I don’t think that we will have the tadpole out by the end of act 1. In fact, I can guarantee it. There are too many game mechanics and plot points tied to it.
I dont necesarily believe that ...
I mean ... do you know Aberrant Mind Sorcerer? Thats what i believe will happen to us ... - good path result in tadpole removal, just to find out that our mind was alterned enough allready and we no lomger need tadpole to do what we did so far - while evil path will probably satisfy with somehow making sure we cant transform anymore
As in conversation with Astarion ... controll it or get rid of it.
Nope. Not a chance. If it were over that quick and easy it would completely undermine Raphael’s speech, which is something Larian clearly spent a lot of time and resources on.
“Beg, borrow and steal. Exhaust every possibility until none are left, and when HOPE has been WHITTLED down to the very MARROW of despair- oh … what’s that? You removed the tadpole already? Well … I’ll just show myself out then.”
The threat of the tadpole is the device that Larian is using to drive your character to action regardless of their morality. If you are evil and don’t care about saving Baldur’s Gate or the Forgotten Realms, you’ll at least care about saving yourself.
