Medium Aberration (Mind Flayer), Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 18 (breastplate)
Hit Points 95 (16d8 + 13)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11 (+0)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
14 (+2)
INT
19 (+4)
WIS
17 (+3)
CHA
17 (+3)
Saving Throws INT +8, WIS +7, CHA +7
Skills Arcana +7, Deception +6, Insight +6, Perception +6, Persuasion +6, Stealth +4
Damage Resistances Psychic
Senses Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 16
Languages Deep Speech, Telepathy 120 ft., Undercommon
Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +4
Traits

Magic Resistance. The mind flayer has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The mind flayer’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:

At will: detect thoughts, levitate, silvery barbs 

1/day each: dominate person, plane shift (self only)

Actions

Multi attack: You may make two attacks with mind razor and take the mind blast action or cast a spell.

Mind Razor  Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 20 [rollable](1d6+2d4+ 4); On a hit

Extract Brain. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one incapacitated humanoid grappled by the mind flayer. Hit: The target takes 55 (10d10) piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the mind flayer kills the target by extracting and devouring its brain.

Mind Blast (Recharge 5–6). The mind flayer magically emits psychic energy in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or take 22 (4d8 + 4) psychic damage and be stunned for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Bonus Actions

Cunning action:  May take a hide, dash, or disengage action as a bonus action.

Brain sense:  The mindflayer can sense the intelligence scores and the spell casting abilities of creatures within 100 feet of them for one minute..

Reactions

Parry. The knight adds 2 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the knight must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.

Description

The captain can use their intelligence score instead of strength to grapple a creature.

When the captain attacks they can forgo one of their hits to implant a tadpole into the creature. 

When the captain kills a creature of 3cr or less they can instead dominate person.

Monster Tags: Mind Flayer

Habitat: Underdark

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