Mind flayer (windmill)

Mind Flayer

In-game
Model
Portrait

Stats

Balanced Difficulty Stats

Level

5

HP

71

AC

10

Initiative

+1

Proficiency

+3

Weight

60 kg (120 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (0)	12 (+1)	12 (+1)	19 (+4)	17 (+3)	17 (+3)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
0	+1	+1	+7	+6	+6

Conditions

Brain-Starved
Ability Scores are reduced by 10 while wracked with a ravening hunger for brain matter.
Sleeping
Cannot move or act and automatically fails Strength/Dexterity saving throws. Attacks against it have Advantage and automatically critical hits within melee distance.

Features

Magic Resistance
Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

Explorer Difficulty Stats

Level

5

HP

49

AC

10

Initiative

+1

Proficiency

+5

Weight

60 kg (120 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (0)	12 (+1)	12 (+1)	19 (+4)	17 (+3)	17 (+3)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
0	+1	+1	+9	+8	+8

Conditions

Brain-Starved
Ability Scores are reduced by 10 while wracked with a ravening hunger for brain matter.
Sleeping
Cannot move or act and automatically fails Strength/Dexterity saving throws. Attacks against it have Advantage and automatically critical hits within melee distance.

Features

Magic Resistance
Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

Tactician Difficulty Stats

Level

5

HP

92

AC

10

Initiative

+1

Proficiency

+3

Weight

60 kg (120 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (0)	12 (+1)	12 (+1)	19 (+4)	17 (+3)	17 (+3)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
0	+1	+1	+7	+6	+6

Conditions

Brain-Starved
Ability Scores are reduced by 10 while wracked with a ravening hunger for brain matter.
Sleeping
Cannot move or act and automatically fails Strength/Dexterity saving throws. Attacks against it have Advantage and automatically critical hits within melee distance.

Features

Magic Resistance
Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Charm
Channel the dark allure of the tadpole to Charm an enemy that attacks you, preventing them from attacking you until their next turn.

The windmill Mind flayer is a notable mind flayer that can be found sleeping underneath the Abandoned Windmill in Rivington during Act Three. It is brain-starved, as a result of its recent ceremorphosis.

Involvement

Act Three

If a party member interacts with the mind flayer, The Emperor informs them that it is a recently transformed mind flayer, and to kill it to consume its power. The party can sneak away via a Stealth check or awaken the mind flayer.

Upon waking up, the mind flayer notices the party's tadpoles and asks for a fresh brain to consume, which initiates Feed the Mind Flayer. The party can bring it a fresh corpse, tell it to find its own food, or kill it. The first and third options grant a free Illithid power.

According to Absolute Orders: Newborn, which is carried by the mind flayer, its former name could have been Alyan.

Combat

Attacks and abilities

Notable loot

Related quests

Feed the Mind Flayer

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