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{{Infobox creature
{{Infobox character
| name = Omeluum
| name = Omeluum
| image = Omeluum.png
| image = <gallery>
Omeluum.png|In-game
Portrait Omeluum.png|Portrait
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| race = [[Mind flayer]]
| race = [[Mind flayer]]
| hometown = [[Baldur's Gate]]
| hometown = [[Baldur's Gate]]
| role = [[Trader]]
| role = [[Trader]]
| voice = Glen McCready
| va = Glen McCready
| level = 5
| level = 5
| modules =
{{Infobox statistics
| child = yes
| size = Medium
| size = Medium
| type = Aberration
| type = [[Aberration]]
| armour_class = 11
| ac = 11
| hit_points = 62
| e hp = 43
| movement_speed_meters = 9
| hp = 62
| movement_speed_feet = 30
| t hp = 80
| weight_kg = 50
| movement m = 9
| weight_lb = 100
| weight kg = 60
| hiddenlevel = 5
| initiative = 1
| str = 11
| str = 11
| dex = 12
| dex = 12
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| wis = 16
| wis = 16
| cha = 16
| cha = 16
 
| int save prof = y
| feature1_name = Opportunity Attack
| wis save prof = y
| feature1_description = Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
| cha save prof = y
| feature2_name = Extra Attack
| passives = Opportunity Attack, Extra Attack
| feature2_description = Make an additional free attack after an unarmed or weapon attack.
| t passives = Opportunity Attack, Extra Attack, Charm
| feature3_name = Charm
| feature3_description = Can Charm an enemy as a reaction.
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'''Omeluum''' is a friendly [[mind flayer]] and [[trader]] in ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]''. Omeluum can be found at [[Ebonlake Grotto]] in the [[Underdark]] after being contacted by [[Blurg]]. It is a member of the [[Society of Brilliance]] and can be asked for help to [[Help Omeluum investigate the parasite|remove the tadpole]].
'''Omeluum''' is a friendly [[mind flayer]] and [[trader]] in ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]''. Omeluum can be found at [[Ebonlake Grotto]] in the [[Underdark]] after being contacted by {{CharLink|Blurg}}. It is a member of the [[Society of Brilliance]] and can be asked for help to {{Quest|Help Omeluum investigate the parasite|remove the tadpole}}.


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
=== Background ===
=== Background ===
Omeluum was born with a propensity for arcane magic, giving it the strength to resist the elder brain and defect. Following its ambitions to better the world, Omeluum joined the Society of Brilliance, and now conducts research with its friend and fellow member, Blurg. Currently, they are working to improve living conditions in the Underdark.
Omeluum was born with a propensity for arcane magic, giving it the strength to resist the elder brain and defect. Following its ambitions to better the world, Omeluum joined the Society of Brilliance, and now conducts research with its friend and fellow member, Blurg. Currently, they are working to improve living conditions in the Underdark, as well as researching a means to subdue mind flayer "appetites" in hopes of reducing his need to consume brains from one per month to perhaps one per year.
 
=== Quests ===
* [[Help Omeluum investigate the parasite]]
* [[Retrieve Omeluum]]


== Involvement ==
== Involvement ==
=== Act One ===
=== Act One ===
The player can first meet Omeluum after talking to the Hobgoblin trader Blurg at the Myconid Colony. Blurg is a fellow scholar of the Society of Brilliance, who will bring Omeluum to help the player.
The party can first meet Omeluum after talking to the Hobgoblin trader {{CharLink|Blurg}} at the Myconid Colony. Blurg is a fellow scholar of the Society of Brilliance, who will bring Omeluum to help the party.
The party has several opportunities to attack Omeluum during dialogue, and some [[Companions]] might actually suggest it. Still, if the party listens to Omeluum they will learn that it is a rogue member of its society who was born with special powers that allow it to resist the control of the [[Elder Brain]] of its colony. Omeluum feeds on the brains of creatures of the Underdark 'that oppose the Society's goals', and wishes to help others of his kind by discovering a brain-free diet.


The player has several opportunities to attack Omeluum during dialogue, and some [[Companions]] might actually suggest it. If the player listens to Omeluum they will learn that it is a rogue member of its society who was born with special powers that allow it to resist the control of the [[Elder Brain]] of its colony. Omeluum feeds on the brains of cruel and sadistic creatures of the Underdark, and wishes to help the Illithid society by discovering a brain-free diet.
Should the party accept the {{Quest|Help Omeluum investigate the parasite}} quest, Omeluum will ask the party to find some rare mushrooms to prepare its special decoct. The recipe includes {{SmRarityItem|Tongue of Madness}} and {{SmRarityItem|Timmask Spores (ingredient)|Timmask Spores}}, which both supposedly can be found in the Underdark. However, Blurg will interject and suggest that the party might very conveniently look them up in the [[Arcane Tower]] of a local cleric, [[Lenore De Hurst]].


Should the player accept the [[Help Omeluum investigate the parasite]] quest and bring Omeluum the required ingredients, it will attempt to remove the tadpole. Omeluum will not only fail, but also make the tadpole more powerful (granting whomever drank the potion [[Survival Instinct]]). The Mindflayer will be surprised and worried about the power of the tadpole, and will apologize for not being of service.
Once the party brings Omeluum the required ingredients, it will attempt to remove the tadpole. Omeluum will not only fail, but also make the tadpole more powerful (granting whomever drank the potion [[Survival Instinct]]). The Mindflayer will be surprised and worried about the power of the tadpole, and will apologize for not being of service.


Unable to bring the issue to a close, Omeluum will then offer the player the [[Ring of Mind-Shielding]], which can limit the powers of the tadpole. The player can either buy this ring or convince Omeluum to give it to them by Persuasion check (DC 15), Intimidation check (DC 20), or proposing to describe the inner structure of a [[Nautiloid]]. The latter demands either an Intelligence check (DC 10) and has an [[Advantage]] if the player has read a relevant [[Rune Slate]] while being on the ship in the Prologue, or a Performance check (also DC 10).
Unable to bring the tadpole issue to a close, Omeluum will then offer the party the {{SmRarityItem|Ring of Mind-Shielding}}, which can limit the powers of the larva. The party can either buy this ring or convince Omeluum to give it to them in several variants: by {{Ability check|Persuasion|15}} (a githyanki Tav will have a unique dialogue line for this option), {{Ability check|Intimidation|20}}, or proposing to describe the inner structure of a [[Nautiloid]]. The latter demands either an {{Ability check|Intelligence|10}} which has an [[Advantage]] if the party has read a relevant {{SmRarityItem|Rune Slate}} while being on the ship in the [[Prologue]], or a {{Ability check|Performance|10}}.


After passing the ring to the player (by any available way), the quest [[Help Omeluum investigate the parasite]] will be complete, and Omeluum  becomes open for trading with the party. He has several unique items in stock (see below).  
After passing the ring to the party (by any available way), the quest to help Omeluum investigate the parasite will be complete, and Omeluum  becomes open for trading with the party. He has several unique items in stock (see below).  
Purchasing from him a book ''[[On Illithids, Volume XXVI]]'' and reading it earns the [[File:Inspiration Icon.png|21x21px|link=]][[Inspiration|Inspirational Event]] The Forbidden Arcane ([[Sage]] background).
Purchasing from him a book ''{{SmRarityItem|On Illithids, Volume XXVI}}'' and reading it earns the [[File:Inspiration Icon.png|21x21px|link=]][[Inspiration|Inspirational Event]] The Forbidden Arcane ([[Sage]] background).


=== Act Three ===
=== Act Three ===
If [[Steal a Githyanki Egg]] was resolved without [[Lady Esther]] receiving the [[Githyanki Egg|githyanki egg]], then in Chapter Three the party will meet [[Omeluum]] 's companion [[Blurg]] at the [[Society of Brilliance Lodge]]. Blurg informs that they both returned to Baldur's Gate to report to the Society of Brilliance their findings about the player's condition. However, shortly afterwards Omeluum decided to investigate the situation on its own… and disappeared. Blurg tells that his friend believed the problem to be connected to the [[Cult of the Absolute]]. He seems not to be overly concerned with Omeluum's whereabouts, but shall agree if the player proposes to track the illithid down.
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If {{Quest|Steal a Githyanki Egg}} was resolved without {{CharLink|Esther|Lady Esther}} receiving the {{SmRarityItem|Githyanki Egg}}, the party will meet Omeluum's companion Blurg at the [[Society of Brilliance Lodge]]. Blurg informs that they both returned to Baldur's Gate to report to the Society of Brilliance their findings about the party's condition. However, shortly afterwards Omeluum decided to investigate the situation on its own… and disappeared. Blurg tells that his friend believed the problem to be connected to the [[Cult of the Absolute]]. He seems not to be overly concerned with Omeluum's whereabouts, but shall agree if the party proposes to track the illithid down.
 
This starts the {{Quest|Retrieve Omeluum}} quest.


This starts the [[Retrieve Omeluum]] quest.
There are no clear hints as to where to start searching, apart from Blurg's vague assumptions. However, if the party decides to help {{CharLink|Zanner Toobin}} and/or servants of {{CharLink|Umberlee}} (quests {{Quest|Save the Gondians}} and {{Quest|Avenge the Drowned}} respectively), Omeluum will connect to the party telepathically upon docking at the [[Iron Throne]]. It will altruistically prompt the party to save {{CharLink|Ulder Ravengard|Duke Ravengard}}, who is also held in the underwater prison, and bide the party not to be concerned with its own fate. Nonetheless, it is possible to save the rogue illithid along with Ravengard and some (or all) [[Gond|Gondian]] captives.


There are no hints as to where to start searching, apart from Blurg's vague assumptions. However, if the party decides to help [[Zanner Toobin]] and servants of [[Umberlee]] (quests [[Save the Gondians]] and [[Avenge the Drowned]] respectively), Omeluum will connect to the player's mind telepathically upon docking at the [[Iron Throne]]. It will althruistically prompt the player to save [[Duke Ravengard]], who is held in the underwater prison, and bide the party not to be concerned with its own fate. Nonetheless, it is possible to save the illithid along with Ravengard and some (or all) [[Gondian]] captives.
Omeluum is held in a separate cell in the south-west corner of the Iron Throne, restrained to a surgical bed. It will become a temporary companion with the ability to {{SAI|Teleport to Submersible}}.
Once rescued, Omeluum teleports to the Lodge. Unlike Blurg, it cannot be traded with, although it can be pickpocketed. To finish Retrieve Omeluum, the party needs to talk to the illithid once more. Omeluum will tell that the Society won't actively help the party in its further battles, but provides the party with a {{SmRarityItem|Pouch}} called Omeluum's Boon that contains several items selected from the Society' vaults, in gratitude for saving its tentacles:


You will find Omeluum in the south-west corner of the [[Iron Throne]], restrained to a surgical bed inside a separate cell. It will become a temporary companion with the ability to [[Teleport to Submersible]].
* {{MdRarityItem|Fungal Bamboozler}}
Once rescued, Omeluum returns to the Lodge. Unlike Blurg, it cannot be traded with, although it can be pickpocketed. To finish the [[Retrieve Omeluum]] quest, player needs to talk to the illithid once more. Omeluum will tell that the Society won't actively help the party in its battles, but provides the player with several items selected from the Society' vaults, in gratitude for saving its tentacles.
* {{MdRarityItem|Potion of Supreme Healing}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Scroll of Dimension Door}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Scroll of Sunbeam}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Wizardsbane Oil}}


== Shop ==
== Shop ==
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=== Notable items sold ===
=== Notable items sold ===
As a trader, Omeluum will sell the following items:
As a trader, Omeluum will sell the following items:
* {{MdRarityItem|Boots of Stormy Clamour}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Creation's Echo}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Creation's Echo}}
* {{MdRarityItem|On Illithids, Volume XXVI}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Pearl of Power Amulet}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Pearl of Power Amulet}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Boots of Stormy Clamour}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Ring of Salving}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Ring of Salving}}
* {{MdRarityItem|The Shadespell Circlet}}
* {{MdRarityItem|The Shadespell Circlet}}
* {{MdRarityItem|On Illithids, Volume XXVI}}


== Attacks and Abilities ==
== Combat ==
* {{SAI|Sleep}}
=== Attacks and abilities ===
* {{SAI|Dissonant Whispers}}
{{Feature box|Blur}}
* {{SAI|Hold Person}}
{{Feature box|Dissonant Whispers}}
* {{SAI|Blur}}
{{Feature box|Hold Person}}
* {{SAI|Silence}}
{{Feature box|Levitate (Illithid Power)}}
* {{SAI|Mind Blast}}
{{Feature box|Mind Blast}}
* {{SAI|Mind Flayer Domination}}
{{Feature box|Silence}}
* {{SAI|Levitate (Illithid Power)}}
{{Feature box|Sleep}}
* {{SAI|Teleport to Submersible}} (While in the [[Iron Throne]])
{{Feature box|Teleport to Submersible}} (Only while in the Iron Throne)
 
== Related quests ==
* {{Quest|Help Omeluum investigate the parasite}}
* {{Quest|Retrieve Omeluum}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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* As an illithid, Omeluum is addressed using the "it" pronoun.  
* As an illithid, Omeluum is addressed using the "it" pronoun.  
* Omeluum's origins are remarkably similar to {{FRWiki|Grazilaxx}}, another illithid appearing within the Fifth Edition module, ''Out of the Abyss''. Both of them previously worked with a lich before working with the Society of Brilliance.
* Omeluum's origins are remarkably similar to {{FRWiki|Grazilaxx}}, another illithid appearing within the Fifth Edition module, ''Out of the Abyss''. Both of them previously worked with a lich before working with the Society of Brilliance.
** Omeluum is specifically differentiated as not being the same character, as the text of [['An History of the Society of Brilliance as Told by Its Members']] mentions both Omeluum and Grazilaxx as separate colleagues in the society, having founded it together with Blurg and several others.
** Omeluum is specifically differentiated as not being the same character, as the text of {{SmRarityItem|An History of the Society of Brilliance as Told by Its Members}} mentions both Omeluum and Grazilaxx as separate colleagues in the society, having founded it together with Blurg and several others.
** As Blurg was initially mentioned as an Orog in ''Out of the Abyss'', with some remnant dialogue that seems to make reference to this idea, it is possible that both of them underwent changes in development; with Omeluum originally intended to be Grazilaxx.
** As Blurg was initially mentioned as an Orog in ''Out of the Abyss'', with some remnant dialogue that seems to make reference to this idea, it is possible that both of them underwent changes in development; with Omeluum originally intended to be Grazilaxx.
* Omeluum will teleport away after repeated pickpocket attempts.
* Omeluum will teleport away after repeated pickpocket attempts.
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Revision as of 18:33, 15 September 2024

Omeluum is a friendly mind flayer and trader in Baldur's Gate 3. Omeluum can be found at Ebonlake Grotto in the Underdark after being contacted by Blurg Blurg. It is a member of the Society of Brilliance and can be asked for help to remove the tadpole remove the tadpole.

Overview

Background

Omeluum was born with a propensity for arcane magic, giving it the strength to resist the elder brain and defect. Following its ambitions to better the world, Omeluum joined the Society of Brilliance, and now conducts research with its friend and fellow member, Blurg. Currently, they are working to improve living conditions in the Underdark, as well as researching a means to subdue mind flayer "appetites" in hopes of reducing his need to consume brains from one per month to perhaps one per year.

Involvement

Act One

The party can first meet Omeluum after talking to the Hobgoblin trader Blurg Blurg at the Myconid Colony. Blurg is a fellow scholar of the Society of Brilliance, who will bring Omeluum to help the party. The party has several opportunities to attack Omeluum during dialogue, and some Companions might actually suggest it. Still, if the party listens to Omeluum they will learn that it is a rogue member of its society who was born with special powers that allow it to resist the control of the Elder Brain of its colony. Omeluum feeds on the brains of creatures of the Underdark 'that oppose the Society's goals', and wishes to help others of his kind by discovering a brain-free diet.

Should the party accept the Help Omeluum investigate the parasite Help Omeluum investigate the parasite quest, Omeluum will ask the party to find some rare mushrooms to prepare its special decoct. The recipe includes Tongue of Madness and Timmask Spores, which both supposedly can be found in the Underdark. However, Blurg will interject and suggest that the party might very conveniently look them up in the Arcane Tower of a local cleric, Lenore De Hurst.

Once the party brings Omeluum the required ingredients, it will attempt to remove the tadpole. Omeluum will not only fail, but also make the tadpole more powerful (granting whomever drank the potion Survival Instinct). The Mindflayer will be surprised and worried about the power of the tadpole, and will apologize for not being of service.

Unable to bring the tadpole issue to a close, Omeluum will then offer the party the Ring of Mind-Shielding, which can limit the powers of the larva. The party can either buy this ring or convince Omeluum to give it to them in several variants: by DC 15 Persuasion check (a githyanki Tav will have a unique dialogue line for this option), DC 20 Intimidation check, or proposing to describe the inner structure of a Nautiloid. The latter demands either an DC 10 Intelligence check which has an Advantage if the party has read a relevant Rune Slate while being on the ship in the Prologue, or a DC 10 Performance check.

After passing the ring to the party (by any available way), the quest to help Omeluum investigate the parasite will be complete, and Omeluum becomes open for trading with the party. He has several unique items in stock (see below). Purchasing from him a book On Illithids, Volume XXVI and reading it earns the Inspiration Icon.pngInspirational Event The Forbidden Arcane (Sage background).

Act Three

If Steal a Githyanki Egg Steal a Githyanki Egg was resolved without Esther Lady Esther receiving the Githyanki Egg, the party will meet Omeluum's companion Blurg at the Society of Brilliance Lodge. Blurg informs that they both returned to Baldur's Gate to report to the Society of Brilliance their findings about the party's condition. However, shortly afterwards Omeluum decided to investigate the situation on its own… and disappeared. Blurg tells that his friend believed the problem to be connected to the Cult of the Absolute. He seems not to be overly concerned with Omeluum's whereabouts, but shall agree if the party proposes to track the illithid down.

This starts the Retrieve Omeluum Retrieve Omeluum quest.

There are no clear hints as to where to start searching, apart from Blurg's vague assumptions. However, if the party decides to help Zanner Toobin Zanner Toobin and/or servants of Umberlee Umberlee (quests Save the Gondians Save the Gondians and Avenge the Drowned Avenge the Drowned respectively), Omeluum will connect to the party telepathically upon docking at the Iron Throne. It will altruistically prompt the party to save Ulder Ravengard Duke Ravengard, who is also held in the underwater prison, and bide the party not to be concerned with its own fate. Nonetheless, it is possible to save the rogue illithid along with Ravengard and some (or all) Gondian captives.

Omeluum is held in a separate cell in the south-west corner of the Iron Throne, restrained to a surgical bed. It will become a temporary companion with the ability to Teleport to Submersible Teleport to Submersible. Once rescued, Omeluum teleports to the Lodge. Unlike Blurg, it cannot be traded with, although it can be pickpocketed. To finish Retrieve Omeluum, the party needs to talk to the illithid once more. Omeluum will tell that the Society won't actively help the party in its further battles, but provides the party with a Pouch called Omeluum's Boon that contains several items selected from the Society' vaults, in gratitude for saving its tentacles:

Shop

Corresponds to UND_SocietyOfBrilliance_Mindflayer.

Notable items sold

As a trader, Omeluum will sell the following items:

Combat

Attacks and abilities

Blur.webp
Blur Blur ()

Attackers have Disadvantage Icon.png Disadvantage on Attack rolls against you.

Doesn't affect creatures that don't rely on sight or that can see through illusions.

 Range: Self
Dissonant Whispers.webp
Dissonant Whispers Dissonant Whispers ()
D6 Psychic.png 3d6 (3~18) Damage TypesPsychic

Frighten Frighten a creature: they'll have Disadvantage Icon.png Disadvantage on Ability checks and Attack rolls and they cannot move.

WIS Save
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
Hold Person.webp
Hold Person Hold Person ()
Hold a humanoid enemy still. They can't Move, Act, or React. Attacks from within  Range: 3 m / 10 ft are always Critical Hits. At the end of each turn, the affected creature can make a Wisdom Saving throw to end this condition.
WIS Save
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
Fly Illithid Power.webp
Levitate (Illithid Power) Levitate (Illithid Power) ()
Float effortlessly to a destination.
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
Recharge: Per Turn
Mind Blast.webp
Mind Blast Mind Blast ()
D8 Psychic.png 4d8 (4~32) + Spellcasting modifier Damage TypesPsychic

Spew forth a conical wave of psychic energy and possibly Stun Stun targets within.

INT Save
AoE: 14 m / 47 ft (Cone)
Recharge: Long rest
Silence.webp
Silence Silence ()
Create a sound-proof sphere. All within are Silenced Silenced and Immune to Damage TypesThunder damage.
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
Sleep.webp
Sleep Sleep ()
Put creatures into a magical slumber. Select targets up to a combined 24 Hit Points.
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
Teleport to Submersible.webp
Teleport to Submersible Teleport to Submersible ()
Teleport yourself and up to one ally back to the Submersible.
 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft
(Only while in the Iron Throne)

Related quests

Gallery

  • Omeluum's Early Access appearance.

    Omeluum's Early Access appearance.

  • Current version.

    Current version.

  • Omeluum's model.

    Omeluum's model.

Notes

  • As an illithid, Omeluum is addressed using the "it" pronoun.
  • Omeluum's origins are remarkably similar to Grazilaxx, another illithid appearing within the Fifth Edition module, Out of the Abyss. Both of them previously worked with a lich before working with the Society of Brilliance.
    • Omeluum is specifically differentiated as not being the same character, as the text of An History of the Society of Brilliance as Told by Its Members mentions both Omeluum and Grazilaxx as separate colleagues in the society, having founded it together with Blurg and several others.
    • As Blurg was initially mentioned as an Orog in Out of the Abyss, with some remnant dialogue that seems to make reference to this idea, it is possible that both of them underwent changes in development; with Omeluum originally intended to be Grazilaxx.
  • Omeluum will teleport away after repeated pickpocket attempts.

External links

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