![]() Perilous StakesClass Actions 2~16 Healing
Invest a creature with power that heals it when it attacks, but also make it Vulnerable to all damage.
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Perilous Stakes is a Class Feature in Baldur's Gate 3. Actions can be used in both exploration and combat to maneuver across the battlefield or to harm or aid Characters. The actions that a Character can perform are based on their Class and Equipment. Perilous Stakes can be unlocked through the use of tadpoles that activate the player's Illithid Powers.
Perilous Stakes Information
Invest a creature with power that heals it 2~16 when it attacks, but also make it Vulnerable to all damage.
- Duration:
3 turns
- Range:
9m
- Recharge:
Long Rest
How to unlock Perilous Stakes
- Perilous Stakes can be acquired by:
Perilous Stakes Tips & Notes
- This ability is stupidly overpowered. Cast it on any boss to double the damage it takes from all sources for three rounds, at the cost of a negligible amount of healing.
Tadpole Locations for Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3). Each parasite consumed unlocks one new Illithid Power within a skill tree of 25 powerful mind-flayer-inspired abilities, completely separate to the options you have when you level up in a traditional sense. These are divided into five branches themed around manipulation, health restoration, psionics, and abilities that can inflict immense damage and torment enemies to gradually weaken them over time. Some abilities can be used to control those around you, pushing them to say things in dialogue they would otherwise not. Others endow you with the power to push and pull enemies like ragdolls during battle.
Tadpoles locations in Baldur's Gate 3
You can collect additional Mind Flayer tadpoles to advance your Illithid Powers, here is a list of where you can find more tadpoles:
Tadpoles in Act 1
- One can be found on the dead True Soul in Forest (X139, Y444), do not resist the tadpole to acquire.
- One can be found by defeating Flind, the Gnoll Warlord (X33, Y594) (Quest Find the Missing Shipment).
- One can be found in the Druid Grove (X445, Y-17), it would be on a table in Halsin's/Nettie's Secret Research Lab next to the Dissected Drow body.
- One can be found by defeating True Soul Gut (X297, Y-12).
- One can be found by defeating Minthara.
- One can be found by defeating Dror Ragzlin.
- One can be found by defeating True Soul Nere.
- If you side with the Absolute, you can get as many Illithid Powers as "Gift by the Absolute" as you missed by not killing the true soul bosses.
- If you play nice with True Soul Nere until his second conversation ends and he gives you a Gift of the Absolute, you can then kill him for a bonus Tadpole.
Tadpoles in Act 2
- One can be found by defeating Fist Marcus.
- Three can be found in the Infirmary of Crèche Y'llek, next to the Zaith'isk.
- One can be found on Linsella, in the Moonrise Towers kitchen.
- Two at Moonrise Towers' docks, inside the cylindrical Zhentarim Shipping Crate (X70, Y187). Destroy the crate to access them.
- One on a body named Zealot Krizt in Oubliette (X:628, Y: -92).
- Three at the front entrance of Moonrise Towers from Disciple Z'Rell, Zealot Malik, and Adept Merim.
- One in a brine pool (X678, Y45) in the Mind Flayer Colony (requires passing perception check).
- One special tadpole (Astral-Touched Tadpole) can be acquired after you helped the Dream Visitor before reaching Baldur's gate.
Tadpoles in Act 3
- Another special item that gives a charge is the fresh mindflayer's brain in the Abandoned Windmill in Rivington. (X44, Y-38)
- One on a beach northwest of Rivington, on a barrel next to the Stone Lord thugs about to fight the Guild members. (Near X-225, Y108)
- A further two on the ship the Stone Lord thugs arrived in, in the big 'Storage' unit. (Near X-212, Y129)
- One from killing Avery Sonshal at Felogyr's Fireworks, Baldur's Gate Lower City.
- Two can be found on Enver Gortash's Parents, the Flymms (X-30, Y-116), Baldur's Gate Lower City.
- One can be found in High Security Safe n6 (near X-715, Y882) in the high-security vault of Counting House.
- One can be found sitting on a table on the ground floor of Sorcerous Sundries (X-8, Y-91).
- One can be found on the second floor of The Lodge. (X-207, Y-87)
- One on a table in the Sanguine Laboratory, entered from Baldur's Gate's Lower City down a hatch (X-92, Y-91)
- Six can be found on a ship protected by Steel Watchers, in front of the Steel Watch Foundry. (X-202 Y-125)
- One additional one can be found on the body of Churg Elvek, who is preaching next to this ship.
- One can be found in Iron Throne, on the table near Omeluum. (x-45, Y17)
- One can be found on a desk in the Steel Watch Foundry - Lab Level. (X-1940, Y447)
- One can be acquired from Manip Edenosa in Bloomridge Park.
- One can be found in the basement of the Blushing Mermaid. (X-2336, Y-120)
- One can be found in a locked chest in Gortash's office, on the roof of Wyrm's Rock Fortress.
Perilous Stakes Baldur's Gate 3 Tips & Notes
- Other Notes & Tips go here.
- Anonymous
It can, as of patch 5, only affect allies. I was in a new honour mode playthroug and I found this out on my first two tadpoles. Bad change bad
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
Cast on ally: garbage
Cast on enemy: One of the most OP skill in the game
- Anonymous
After a bit of testing, it seems the DC is the last level taken into a spellcasting class meaning 8+ proficiency+ cha/wisdom/int bonus DEPENDING on your LAST level taken from a casting class (includes classes like paladins) ... so for example if you go charisma based sorcerer to 11 and at level 12 you think to yourself , eh i might as well grab a level of cleric for reasons, then this will scale with wisdom aka the clerics DC , furthermore if taken by a non casting class such as a fighter it will scale with INT by default, unless you grab a spellcasting class later on that doesn't scale off of intellect. The enemy DC to resist is intellect.
- Anonymous
Absolutely busted. Vulnerability is 50% more damage taken and you can apply this to enemies. Since this is considered a beneficial effect, the enemy doesn't save against it (probably some immunities to it though)
- Anonymous
Any idea how this works with barb rage? Would they counter act each other?
In honor mode, this ability only works on allies! :C developers hit the balls q-q
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