Talk:Investigate and Destroy the Cult of the Eyeless/@comment-94.245.21.117-20160923231827/@comment-73.8.146.35-20181104003016

And, you can get all of the other XP mentioned for doing the quest the other way - if you talk to Tad first, the "stairway" to the Pit of the Faithless becomes available. But, if you double back and talk to Gaal, you get 75000 for giving him the rod - which he doesn't actually take, and he attacks you. Note: when Gaal attacks you, the Unseeing Eye teleports to the level, between you and the exit (going to the RIGHT out of Gaal's room). If you go left out of the room however, you can get to the Pit of the Faithless and go through there like normal. When you pick up the other half of the rod, it joins together, but the Unseeing Eye is not summoned immediately - it will be waiting for you back in the cult lair. You still get the same XP for killing it, but you're able to prepare a little better and get the XP for giving the rod to Gaal.

This is on EE, not sure about other versions.