Yes, everyone stays tentacle free. You have to make certain choices and have gale ok with becoming a bomb but other than that yes everyone lives except the emperor and gale.
Edit: For anyone who wants to see this here is how I remember doing this ending:
Act 3 & Ending spoilers
spoiler
Step 1 make sure you have the hammer to free orpheus
step 2 tell Emperor to fuck off
step 3 open orpheus’ orb
step 4 tell orpheus there is a way without him sacrificing himself and no on needs to transform
(there might be an option to talk to Gale here to make sure he’s cool with going boom but I don’t recall 100%)
step 5 get to the brain stem with Gale and company
step 6 have a final convo with Gale and send him up
I like when Karlach transforms. Alternatively I like when no one transforms and you use Gale as a nuke to save everyone.
Is that possible? Can you have Orpheus and everyone else remain tentacle free if you have Gale in your party?
Yes, everyone stays tentacle free. You have to make certain choices and have gale ok with becoming a bomb but other than that yes everyone lives except the emperor and gale.
Edit: For anyone who wants to see this here is how I remember doing this ending:
Act 3 & Ending spoilers
spoiler
Step 1 make sure you have the hammer to free orpheus
step 2 tell Emperor to fuck off
step 3 open orpheus’ orb
step 4 tell orpheus there is a way without him sacrificing himself and no on needs to transform
(there might be an option to talk to Gale here to make sure he’s cool with going boom but I don’t recall 100%)
step 5 get to the brain stem with Gale and company
step 6 have a final convo with Gale and send him up
Fin