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hidden or nsfw stuffSo I lost one to Volo and the other was taken by Ethel. So basically I am now legally blind. Hope this does not become a trend and by the time I reach the end of a game I will have no body parts left to mutilate and will not look like someone who escaped from Cyberpunk

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[–] Oldmandan@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have yet to be mutilated in any way (aside from snorting tadpoles like it's going out of style :P). Perhaps, making deals with malevolent fey and letting Volo of all people perform surgery are... questionable choices for your health. :P

[–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Never hit that Leave option as quickly as I did when I heard what Volo was offering me.

[–] holiday@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You get a prosthetic that gives you permanent See Invisbility which is kinda fucking cool.

[–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh didn't know that...well might consider this then^^

[–] Aethr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Just prepare for some extremely.. Gruesome, animations

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Well yeah, but how do you resist the temptation to find out just how bad it is?

[–] Tar_alcaran@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

As someone who is squamish about eye-stuff, act 1 is not exactly my happy place

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Considering the number of high level spellcasters bumming around Faerun, I feel like it shouldn't be that hard for a sufficiently wealthy character to fix the one Volo mutilated. Wait time for an appointment would be the biggest issue, since there are surely more rich people trying to hire advanced clerics than they have spell slots. If your character survives the game, I think you can assume they get it fixed eventually.

The hag-eye is probably hag-eyed forever, barring wishes. I assume all the less extreme methods of fixing it would result in the replacement becoming hag-eyed as well.

[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't want to just fix it. I want to find the Eye of Vecna and use that.

[–] JakoJakoJako13@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Did he really have to pull back? I nearly jumped out my skin when he raised his hand.

[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Speaking of the PC's eyes... I'm kinda upset I couldn't change my eye color at character creation. IDK if I missed it or it just wasn't an option for my race (dragonborn). They look cool being flames, but they're blue and I'd rather them be gold or green.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting! I saw on the wiki that if you take Ethel's deal first, you can't get Volo's procedure. I assumed it would be the same in reverse!

[–] danski@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I did volo first, then the hag told me I wasn't an option so shadowheart took her punishment

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was just about to ask this question!

What happens? Does the game actually accommodate for being blind? Or does it just carry on like nothing has happened.

Without a particular item... would you character actually be blind!? Is that a scenario that's possible? And if so, does anyone know what happens? Do you get a debuff? is it just cosmetic if at all?

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since you're asking, here's your answer. If someone don't want the spoiler don't click it.

spoilerf you go through with Volo's eye "surgery", your right eye gets replaced (after a rather comically gruesome scene) with a blue-green human eye. In early access this gave you a debuff to one stat and a buff to Charisma. They changed this though so now (as far as I know) there is no debuff, but it gives you the ability to permanently see invisible up to 9 metres away.

[–] sunbunman@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait so losing your eye is a legit buff?

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As far as I can tell, yes.

[–] sunbunman@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Something to do in my 2nd playthrough then. I'm already in Act3 for my first and Volo's left.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aww I thought we got to keep him. I like the man.

[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I still have him but he's in my camp, I've never used him as a character.