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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
}}{{Infobox statistics
| image = Mind Flayer Nautiloid.PNG
| str = 11
| dex = 12
| con = 12
| int = 19
| wis = 17
| cha = 17
| int_save_proficiency = y
| wis_save_proficiency = y
| cha_save_proficiency = y
| level = 8
| name = Mind Flayer
| size = Medium
| type = Aberration
| imagesize = 100px
| armour_class = 15
| hit_points_tactician = 92
| hit_points = 71
| weight_kg = 60
| weight_lb = 120
| feature1_name = Magic Resistance
| feature1_description = Advantage on Saving Throws against spells and magical effects
| feature2_name = Opportunity Attack
| feature2_description = Automatically attack an enemy moving out of reach
| feature3_name = Charm
| feature3_mode = Tactician
| 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.


{{CharacterInfo
== Overview ==
|title        =  
{{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}}
|name        = Mind Flayer
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.
|image        = [[File:Mind Flayer Model.png|200px]]
 
|STR          = 11
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}}.
|DEX          = 12
 
|CON          = 12
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.
|INT          = 19
 
|WIS          = 17
== Interactions ==
|CHA          = 17
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.
|str save    =
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| image =  
|con save    =
| str = 11
|int save    = yes
| dex = 12
|wis save    = yes
| con = 12
|cha save    = yes
| int = 19
|level        = 8
| wis = 17
|race        = Mind Flayer
| cha = 17
|type        = aberration
| int_save_proficiency = y
|HP          = 91
| wis_save_proficiency = y
|AC          = 13
| cha_save_proficiency = y
|speed        = 9m / 30ft
| level = 8
|size        = Medium
| name = Mind Flayer (Prologue)
|weight      = 50kg / 100lbs
| size = Medium
|proficiency  = 3
| type = Aberration
|initiative  = +1
| imagesize = 100px
|passive      = [[File:Attack Of Opportunity Icon 64px.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Opportunity Attack]] [[Opportunity Attack]]<br>[[File:Magic Resistance Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Magic Resistance]] [[Magic Resistance]]
| armour_class = 15
|bludgeoning  =
| hit_points_tactician = 110
|piercing    =  
| hit_points = 85
|slashing    =  
| weight_kg = 60
|acid        =  
| weight_lb = 120
|cold        =  
| feature1_name = Magic Resistance
|fire        =  
| feature1_description = Advantage on Saving Throws against spells and magical effects
|force        =  
| feature2_name = Opportunity Attack
|lightning    =  
| feature2_description = Automatically attack an enemy moving out of reach
|necrotic    =  
|poison      =  
|psychic      =  
|radiant      =  
|thunder      =  
|magic        =  
|class        =  
|background  =  
|location    = [[Nautiloid]], [[Ravaged Beach]] (dead), [[Shattered Sanctum]] (dead)
|faction      =  
|family      =  
|allies      =  
|enemies      =  
|exp          = 75
|va          =  
|alt-name    =  
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'''Mind Flayers''' or '''Illithids''' are a non-playable [[race]] in [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. They are a type of [[List_of_Creature_Types#Aberration|Aberration]]. The [[Githyanki]] word for a Mind Flayer is ''ghaik''.
=== 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|Avatar character]]
** [[Karlach]]
** [[Orpheus]]
}}


== About Mind Flayers ==
=== Mind Flayer enemy variants ===
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 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]]


Mind Flayers reproduce by infecting other creatures with a [[Mind Flayer Tadpole]], which consumes its host from the inside, transforming them into another Mind Flayer in a process called {{FRWiki|Ceremorphosis}}.
== Attacks and abilities ==


Thousands of years ago, Mind Flayers were a dominant planar power. Using massive flying vessels called [[Nautiloid (Lore)|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 [[Githyanki]], rose up and destroyed their empire, leaving only small pockets of Mind Flayers behind.
{{Feature box|Tentacle Whip (Illithid)}}


== Abilities ==
{{Feature box|Mind Blast}}
* [[Mind Blast]]
* [[Tentacle Lash]]


{{Feature box|Mind Flayer Domination}}


== Notable Mind Flayers ==
{{Feature box|Levitate (Illithid Power)}}
* [[The Emperor]]
* [[Omeluum]]


==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 Model.png|Mind flayer model
File:Mind Flayer Lunch.PNG|Mind flayer consuming a brain
</gallery>
</gallery>


== See Also ==
== External links ==
* [[:Category:Mind Flayers|List of all Mind Flayers]]
 
== External Links ==
{{FRWiki|Mind flayer|long}}
{{FRWiki|Mind flayer|long}}


== ==
{{NavCreatures}}
 
[[Category: Aberrations]]
[[Category: Races]]
[[Category: Races]]
[[Category: Non-playable Races]]
[[Category: Non-playable races]]
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