Ninja]

I don't like this change, because it's dumb that I have to do possibly the worst option possible just to get a healer. If it's possible to avoid using the tadpole while still getting Shadowheart please tell me. :)

[Dragon Master]

Play a barbarian and rip the door off with brute strength.

[War Maiden]

Yes, that is a way around it...

[Ronin Gamer]

You always have options...
1) Play a Barbarian, they can rip the door off. Don't know if another class has a unique option, but I know that one exists.
2) Don't get her out, she'll still be down by the door after the ship crashes and can join you for the rest of the run. You only lose her for a very short period at the end of the ship.
3) Let her out, taking one hit of the tadpole isn't going to end you. I'm not even sure if it's enough to trigger the first dream scene, so if you wish to avoid not getting those you should be fine, though if you do the top two options you'll avoid it entirely.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Using the tadpole once will not condemn you to it's influence for good - just don't ever use it again.

[Lepakko]

Sorcerers can open it too with out it.

Like few said too. You can get her at beach too. Without opening the pod.

[Panic Fire]

There's literally a key for it in the locked chest nearby though?

[Oubley]

I haven't played in awhile.
They took away the key thing to get her out?
Have they made more ship rooms to the intro? That would make more sense to me, like if they added layers to the ship and then had the key elsewhere.

Technically there probably should be a bunch more rooms, there all these people you meet on the beach yet you don't see anyone on the ship despite essentially going through the entire ship.

Sort of why hard for me to get into the game and say it's anything more then mediocre, so many plot holes and subpar story choices from the start.

[ExcaliburV]

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

There's literally a key for it in the locked chest nearby though?

Yeah, but in the last patch you have to use the Illithid powers to actually use the terminal.

I actually like the change, personally. I always thought to myself "why would I ever NOT save Shadowheart?" Now there's an answer.

[Izuzul]

Using the tadpole the first time does nothing except trigger the "Where are you?" scene the first time you rest. If you are dead set against using it there are other ways to meet up with Shadowheart as others have said.

If you have not tried using the tadpole powers you may want to mess around with it in early access. It unlocks some unique abilities and cut scenes at camp. You don't always have to be a good guy.

[Insanity_184]

its a good way to introduce the new mechanic (tadpole power) during the tutorial. You also have class work arounds for 2 classes i think and you can ignore it all and get her only slightly later

also this one use i doubt will doom you to some bad ending.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

There's literally a key for it in the locked chest nearby though?

The key powers the terminal but doesn’t open the pod. Warlocks can power up the terminal without the key.

Sorcerers can use their innate power to open the pod. Barbarians can just rip open the pod. I have not played a wizard since the patch so I’m not sure about them.

[Heu, Iterum Id Feci]

Originally posted by TheBestSparkleDog:

Originally posted by Bacon Ninja:

I don't like this change, because it's dumb that I have to do possibly the worst option possible just to get a healer. If it's possible to avoid using the tadpole while still getting Shadowheart please tell me. :)

I refuse to use the tadpole, since its a clearly evil option. You can fail to open her pod, and she'll still wind up on the beach near the door of the overgrown ruins. You can then team up with her there.

I dunno...your character can't know that she'll be fine if you leave her, that's meta knowledge. So, from your characters perspective you are leaving someone potentially to his death or worse just because you are not willing to use the tadpole powers. I don't know if that's really a good guy option...:P

[Schutzengel]

Any other Class that can open it apart from Barbarian / Sorcerer ? Has anyone tried ?

[Ronin Gamer]

Originally posted by Reconciler:

Using the tadpole the first time does nothing except trigger the "Where are you?" scene the first time you rest. If you are dead set against using it there are other ways to meet up with Shadowheart as others have said.

If you have not tried using the tadpole powers you may want to mess around with it in early access. It unlocks some unique abilities and cut scenes at camp. You don't always have to be a good guy.

You also don't have to use something that may have been used for evil purposes for evil things yourself. Darkness isn't inherently evil, just like light isn't inherently good.

[mysticfall]

Originally posted by (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Rusty ♥:

I dunno...your character can't know that she'll be fine if you leave her, that's meta knowledge. So, from your characters perspective you are leaving someone potentially to his death or worse just because you are not willing to use the tadpole powers. I don't know if that's really a good guy option...:P

You are right. But to think of it, "Oh, that girl is one of the main companions of this game, so I must not lose her now" is a kind of meta-knowledge also.

If it were real, you can't hope to save everyone you meet when you are not very powerful and your life is on the line too, and you can't tell if someone would be a very valuable asset to your cause just by looking at his/her face.