So I don't use ilithid powers the entire game, get forced into decision where the only remote good path is to turn main char into mindflayer, ya the endings just not as good as the first two acts.

Lol never found misnc, well there was one encounter then never saw him again, the mage quest completely bugged out so no idea if there was anything good involved there either.

the sewers.

You can get to the hideout via the sewers, or outside entrance.

The best decision imo is to convince Orpheus to become a mindflayer. The githyanki are weakened, but the fight against the Lich Queen goes on.

The ending in general is pretty bad. Yeah I took the hit / mindflayer option, the alternative is pretty much screwing the lae'zel story path, leaving them leaderless etc. I just think no good option whatsoever really.

The ending as mindflayer is kinda funny, especially the obligatory forced romance that happens now your converted to a mindflayer, all the ending is so cliche, jarring and cringe. If you romanced
shadowheart she recommends you wear a mask, or pretend to be a leper, then effectively exiles you from humanity

so I guess your better off just taking the suicide option for your ending

Yep thanks Larian

You can make Karlach do it if she's in your party. Her good endings got cut anyway - she either dies or has to go to Avernus, no way to fix her heart.

I think Orpheus "sacrificing" himself is fitting and better for Lae'zel as she gets two dragons and a mission to free her people. You can even convince him to live in exile instead of dying.

And as for for Orpheus - he is a massive twat anyway so fuck him and the evil Githyanki.

the son of a powerful warrior-queen, who wanted to set fire to the Spheres.

No way an I letting him rejoin the githyanki.

Maybe if he was a descendant of Zerthimon I'd make a diff...no, nope, eff this. Githyanki or githzerai, they get the tentacles

When you free him he berates you for not letting yourself get killed by his monks.

Unless I'm confused, At one point I was certain the Githyanki and Orpheus were hell bent on fulfilling the grand design? Yet once you break him free because fuck trusting that mindflayer guy, he's 100% onboard and ready to take down the netherbrain?

Also not using the tadpoles should have had some consequences.. that was a huge letdown, It's pretty clear from the first 2-4 hours that MindFlayers are bad news, no fucking way im infecting my characters with that shit.

Adding the memberberry Serevok was meh and took away from making Orin a more interesting character. I hate recycling pivotal characters from previous games personally, this is your chance to make your own stories / characters etc. its a cop out.

does not betray you, but letting him eat Orpheus' brain makes the space iguana sad, so it's a no go.

They're hell-bent on stopping the Grand Design, which is the Illithids plan to conquer everything and rebuild their empire.

had Laezel sit in the de-worming machine at the creche

the hobgoblin or whatever fucking an ogress in a barn. Laughed because of his fucked up facial animation, and the comment that went "yeah, let's forget that ever happened" the moment the fight was over.

Pretty silly, but yeah, it got a smile out of me