I would love it if the game kept track of how many times you've used the tadpole, how many tadpoles you've consumed from others, etc. And at the end of the game during the Final Fight you'd get a ST that is more difficult based on this tracker, possibly being impossible. If you fail, you turn into a mind flayer, lose all your sense of self, and join the Mind-Flayer Collective. Game End screen.
That'd be such a ballsy move from Larian. "You took the shortcut to gaining power, giving up parts of yourself and letting a stronger power gain control over you bit by bit. You took a risk and lost. Them's the breaks."
I think the game does track how many times you use the tadpole as well, not just how many you other tadpoles you used to strengthen yours. The early access thing where if you keep using the tadpole for wisdom checks you become marked as a "True Soul" instead is still in the final version of the game and that tracker is different from you gaining more tadpole powers.
