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| description = '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a common [[Books|Book]]. | | description = '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a common [[Books|Book]]. | ||
| quote = This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink. | | quote = This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink. | ||
| book | | book author = Yanthus | ||
| book text = A report for Lord Gortash by Scribe Yanthus | | book text = A report for Lord [[Enver Gortash|Gortash]] by Scribe Yanthus | ||
An illithid elder brain is many things: absolute ruler of its mind flayer colony, fount of procreation through its production of illithid larvae, the so-called 'tadpoles', but most of all an elder brain is a supremely powerful organic calculator, a mental machine able to process a vast number of simultaneous thought processes. It is always a hundred moves ahead, and cannot be surprised except by a sudden confluence of unexpected variables. Mortal genius and innovation are no match for its sheer computational power. | An illithid elder brain is many things: absolute ruler of its [[Mind Flayer Colony|mind flayer colony]], fount of procreation through its production of illithid larvae, the so-called 'tadpoles', but most of all an elder brain is a supremely powerful organic calculator, a mental machine able to process a vast number of simultaneous thought processes. It is always a hundred moves ahead, and cannot be surprised except by a sudden confluence of unexpected variables. Mortal genius and innovation are no match for its sheer computational power. | ||
Revision as of 23:52, 11 October 2024
Studies of the Elder Brains is a common Book.
This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink.
Properties
- Books
- Author: Yanthus
- Rarity: Common
- Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
- Price: 14 gp
Where to find
Enver Gortash's Office on the top floor of Wyrm's Rock Fortress, on the long table in the center of the room.
Text
A report for Lord Gortash by Scribe Yanthus
An illithid elder brain is many things: absolute ruler of its mind flayer colony, fount of procreation through its production of illithid larvae, the so-called 'tadpoles', but most of all an elder brain is a supremely powerful organic calculator, a mental machine able to process a vast number of simultaneous thought processes. It is always a hundred moves ahead, and cannot be surprised except by a sudden confluence of unexpected variables. Mortal genius and innovation are no match for its sheer computational power.
[Below this, a note is appended in Gortash's precise handwriting.]
No weakness but the unexpected. It seems I shall need unexpected allies.