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I've played through all 3 acts. Obviously in no way have done everything, but I never ran into a situation where your character would get killed for a bad dialogue choice. The "Volo's eye" event referenced is for sure an example of the telegraphed outcome being the opposite of what actually goes down, but I really can't think of another time that happens. Even that choice did not end in death. Some options end in tough fights, and maybe fights above your level, but I was never surprised by them.
Bringing up save scumming is an odd criticism for a CRPG. That has been a long running discussion, but you can choose not to do it if you don't like it. It doesn't mean it is bad game design to include saving whenever you want.
There's one dialogue in the Githyanki creche where your entire party is instantly killed if you choose the "wrong" option. There's nothing to indicate that the choice will lead to that outcome. I'm not aware of any other dialogues like that, however.
I mean, it’s pretty obvious from context, given who you were talking to, that sassing them was not gonna go well for you.
It was totally worth that TPK, tho.
She's ultra authoritarian, for you to reach that dialogue option she knows you have something she desires, and she is a literal god while you are not even lvl 15, god killing is lvl 20 stuff, not 12 which is the cap, of course that she will kill you and grab what's theirs instead of letting you go, wtf?
Who would've thought that saying fuck off to a literal god had consequences? Why do you think the game triggers an auto save when you enter the room? It's safe for the game to be able to do that when it just auto saves for you right before, meaning you lose no progress. You're ignoring a lot of context here, and it absolutely indicates this outcome lol