@RagnarokCzD Thanks for replying with youtube links and timestamps.
I guess my problem is still that you, as a player, know that the Absolute is mind flayer tadpoles whereas Minthara & Dror clearly don't. So any nebulous promises of "being the first among her favorites" or that "the Absolute will reward us with such power if we find this place!" is questionable at best.
I'm not entirely sure how to fix this, because I agree that the option of "planning to infiltrate this cult to gain power and then possibly betray them" shouldn't be explicitly stated....I suppose I'd be happier if we were able to talk to Minthara more about the cult's goals and specifics on the powers the Absolute grants us. The monetary reward Minthara will apparently grant us is fine, but information about exactly what we're getting into is better.
@Blackheifer You talk about the various different paths in the game, but we're currently only discussing the path where you fully side with the goblins and raid the grove. THE evil path, identified as such by Larian in one of their updates ("75% of you chose good over evil").
I like the variety of those other paths - in particular the updates to the Kagha quest - but I'd argue that the main conflict in the current version of EA (especially since we can't go to the Creche) is whether to side with or against the goblins. And the intelligent option is to side with Halsin.
