\u201cMassively OP\u201d Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 ability makes sacrificing your looks worth it Larian StudiosOne Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 \u201cOP\u201d ability is worth sacrificing your looks for as it makes fights easier according to players. There\u2019s one point in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 where you\u2019ll be given a hard choice after seeing The Emperor\u2019s true form. Embrace your Illithid powers by taking the Astral-Touched tadpole, or refuse it entirely. The Emperor encourages you to take it and tells you it\u2019ll give you immense powers. While it\u2019s true you\u2019ll get to unlock more advanced Illithid powers, it comes with a great cost. Taking the Astral-Touched tadpole means you\u2019ll be transformed into a half Illithid, forever altering your Tav\u2019s appearance for the rest of your run. Hence, it\u2019s clear not everyone in the community is a fan of this choice. However, some players in a Reddit thread claimed that sacrificing one\u2019s looks in the game is worth it due to this \u201cOP\u201d Illithid ability: the Black Hole. For the uninitiated, the Black Hole allows you to create a black hole that will pull nearby enemies, possibly slowing them. This makes it such a great ability when combined with other spells in the game, especially if you\u2019re going for that clean wipe. \u201cSo I\u2019m finishing Act 3 with my second character, and I can\u2019t believe I didn\u2019t realize sooner how massively OP the mindflayer\u2019s Black Hole ability is,\u201d said one user. \u201cYou can use it at least twice, and it\u2019s helped me wreck some fights that I\u2019ve previously struggled with (High Hall and Emperor).\u201d Many other players in the comments agreed with the user, some suggesting some of their favorite combos to use with the Black Hole. One user wrote: \u201cThat spell is one of the reasons I like getting the perk from the Zaith\u2019isk chair that lets you cast the Illithid powers as a bonus action. Black Hole followed by Hunger of Hadar is my favorite combo.\u201d Another user claimed this ability made the Viconia fight in the House of Grief \u201cway easier.\u201d They mentioned. \u201cAnd that fight is a serious pain in the a** otherwise with all of the darkness casts and such.\u201d Meanwhile, one user said they use this ability in their current Storm Sorcerer run. \u201cI have one character use it, drawing all enemies into one spot, and then I hit them with four call lightning hits (if I have the sorcerer points, three otherwise). It is really effective.\u201d All in all, if you\u2019re playing an Honor Mode run and don\u2019t mind getting a slight change in your appearance, taking the tadpole to get access to Black Hole can be worth it. Though using a mod is also an option if you still want to keep your Tav\u2019s original look but have access to the Illithid powers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cMassively OP\u201d Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 ability makes sacrificing your looks worth it Larian StudiosOne Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 \u201cOP\u201d ability is worth sacrificing your looks for as it makes fights easier according to players. There\u2019s one point in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 where you\u2019ll be given a hard choice after seeing The Emperor\u2019s true form. Embrace your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}