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== About mind flayers == | == About mind flayers == | ||
{{quote|Psionic tyrants, slavers, and interdimensional voyagers that feed off the brains of thinking creatures.<br><br>Most belong to a hivemind colony devoted to an elder brain, and all work towards achieving the Grand Design - their dream of once more controlling empires that span the multiverse.}} | |||
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]], which 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]], which 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 ( | 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. | ||
=== Mind flayers characters === | |||
* [[The Emperor]] | |||
* [[Omeluum]] | |||
== Attacks and abilities == | == Attacks and abilities == | ||
= | {{Feature box|name=Mind Blast | ||
{{Action}} | |{{Action}} | ||
{{Saving Throw|INT|dc=15}} to avoid damage and becoming | {{Saving Throw|INT|dc=15}} to avoid damage and becoming [[Stunned (Condition)|Stunned]].{{DamageInfo|4d8+4|Psychic}}{{Recharge|Per Round}}. | ||
}} | |||
= | {{Feature box|name=Tentacle Lash|image name=Generic Physical.webp | ||
{{Action}} | |{{Action}} | ||
{{Attack Roll}}: +7 | {{Attack Roll}}: +7 | ||
{{Saving Throw|INT|dc=15}}{{DamageInfo| | {{Saving Throw|INT|dc=15}}{{DamageInfo|2d10+4|Psychic}} | ||
}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||