So I accidentally found the end of early access on one of my characters and realized that, theoretically, i could skip the entirety of the first act if I wanted to and just progress to act 2 with some good dice rolls and certain spells.
You could...
-- Arrive on beach.
-- Sneak into Goblin Camp
-- Steal keys from Priestess Gut
-- Sneak into seleune temple.
-- Pass the Inspector (whatever that beholder was) with invis.
-- Jump down mushrooms in underdark. (possibly sneak through tower)
-- get to ship by water
So if you wanted to you could run past all character encounters and all major quest lines lines in the act. Is this intended?