The Emperor offers you the Astral tadpole, if you used any worms you have to pass a check that grows harder the more worms you consumed to resist using it, if you abstained you can just say no.

Big shame that's all that remains of this system.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but even that is pointless because there are literally zero consequences to accepting the Astral Tadpole! Even though you're half Illithid supposedly it all kinda just goes away in the happy ending. I don't get it.

[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait you can go half? I took it and became a full on mindflayer immediately. Was this changed in patches?

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As I recall there are two decisions. First you get the choice of the Astral Tadpole, which opens the outer ring of mindflayer powers and gives you black veins in your face and the status "half-Illithid".

Later - as part of the ending - you can decide to become a full on mindflayer, because for some arbitrary narrative reason the mcguffin can only be operated by one.

[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Oh that’s right

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Furthermore, there is an option to destroy the special "gift" if you can resist accepting it. However, all you get for doing so is a few brief lines from the Emperor. Your companions don't seem to notice, and there isn't even an quest log update.