Karsus by official lore is quite dead. He died his body turned to stone and shattered and his soul became a vestige invisibly roaming the material plane with no power except when called on.
His weave he briefly was said to have created in BG III was small, incomplete and bound to a single...
It’s a tiny turtle 🐢 as a DM I would say you can just pick it up, it can’t resist.
Would a turtle even count as hostile anymore given the reduction in intelligence.
Picking up a turtle requires no action.
Teleporting a turtle or two away does require two actions to go away and back, but if done the enemies are permanently removed from the fight. Unless they have the power to teleport back
Beyond does not require a subscription for access to any books. Any books you purchase or free content claimed, you always have access to. The subscriptions have a different purpose.
Well you could just grab a turtle and put it in a bag on your person. That should keep them safe for a while. Or give a turtle to a teleporter teammate to remove from the field dispose of, then come back.
It’s true. They were talking about major books there.
Anyway I view it as fine. Beyond has mostly been more useful than PDFs for me, and it’s not going to go away anytime soon. It has an integrated VTT now, and is getting it’s enter foundation code redone.