Tears of Bhaal

Tears of Bhaal
Item
Type	Miscellaneous
Enchanted	0
Weight	0 lb
Acquisition
Obtained from	Tears of Bhaal tests
Related quests
Related quests	Finding Irenicus in Hell
Other uses	To end Shadow of Amn and/or transition to Throne of Bhaal
Other
Technical information
Item code	MISCB5 MISCB6 MISCB7 MISCB8 MISCB9 MISCBA

Tears of Bhaal are acquired by finishing each of the Tears of Bhaal tests in The Abyss during Baldur's Gate II Chapter 7, part 2.

Description

“

A teardrop-shaped gemstone of a deep, oddly unsettling color. The Tear is one of the keys required to open the Watcher's Door.

”

Note: The Watcher's Door is marked as The Abyssal Door on the player's World Map

Gameplay

There are five tests and each one rewards the player with one Tear. The tears can then be used to open the The Abyssal Door for the final confrontation with Jon Irenicus; when used on the door each tear will also give the player character a bonus which will differ depending on whether the trial was finished in "Good" or "Evil" fashion.

For example, selecting any evil path during the Tears of Bhaal tests will switch Neutral/Good player character's Alignment to Neutral Evil.

Paladins and Rangers will also immediately become Fallen if their alignments shift to evil (An exception is made for the Blackguard paladin kit).

Evil aligned characters do not become good aligned by finishing the tests in a good fashion.

Notes

Each tear obtained may be placed in the Watcher's Door for the applicable immediate reward bonus. When the fifth and last tear is placed that will initiate the final encounter.

Tears of Bhaal tests

For the story leading up to this and a summary of the Tears of Bhaal testing process see the Finding Irenicus in Hell quest article.

Test of Pride

• Good path: +20% Fire/Cold/Electric resistance permanently added as a passive protection bonus.
• Evil path: 200,000 XP, Time Stop Scroll, Wail of the Banshee Scroll, Sphere of Chaos Scroll, 20 Bolts of Lightning, 20 Acid Arrows, The Guard's Ring, Robe of the Evil Archmagi.

Note: Even if you say you won't kill the Dragon and receive the good tear you can still attack the Dragon - for the experience and the Tear only, but no other dragon loot items.

Test of Fear 

• Good path: Immunity to +1 weapons or less
• Evil path: +2 Constitution, Cloak of Bravery

There are potential Exploits discussed on the link page for this test.

Test of Selfishness

• Good path: +10% Magic resistance, -1 Dexterity, -2 hit points, -75,000 XP
• Evil path: +2 Armor Class, the party member taken (if any) is killed 

Note: The -2 AC bonus from Evil path only works until your character reaches the AC limit of -20. When it goes below -20 the character won't benefit from this bonus.

There are potential Exploits discussed on the link page for this test.

Test of Greed 

• Good path: +2 to all saving throws
• Evil path: +15 hit points, Blackrazor

There are potential Exploits discussed on the link page for this test.

Test of Wrath 

The Bhaalspawn summons Wraith Sarevok, the ghost of your brother (confirmed in Throne of Bhaal not to have been an illusion), who attempts to goad you into accepting the powers of Bhaal and transforming into the Slayer.

• Good path: +1 Wisdom, +1 Charisma
• Evil path: +2 Strength

Note: In BG2 because of a bug you could also receive +1 to your class's primary statistic if you picked a specific path in the conversation. This is fixed in the Enhanced Editions.

Alignment Changes

Depending on which paths the player chooses, their alignment will change on the good and evil axis. Example, Lawful Good to Lawful Evil, Neutral Good to Neutral Evil and so forth. Evil aligned bhaalspawn will not have an alignment change if they select a "good" Tear of Bhaal test path. Perhaps they are unredeemable in Hell.

Note: Paladins will "fall" and lose their divine abilities, if they choose only one evil path or change to Neutral alignment. Rangers won't fall from one evil path, but still fall if they too change alignment.
Since this modification was created before the Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, a Blackguard will ironically be unaffected by the change to either Neutral or Good alignment, unless the quest pack mod is updated.

Mod Content

This section is about unofficial content that is only available via fan-made mods.

The Quest Pack mod offers a neutral alignment Tear test path and rewards, to expand the roleplaying aspect of these tests.

On the left of the following Mod table, the choices made in the tests (G = good, N = neutral, E = evil) are listed; on the right, the consequences of each path to the player's alignment are shown.

Mod Test Outcomes

Possible Path Combinations	Alignment (Before and After)
G G G G G	Good → Good Neutral → Good Evil → Good
G G G G N	Good → Good Neutral → Good Evil → Neutral
G G G N N G G G G E	Good → Good Neutral → Neutral Evil → Neutral
G G N N N G N N N N N N N N N G G G N E G G N N E G N N N E G G G E E G G N E E	Good → Neutral Neutral → Neutral Evil → Neutral
G G E E E G N N E E N N N N E	Good → Neutral Neutral → Neutral Evil → Evil
G N E E E N N N E E	Good → Neutral Neutral → Evil Evil → Evil
G E E E E N N E E E N E E E E E E E E E	Good → Evil Neutral → Evil Evil → Evil

Mod neutral Tear of Bhaal rewards

• Test of Fear: +2 dexterity, Nymph Cloak
• Test of Selfishness: +30% resistance to slashing damage
• Test of Greed: +2 thAC0, Blackrazor +3 longsword (temporarily, as the PC must give the genie at the beginning of Throne of Bhaal the sword or die through the Geass)
• Test of Pride: +30% resistance to magic damage.
• Test of Wrath: +3 intelligence