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Synopsis:
The Emperor has given the player a moment to talk with their party before choosing what to do (transform into a mind flayer, assimilate orpheus). If Lae'zel is on the Vlaakith path, she will have her own dialog instead of a discussion with the entire party,
How to trigger:
load END_Main
debug recruit Lae'zel & Karlach
Proceed to Astral Plane
Speak with Emperor till he offers the option to transform
Dialog should become available after the Emperor temporarly ends the dialog
4. : Mother Gith's only son has suffered long in his prison.END_IllithidOptions_State_PartyHasOrphicHammer, ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
27. : Refuse the Emperor. Better yet, crush his revolting skull and let this Prism be his grave.
20. : Then smash the crystals with the Orphic Hammer, and free the Prince from his bonds.
24. : The Comet will guide us to a sure victory against the brain. Ch'mar, zal'a Orpheus!End
5. : The choice before is clear as a var'ith'n's psi-quartz, inescapable as the expanse of wildspace itself.devnoteEND_IllithidOptions_State_PartyHasOrphicHammer, ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False
52. : Smash the crystals with the Orphic Hammer. Once the fell prince is free, we'll strike him down. The Age of Vlaakith will last eternal!ORI_Laezel_Event_EmperorCheckSucceed = False
15. Player: [PassiveRoll]
Roll (Wisdom, Insight) vs 5 (0)
68. [RollResult] True
54. : *Killing Orpheus would leave you without his protection. You would be dooming yourself to be the Netherbrain's thrall.*ORI_Laezel_Event_EmperorCheckSucceed
40. : *But within the recesses of your mind, another possibility sparks:*
34. : *You might break Orpheus free with the hammer and ally with him. Together, you might defeat the Netherbrain.*
1. : *Afterwards, Lae'zel can strike down Prince Orpheus. Vlaakith's bidding will be done.*End
48. [RollResult] False
38. [Alias]
ORI_Laezel_Event_EmperorCheckSucceed
- Alias to Node 54
37. : *Letting him live, however, would surely provoke Lae'zel to attack.*
42. : *If you speak with Orpheus, you might unveil an option you have yet to consider.*End
23. [Alias]
End
56. : To become ghaik - it is an agony that haunts every githyanki's dreams.END_IllithidOptions_State_PartyHasOrphicHammer = False, ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath = False
14. : It is the fate you and I have spent countless days trying to avoid since the parasites slithered into our skulls.
51. : And now it is the fate it seems you must accept, if we're to fell the unfaithful prince and fulfil Vlaakith's mission.
61. : Assimilate Orpheus, wield his power. Vlaakith's knights will fly to our aid - we will slaughter the brain, end the Grand Design...devnote
3. : ...and I will speak the Rite of Ascension and fly to the Astral Plane.devnote
32. Player: You could be right. Assimilating Orpheus might be the best option.
6. : Odious words, but I must speak them: in this matter, I believe the Emperor speaks true.
19. : But that does not mean I wish an illithid to carry Orpheus' power. Better it lives within you than within it.
44. [Jump]
Jump to Node 7 (1)
45. Player: I'm not so sure. The Emperor offered; we should accept.
60. : A repugnant choice, a cowardly choice.
17. : But a choice I will not resist should you make it.
43. : Protocol Twenty: 'No alliance is above you nor beneath you if in service to Vlaakith's command.'
18. [Jump]
Jump to Node 35 (1)
41. Player: If you're so adamant, why don't you assimilate Orpheus, Lae'zel?ORI_Laezel_Event_AskedWhyNotAssimilate
22. : Tsk'va! Deny my own ascension and become that which Queen Vlaakith abhors?
50. : If I must be enthralled, then I will at least know the pleasure of tearing the prince apart with my own hands.
49. : And I will rip apart your own flesh if you refuse me and find a way to let Orpheus go free.
13. Player: I know what I need to do.
67. : Go. Choose what is right. Choose assimilation.End
39. Player: You expect me to make a sacrifice you wouldn't make yourself?
63. : And you expect me to sacrifice a lifetime of faith? To forget ascension, to give up the very stuff I am made from?
25. : I would sooner donate my body to the Netherbrain as a ghaik puppet than live some half-life as a tentacled castaway.
66. : Either Orpheus is assimilated. Or I slay him in Vlaakith's name, and the Netherbrain takes our minds and bodies for its own.END_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
33. : Either Orpheus is assimilated. Or the Netherbrain takes our minds and bodies for its own.
26. [Jump]
Jump to Node 67 (2)
8. Player: Connect with Lae'zel's mind. Could there be another reason for her refusal?devnoteORI_Laezel_Event_AskedWhyNotAssimilateRoll (Wisdom, ) vs 10 (0)
31. [RollResult] True
55. : *Lae'zel's other reasons for refusing her own assimilation come into focus:*devnote1e982e04-0cce-a230-439b-4b2f0e9963ed_LaezelPassedCheck
10. : *She fears the Emperor's influence on her mind. She trusts you with this power more than she trusts herself.*devnote
0. : So you've seen the truth. Perhaps I shouldn't have been so shamed by it.
46. : You led us through briar and bramble, you affirmed my faith when it faltered.
2. : I hate that this gift must also be such a burden. But I would trust no one else with it.
28. [RollResult] False
36. : *You cannot pierce Lae'zel's thoughts.*devnote
16. Player: Leave.
30. [Jump]
Jump to Node 67 (1)
53. Player: The Emperor could be lying. We could use the hammer to free Orpheus and kill him.END_IllithidOptions_State_ArrivedWithOrphicHammer
9. : Refuse assimilation, and we shall do just that. If the Emperor has misled us, our beating hearts and sound minds will be the proof of it.
47. : If the illithid speaks true and we slay the traitor, we will be lost to the void that is the Netherbrain.
35. : Odious words, but I must speak them: in this matter alone, I believe the illithid.
7. : I will fulfil my mission, this much I know. Either Orpheus is assimilated, or I carve him into pieces and we're lost to the Netherbrain's void.
12. : Choose as you will.
21. [Jump]
Jump to Node 49 (2)
64. : By Mother Gith's silver blade, are we left with no choice but to assimilate the Prince of the Comet?END_IllithidOptions_State_PartyHasOrphicHammer = False, ORI_Laezel_State_IsOnOrpheusPath
65. : No, for as long as I live, I will not let Gith's only son perish. Let Orpheus be consumed, and I will split both you and the ghaik straight down the middle!
58. Player: [PassiveRoll]
Roll (Wisdom, Insight) vs 5 (0)
11. [RollResult] True
29. : *Lae'zel's words sound final, but within the recesses of your mind, a realisation sparks:*
57. : *When you next speak to the Emperor, you might still convince Lae'zel to accept Orpheus' assimilation.*End
62. [RollResult] False
59. : *Lae'zel's words sound final. Any move to assimilate Orpheus could provoke her to attack.*End