Originally Posted By: Cala
Also, the eye stationed up in Vebreaux gave me a scarab as a reward, and her comment on the matter was something along the lines of the side effects of the scarab becoming too much for her as she grew older.
Maybe this is/will be sort of like the canisters in Geneforge
It's bluntly stated that scarabs take their toll on the wearer's body, and as a person gets old, well, decrepitude does take their own toll too. So no, there's no megalomaniacal side-effects included.