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This parasite is capable of evolving you or another illithid-infected companion into a new, more psionically powerful being. Using it is an objective of Embrace Your Potential.
Though a thick coating of astral frost prevents this parasite from squirming, you feel an immense psychic weight writhe and roil within. It has languished in the Sea of Dead Gods for countless millennia -- learning, gathering potential. It is something old ready to become new again. It is ready for evolution.
Properties
Miscellaneous Items
Rarity: Story Item
Weight: 0.2 kg / 0.4 lb
Price: 1 gp
Where to find
Awarded by The Emperor at the beginning of Act Three, after assisting him in defending himself from members of Orpheus' honor guard in the Astral Plane.
Notes
- The tadpole can be destroyed, communed with, or eaten. Eating or communing with the tadpole will result in the player receiving its powers; however, if it is eaten, it cannot be communed with by other members of the party.
- Any character who communes with (or eats) the tadpole will change in appearance, gaining prominent black veins on their face.