Perhaps, the tadpole leaves the victim only if it is not protected by the astral prism. Which means that for this to work, you would have to leave the protection first, which would turn you instantly into an absolutist, maybe even start ceromorphosis, if the elder brain is paying attention.
Actually, the dream guardian tells you she blocked several commands to turn you, so yea. Instant illithid conversion. What happens if you try to resurrect a turned victim ?
Are you talking about Reincarnate or Ixal's post? Because the tadpole doesn't have to leave for Reincarnate.
Both. Arguably , the netherese tadpole is not a "non-magical disease".
So a case can be made you raise the dead with the tadpole intact in its brain.
Not trying to convince you or top poster, but that's probably what I'd do if I were DM and had to run this story.
(If I was DM, the story would probably not be exactly as it is, but it's the "what if I had to DM this case as is".
