Mind flayers

Mind Flayer
Stats
Level 8
STR 11 DEX 12 (+1) CON 12 (+1) INT 19 (+4) WIS 17 (+3) CHA 17 (+3)
Race	Mind flayer
Type	Aberration
HP	91; 110TTactician
AC	13
Movement Speed	9m / 30ft
Size	Medium
Weight	50kg / 100lbs
Proficiency Bonus	+3
Initiative	+1
Passive features
Magic Resistance  Opportunity Attack
Character information
Location	Nautiloid, Ravaged Beach (dead), Shattered Sanctum (dead)
Experience on kill	75

Mind flayers or illithids are a non-playable race, and a type of Aberration. The Githyanki word for mind flayer is ghaik. Multiple specific creatures titled Mind Flayer also exist in the game, and are, as their names would suggest, all mind flayers.

About mind flayers

Psionic tyrants, slavers, and interdimensional voyagers that feed off the brains of thinking creatures.

Most belong to a hivemind colony devoted to an elder brain, and all work towards achieving the Grand Design - their dream of once more controlling empires that span the multiverse.

Mind flayers are psionic aberrations with a humanoid-like figure and a tentacled head that communicate using telepathy. They feast on the brains of intelligent beings and can enthrall other creatures to their will. Every mind flayer is connected to an Elder Brain, a colossal and powerful psionic brain that commands the mind flayers it is linked to.

Mind flayers reproduce by infecting other creatures with a tadpole, which consumes its host from the inside, transforming them into another mind flayer in a process called ceremorphosis.

Thousands of years ago, Mind flayers were a dominant planar power. Using massive flying vessels called Nautiloids, they traveled to hundreds of worlds, harvesting intelligent humanoids to consume, propagate their race, and use as slave labour. One of their enslaved races, the gith, rose up and destroyed their empire, leaving only small pockets of mind flayers behind.

Mind flayer characters

• The Emperor
• Omeluum

Attacks and abilities

 Mind Blast ()

4d8 (4~32) + Spellcasting modifier Psychic

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

INT Save

AoE: 14 m / 47 ft (Cone)

Recharge: Long rest

 Tentacle Lash ()

2d10 + 4 (6~24) Psychic

Lash out with your tentacles.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

Gallery

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  A Mind Flayer in Early Access

See also

• List of all Mind Flayers

External links

Mind flayer on the Forgotten Realms Wiki