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
AC	13
Movement Speed	9m / 30ft
Size	Medium
Weight	50kg / 100lbs
Proficiency Bonus	+3
Initiative	+1
Passive features
File:Attack Of Opportunity Icon 64px.png Opportunity Attack Magic Resistance
Character information
Location	Nautiloid, Ravaged Beach (dead), Shattered Sanctum (dead)
Experience on kill	75

Mind Flayers or Illithids are a non-playable race in Baldur's Gate 3. They are a type of Aberration. The Githyanki word for a Mind Flayer is ghaik.

About Mind Flayers

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 Mind Flayer 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 Githyanki, rose up and destroyed their empire, leaving only small pockets of Mind Flayers behind.

Abilities

 Mind Blast

 Tentacle Lash

Notable Mind Flayers

• The Emperor
• Omeluum

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