So, starting a new one. This one's purpose is to day that I feel like Larian, as my DM, punishes me for good role playing.
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3. I don't use tadpole powers.
Punishment for good roleplaying: I don't meet the dream person at all.
Solution? Make it so that if I rest too much the dream person starts to appear. If I use tadpole powers, they appear faster.
Wow. I've played all content around 7 times completely through now. Of course I have never used the tadpole's powers because that would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.
Only through the comment of the OP I got to know about this at all. Now I also feel like the OP. I've been punished for not playing stupid.
Thank you. Game needs to trigger some of the tadpole story somehow whether I use tadpole powers or not. My suggestion. Too many Long Rests = Dream sequence and tadpole powers increasing to tempt you to use them even more.
I disagree on that. I've run a character who used tadpole powers, and one who didn't and that only one gets the dreams seems to be the point. My guess is that unless you use the tadpole, the dream lover never gets access to your mind. You use them, you lose whatever protection you have. This likely will have some serious consequences down the road (considering the datamined spoilers).
Having the dream lover appear with time would leave the impression that it is a time-dependent event, which would be misleading unless the shielding weakens with time. And this doesn't seem to be the case.
The tadpole story is progressing either way, but the outcome will likely be very different. You get a different text during the boat ride if you have used the powers a lot.
