Illithid powers: Difference between revisions

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== List of illithid powers ==

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| {{SAI|Illithid Persuasion|w=40}}

| You can use your connection to the parasite in your brain to force cultists of the Absolute to obey you.

| Unlocked automatically

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| {{SAI|Psionic Overload|w=40}}

| Your attacks deal an additional {{DamageText|1d4|Psychic}} damage, but you take {{DamageText|1d4|Psychic}} damage every turn.

| None

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| {{SAI|Favourable Beginnings|w=40}}

| The first {{Attack Roll}} or {{Ability Check}} you make against any target gains a bonus equal to your [[Proficiency Bonus]].

| None

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| {{SAI|Force Tunnel|w=40}}

| Charge forward, pushing all objects and creatures in your path 4 m / 13 ft away from you.

| None

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| {{SAI|Concentrated Blast|w=40}}

| Deal {{DamageText|3d6|Psychic}} damage. You must be {{SmallIcon|Concentration Icons.png|link=Concentration}} [[Concentration|Concentrating]] on another spell to cast this. If the target was concentrating, you heal as much as the damage that was dealt to it. The spell you were concentrating on will end.

| None

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| {{SAI|Transfuse Health|w=40}}

| Sacrifice half your remaining {{Hp}} to heal a target for the same amount.

| None

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| {{SAI|Stage Fright|w=40}}

| Your targets have {{Disadvantage}} on {{Attack Roll}}s and take {{DamageText|2d6|Psychic}} damage each time they miss. Targets overcome their Stage Fright early when they succeed on an Attack Roll.

| [[Psionic Overload]]

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| {{SAI|Ability Drain|w=40}}

| Once per turn, when you make an {{Attack Roll}}, the attack reduces that target's corresponding [[Ability]] by 1. The Ability that is reduced is the same as the one used to make the Attack Roll.

| [[Psionic Overload]]

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| {{SAI|Luck of the Far Realms|w=40}}

| When you make a successful {{Attack Roll}} against a foe, you can change that attack into a [[Critical Hit]]. {{Recharge|Long Rest}}.

| [[Favourable Beginnings]]

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| {{SAI|Charm|w=40}}

Note: Enemies have {{advantage}} on the {{saving throw}} against being charmed.

| [[Favourable Beginnings]]

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| {{SAI|Displace|w=40}}

| Creatures suffering Falling damage because of your actions take an additional {{DamageText|1d8|Psychic}} damage.

| [[Force Tunnel]]

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| {{SAI|Repulsor|w=40}}

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{{see also|Partial-illithid}}

When you first gain access to illithid powers, the outer ring of abilities will be locked. At the very end of [[Act Two]], on the road to [[Baldur's Gate]], you will be given the opportunity to unlock these powers by agreeing to absorb the [[Astral-Touched Tadpole]] and become a [[partial-illithid]]. Doing this will automatically unlock [[Fly (Illithid Power)]] and the 5 powers of the innermost ring, i.e. [[Concentrated Blast]], [[Favourable Beginnings]], [[Force Tunnel]], [[Psionic Overload]], and [[Transfuse Health]]. Any regular [[tadpoles]] the character might have already spent to unlock these abilities will be refunded. Absorbing the Astral-Touched Tadpole will also permanently mark your character's face with dark veins and darken their eyes.

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| {{SAI|Fracture Psyche|w=40}}

* [[Ability Drain]]

* [[Illithid Expertise]]

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| {{SAI|Illithid Expertise|w=40}}

* [[Luck of the Far Realms]]

* [[Fracture Psyche]]

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| {{SAI|Psionic Dominance|w=40}}

* [[Charm]]

* [[Black Hole]]

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| {{SAI|Black Hole|w=40}}

* [[Displace]]

* [[Psionic Dominance]]

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| {{SAI|Fly (Illithid Power)|Fly|w=40}}

| Fly to a target position. Consumes {{Action|Movement}} speed but not an {{Action}} or {{Action|Bonus}}.

| Unlocked automatically

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| {{SAI|Mind Blast|w=40}}

| Spew forth a conical wave of psychic energy and possibly {{Cond|Stunned|Stun}} targets within. Deals {{DamageText|4d8+Spellcasting Ability Modifier|Psychic}} damage.

| None

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| {{SAI|Mind Sanctuary|w=40}}

* [[Psionic Backlash]]

* [[Freecast]]

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| {{SAI|Freecast|w=40}}

* [[Shield of Thralls]]

* [[Mind Sanctuary]]

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| {{SAI|Absorb Intellect|w=40}}

* [[Perilous Stakes]]

* [[Displacer Beast Shape]]

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| {{SAI|Displacer Beast Shape|w=40}}

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{{see also|Full-illithid}}

During the final quest, [[Confront the Elder Brain]], Karlach or the player character will have the option to undergo full ceremorphosis and become a [[full-illithid]]. At this point, they will automatically unlock most illithid powers and gain access to more powerful versions of a select few.

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These illithid powers are not part of the illithid power tree and are instead unlocked through story events.

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| {{SAI|Survival Instinct|w=40}}

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=== Act One ===

==== True Souls ====

* A special variant, [[Mind Flayer Brain]], can be found on a [[mind flayer]] hiding in the [[Windmill Basement]] of the Abandoned Windmill {{Coords|44|-38}} in [[Rivington]].

Illithid powers follow the same rule as scrolls when it comes to which ability is used for the saving throws of spells that requests one (e.g. Stage Fright).

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{{Achievement|Expand Your Mind}}

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tadpole_power_example.png|Example of a character readying an illithid power.