A mortal brain cannot defeat the elder brain as ithat entity can process all possible moves at once. It is always ahead of you. As the emperor explains, only an illithid brain has a chance to match the speed of thinking to make a move before the brain has a countermove ready.
Furthermore the one who combats the brain also needs to control the protection of Orpheus. So therefore the combination illithid power + orpheus power combined in one, is a prime requisite to move against the brain. So we canhave either Orpheus becoming illithid or an illithid acquiring Orpheus protection power.
I don't know how this works with Tav taking the illithid role though as I never tried that (and don't want to) and a less likable NPC, like Gale for instance, is not allowed to change. So if Tav can turn without eating Orpheus' brain then the story breaks down.
Last edited by ldo58; 14/07/24 09:41 PM.
