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| description = Mind | | 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 | ||
}}{{Infobox creature | |||
| 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 | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{ | '''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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== Overview == | |||
{{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. | ||
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| | 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}}. | ||
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| | 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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| | == 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]] | |||
* 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 | * 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 == | |||
{{Feature box|Tentacle Whip (Illithid)}} | |||
{{Feature box|Mind Blast}} | |||
{{Feature box|Mind Flayer Domination}} | |||
{{Feature box|Levitate (Illithid Power)}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery heights=" | <gallery heights="250" mode="nolines" widths="200"> | ||
Mind Flayer.jpg|A | File:Mind Flayer.jpg|A mind flayer in Early Access | ||
File:Mind Flayer Lunch.PNG|Mind flayer consuming a brain | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== External links == | |||
== External | |||
{{FRWiki|Mind flayer|long}} | {{FRWiki|Mind flayer|long}} | ||
[[Category: | {{NavCreatures}} | ||
[[Category: Aberrations]] | |||
[[Category: Races]] | |||
[[Category: Non-playable races]] |