Tadpole Charm

See also: Instinctive Charm

Tadpole Charm is an Illithid Power triggered as a reaction. This feature allows a character to  Charm an attacker.

Description

Channel the dark allure of the tadpole to  Charm an enemy that attacks you, preventing them from attacking you until their next turn.

Properties

Cost

 Reaction

Details

 WIS Save (Spell save DC)

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

Technical details

UIDs

Target_TAD_Charm

Action triggered by the reaction

Interrupt_TAD_Charm

Reaction which triggers the action

TAD_Charm

Passive feature which grants the reaction

Spell flags

DisableBlood, IsHarmful

Condition: Charmed

 Charmed

Duration: 1 turn

 WIS Save (Spell save DC)

• Cannot attack the spellcaster. The spellcaster has  Advantage on Charisma Checks in dialogue.

 Charmed

How to learn

Used by creatures: Illithid, Full-Illithid, and Minthara

Other ways to learn:

• Unlock with a Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen after obtaining the following illithid power:
  •  Favourable Beginnings
• Obtained automatically after becoming a Full-Illithid

Notes

• As a general rule, creatures have  Advantage on saving throws versus charm effects from enemies they are in active combat with. As a result, the saving throw for this action will always be rolled at advantage.
• The saving throw does not always appear in the combat log.
• The charm is applied after the triggering attack completes. This is also true of multiattacks and other attacks that involve multiple hits so the charm will not interrupt the sequence of attacks. As a result, this reaction is mainly useful against creatures who make multiple separate attacks with  Extra Attack.