Im kinda mad EA implied our dream guest is evil when we see how BG burns and it’s our future or something. So when game was out I was super suspicious and expect a special ending and may be an achievment for never using a single tadpole. Turned out it was a mistake -
no consequences at all and no rewards in any way too if you refuse to take the powers. Some claim there was a cut content where you basically have a bad ending and all happens like I thought during EA. The worst part it still feels like the dream person cant be trusted, the way game offers the powers doesnt imply in any way its free power up with no consequences even your brain becomes more illithid and most of the time we pursue the goal to remove the one we already have rather than add more. And party members arent too happy about it too. But it is free power up! Not sure if it’s considered a feedback, but here it is. It should be some how articulated better.
May be tadpoles you find automatically give you a skill point? There shouldnt be a choice with current state of things anyway. Game would basically say - use it, no need to doubt.
From the narration alone it's clear they either intended on tricking the player into thinking there would be consequences ("A-THOR-i-TY") when there simply isn't, or they changed the consequences along with whatever else they changed. I do understand the logic of "there has to be some obvious point where people are allowed to step back from the tadpole after trying it out" otherwise you'd have people getting bad or less than optimal endings after using the tadpole a single time, freeing SH for example.
That said, having a secret ending like wotr would have been interesting, but I doubt there is anything like that.
Most likely things changed as part of the tadpole skill tree. It's a shame really, because for me, the guardian was always so suspicious anyways, and I always assumed they were tempting us. I think that's what frustrated me the most, other than a single time of "Oh, you haven't used the power yet, no worries", the game completely ignored me NOT using the tadpole, in fact it assumed I used it
