Originally Posted by fylimar
I'm not against temptations for using the tadpole, I just don't get, why you have to use it for this one single piece of technology in the mindflayers ship, while you can use much more important tech ( the console, where you Change that poor Woman, the helm...) without it. To me, it doesn't make a lot of sense and seems totally random.

The mind flayers WANT you to control the helm. They don't want you to use the pod to free SH. She has the Gith weapon.

1 possible explanation.

Another is... In the heat of the moment, it is possible you actually DO use the powers to control the helm. It is possible you use the powers to survive DRAGON fire too as it blasts everything near you.

We don't really know how much we're using our powers.

I'm surprised people are so upset about this SH pod thing but no one is complaining about how the game makes you use the illithid powers to save yourself from smashing onto the beach. I mean, you have no choice there at all. You HAVE to use the powers.

But Larian makes you make a choice of whether or not to free SH, and people seem quite upset by this.