Originally Posted by Croniac
No, you don't die and become a mindflayer, you free Orpheus, you go whoop the Absolute's butt, and there is a big party. Have you forgotten this ending?

Of course I haven't forgotten, but I'm not talking about the ending. I'm talking about if you kill the Emperor the very first time you meet him, which causes everyone to turn into mindflayers instantly and the game then ending because everyone becomes enslaved to the Absolute and the Grand Design begins.


Same thing happens if you try leaving ACT 2 area after the Absolute starts her crusade towards Baldur's Gate. If you try to leave the area, the Emperor will warn you TWICE not to do it because the Absolute will triangulate us and he won't be able to protect us due to the psychic tempest she's emitting.


So as you can see; if you don't follow his plan you transform, become enslaved and the Grand Design begins.

So I'm sorry, but your theory is simply not true.

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