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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 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|tadpole]]<nowiki/>that consumes its host from the inside, transforming them into another mind flayer in a process called {{FRWiki|ceremorphosis}}. | 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. | 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. | ||
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=== | === Mind Flayer Characters === | ||
* [[Omeluum]] | * [[Omeluum]] | ||
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* [[The Emperor]] | * [[The Emperor]] | ||
* In the endgame, the player can choose to transform a character [[Full-illithid|completely into a mind flayer]]: | * In the endgame, the player can choose to transform a character [[Full-illithid|completely into a mind flayer]]: | ||
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** [[Karlach]] | ** [[Karlach]] | ||
** [[Orpheus]] | ** [[Orpheus]] | ||
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=== Mind Flayer enemy variants === | |||
* 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]]. | |||
* [[Illithid Arcanist]] | |||
== Attacks and abilities == | == Attacks and abilities == | ||
{{ | {{Feature box|Tentacle Whip}} | ||
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{{Feature box| | {{Feature box|Mind Blast}} | ||
{{ | {{Feature box|Mind Flayer Domination}} | ||
{{ | {{Feature box|Levitate (Illithid Power)}} | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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{{NavCreatures}} | {{NavCreatures}} | ||
[[Category: Aberrations]] | |||
[[Category: Races]] | [[Category: Races]] | ||
[[Category: Non-playable races]] | [[Category: Non-playable races]] | ||