Mind flayers: Difference between revisions

| description = Mind flayers are a non-playable race in Baldur's Gate 3. They are a type of Aberration. Mind Flayers are also known as Illithids.  

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| image = Mind Flayer Nautiloid.PNG

| int_save_proficiency = y

| wis_save_proficiency = y

| cha_save_proficiency = y

| level = 8

| feature1_name = Magic Resistance

| feature2_name = Opportunity Attack

| feature2_description = Automatically attack an enemy moving out of reach

| feature3_name = Charm

| feature3_description = Prevent an enemy from attacking you until next turn, as a reaction

'''Mind flayers''' or '''illithids''' are a non-playable [[race|race]] of [[List_of_Creature_Types#Aberration|Aberration]] creatures. 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.

== Overview ==

Mind flayers reproduce by infecting other creatures with a [[Mind Flayer Tadpole|tadpole]]<nowiki/> that consumes its host from the inside, transforming them into another mind flayer in a process called {{FRWiki|ceremorphosis}}.

Thousands of years ago, mind flayers were a dominant planar power. Using massive flying vessels called [[Nautiloid (Creature)|Nautiloid]]s, 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|gith]], rose up and destroyed their empire, leaving only small pockets of mind flayers behind.

== Interactions ==

Mind flayers play a major role as antagonists throughout the game, from the prologue into the endgame. Though most are immediately hostile, in some cases a mind flayer can be friendly or downright ingratiating. Whether their pleasantness is genuine or a self-serving veneer on their psionic charms is often left for the player to contemplate.

 

 

* Mind Flayer (prologue): A unique mind flayer in the prologue has a slightly larger health pool than mind flayers encountered later in the game. It also does not gain {{SAI|Charm}} on [[Tactician]].

 

 

{{Feature box|Mind Flayer Domination}}

{{Feature box|Levitate (Illithid Power)}}

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