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| 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.  
| 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.  
| image = Mind Flayer.jpg
| image = Mind Flayer.jpg
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| name = Mind Flayer
| image = Mind Flayer Model.png
| level = 8
| size = Medium
| type = Aberration
| ac = 15
| t hp = 92
| hp = 71
| weight kg = 60
| str = 11
| dex = 12
| con = 12
| int = 19
| wis = 17
| cha = 17
| int save prof = y
| wis save prof = y
| cha save prof = y
| passives = Magic Resistance, Opportunity Attack
| t passives = Magic Resistance, Opportunity Attack, Charm
}}
}}
{{CharacterInfo
'''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.
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'''Mind flayers''' or '''illithids''' are a non-playable [[race|race]], and a type of [[List_of_Creature_Types#Aberration|Aberration]]. 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.


== About mind flayers ==
== Overview ==
{{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.}}
{{Q|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.|author=in-game racial description}}
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]]<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.


=== Mind flayers characters ===
== 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.
{{Infobox creature
| name = Mind Flayer (Prologue)
| image = Mind Flayer Nautiloid.PNG
| size = Medium
| type = Aberration
| level = 8
| ac = 15
| t hp = 110
| hp = 85
| weight kg = 60
| str = 11
| dex = 12
| con = 12
| int = 19
| wis = 17
| cha = 17
| int_save_proficiency = y
| wis_save_proficiency = y
| cha_save_proficiency = y
| passives = Magic Resistance, Opportunity Attack
}}
 
=== Mind Flayer Characters ===
* [[Omeluum]]
{{SpoilerBox|
* [[The Emperor]]
* [[The Emperor]]
* [[Omeluum]]
* In the endgame, the player can choose to transform a character [[Full-illithid|completely into a mind flayer]]:
** [[Origins|Player character]]
** [[Karlach]]
** [[Orpheus]]
}}
 
=== 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|name=Mind Blast
|{{Action}}


{{Saving Throw|INT|dc=15}} to avoid damage and becoming [[Stunned (Condition)|Stunned]].{{DamageInfo|4d8+4|Psychic}}{{Recharge|Per Round}}.
{{Feature box|Tentacle Whip (Illithid)}}
}}


{{Feature box|name=Tentacle Lash|image name=Generic Physical.webp
{{Feature box|Mind Blast}}
|{{Action}}


{{Attack Roll}}: +7
{{Feature box|Mind Flayer Domination}}


{{Saving Throw|INT|dc=15}}{{DamageInfo|2d10+4|Psychic}}
{{Feature box|Levitate (Illithid Power)}}
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery heights="250px" mode="packed">
<gallery heights="250" mode="nolines" widths="200">
Mind Flayer.jpg|A Mind Flayer in Early Access
File:Mind Flayer.jpg|A mind flayer in Early Access
File:Mind Flayer Lunch.PNG|Mind flayer consuming a brain
</gallery>
</gallery>
== See also ==
* [[:Category:Mind Flayers|List of all Mind Flayers]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category: Aberrations]]
[[Category: Races]]
[[Category: Races]]
[[Category: Non-playable races]]
[[Category: Non-playable races]]
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