Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Patch 8 introduced the first time I've ever been tempted to use the tadpole.

I'm not a fan as it makes no sense for why Shadowheart's pod requires using the tadpole, but the machine that instantly starts the ceremorphosis doesn't require that you use the tadpole. Or most importantly: That the transponder where you controll the nautiloid DOESN'T have this kind of safety precaution!