The only class that so far I have found around this was my Warlock which allowed one to free without using tadpole.
A Barbarian can get her out without using the tadpole. I didn’t realise a Warlock could. I thought they could just sense the warding glyphs and inscribe them so they could use the console without needing the stone from the chest, but still needed to use the tadpole to activate the control.
But yes, most classes will need to leave Shadowheart in the pod if they want to wholly avoid using the tadpole. But unless something has changed in the last patch, she’s not too upset with you if you do that as long as you make at least some effort to get her out.
