Baldur's Gate III (2)

[GloatingSwine]

No, if you have high int, it looks like an option at all. Low int characters dont look at it and think "this is a thing i can feasibly try." There is nothing, at all, that says that passing the check guarantees you do it safely, just that you can do it.

But again, the thing that makes it unsafe is a second check it didn't tell you about. It's mechanically set up to screw you for investing in Int by giving you a trick option that then says "syke, hope you bought lots of Wis". And no, "success with consequences of instant death" is not interesting for anyone but the one having a laugh at your expense.

There's a reason games stopped doing that kind of thing before the first Baldur's Gate even came out.