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condition, is a Humanoid or Beast, and has 10 Hit Points or fewer. Failure: The intellect devourer possesses the target, consumes its brain, and teleports inside its skull. While there, the intellect
devourer has Total Cover against attacks and other effects originating outside its host. The intellect devourer retains its Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; its understanding of Deep Speech; its
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
reign as tyrants, while others serve as sages, counselors, and repositories of information and lore for the mind flayers that protect and nourish them.The lair of an elder brain lies deep in the
Creature Sense. The elder brain is aware of the presence of creatures within 5 miles of it that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
themselves the Sawplees: a simplification of the word for “goblin” in the illithids’ dialect of Deep Speech.
In recent weeks, the Sawplee goblins’ leader found a mysterious
mind flayers, who he believes are gods.PsychicBrain Tendrils (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Brain Tendrils"}. Ruxithid unleashes a flurry of crystalline
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
grapple ends.
Extract Brain. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Extract Brain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one incapacitated humanoid grappled by the
ceremorph. Hit: 55 (10d10);{"diceNotation":"10d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Extract Brain","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
gains temporary hit points equal to the damage dealt.Death giant reapers wield massive scythes and wear armor that resembles the carapaces of giant insects. They wield the magic of shadow, which lets
complexions took on a deep-purple hue. They became the first death giants, and their descendants haunt the Shadowfell to this day, searching both that plane and the Material Plane for souls that might please
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
attack with her claws.
Swarm (Costs 2 Actions). Arasta causes two Swarm of Insects (Spiders) ;swarms of spiders (see the Monster Manual) to appear in unoccupied spaces within 5 feet of her.
Toxic Web
features made monstrous by cruel magic and ages of hatred. Webs fill her lair deep in the Nessian Wood, sticky strands made not of silk but of her own endless hair. In her darkened realm, Arasta broods on
Elder Brain
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
disadvantage on all ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of the creature’s next turn.An Elder Brain’s Lair
The lair of an elder brain always lies deep in the heart
Creature Sense. The elder brain is aware of the presence of creatures within 5 miles of it that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as
Intellect Devourer
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
damage.
Devour Intellect. The intellect devourer targets one creature it can see within 10 feet of it that has a brain. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Intelligence saving throw against this magic or
the contest, the intellect devourer magically consumes the target’s brain, teleports into the target’s skull, and takes control of the target’s body. While inside a creature, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Chamber of the God-Brain The Chamber of the God-Brain rests miles below Citadel Subterrene. The cathedral-like chamber is roughly ovoid in shape, with walls of gleaming, organic metal. The
massive God-Brain trembles in a pool of medicinal brine and experimental chemicals capable of dissolving most other creatures. The massive, alien brain’s affliction is clear from the leaking holes pocking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Intellect Devourer An intellect devourer resembles a walking brain protected by a crusty covering and set on bestial clawed legs. This foul aberration feeds on the intelligence of sentient creatures
devourer by taking the brain of a thrall and subjecting it to a horrible ritual. As it sprouts legs, the brain becomes an intelligent predator as twisted and evil as its masters. Deadly Puppet Masters. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
information and lore for the mind flayers that protect and nourish them. An Elder Brain’s Lair The lair of an elder brain lies deep in the heart of a mind flayer colony. The brain dwells in a dimly
Elder Brain The ultimate expression of mind flayer domination, an elder brain sprawls within a vat of viscous brine, cared for by mind flayer minions as it touches the thoughts of creatures near and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Ape
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Darkmantle
Deep gnome (Svirfneblin)
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
(−2)
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Deep Speech; see also Brain Dump
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Brain Dump. Whenever the neh-thalggu consumes a
Neh-thalggu Known throughout the multiverse as brain collectors, neh-thalggu consume the brains of Humanoids and use them as receptacles to enhance their magical abilities. Neh-thalggu are born in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
an elder brain always lies deep in the heart of a mind flayer colony. The creature dwells in a dimly glowing brine pool, filled with foul and brackish water infused with the elder brain’s vital fluids
no eternal communion with an elder brain is possible. The road to lichdom offers a way to escape the permanency of death, but that path is long and solitary. Alhoons are mind flayers that use a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Caverns of Thought The spies of Ilsensine report to the Caverns of Thought, a hostile realm of alien tunnels deep beneath the Outlands. Cold and calculating, Ilsensine is a divine entity revered
thralls, protect the hive mind, which intersects with Gzemnid’s Realm (detailed below). The Great Brain rarely entertains visitors. However, creatures who aspire to slay or supplant gods sometimes find
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
authority. In others, the elder brain perceives the ulitharid as a potential rival, manipulating or quashing the ulitharid’s ambitions accordingly. When an ulitharid finds sharing leadership with an
elder brain to be insufferable, it breaks off from the colony, taking a group of mind flayers with it, and forms a new colony. After the death of the ulitharid’s body, mind flayers place its brain in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Intellect Devourer Brain-Eating Body Thief Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: None Intellect devourers serve their mind flayer creators by consuming other creatures’ brains and puppetizing the mindless
Deep Speech but can’t speak; telepathy 60 ft.
CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2)
Traits
Detect Intelligence. The intellect devourer magically senses the location of any creature within 300 feet of itself that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Elder Brain Dragon One of the few consolations available to those who must contend with a mind flayer colony is the limit of its reach, which spreads only as far as the influence of the colony’s
elder brain. But this small solace withers away when a colony manages to capture a dragon. Teams of mind flayers bind the dragon, which is subject to a gruesome transformation as the elder brain latches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
stalactites, as well as the fluttering wings of thirteen stirges that live in a 30-foot-deep sinkhole to the west. The stirges attack anyone that disturbs them. 10b. Main Artery A mutated troll feeds on
open, releasing a swarm of insects (wasps) that fills a random space within 5 feet of the troll. The swarm acts on its own initiative count and attacks the nearest creature that isn’t a troll. If the troll is killed, it no longer releases any swarms.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Indigo Sanctum During the days of the duergar mining operation, the Indigo Sanctum of Zorzula’s Rest served as a sacred hall. Hidden deep within the recesses of the mountain, the Indigo Sanctum was a
. What was once a blessed hall became the home for the colony’s elder brain. Long after the mind flayers left the mining outpost, the psionic remnants of their presence still cling to the sanctum like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
.; Passive Perception 16
Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 7 (XP 2,900; PB +3)
Traits
Magic Resistance. The mind flayer has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other
) from all the mind flayer’s tentacles, and the target has the Stunned condition until the grapple ends.
Extract Brain. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15, one creature that is Grappled by the mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Mind Flayers Mind flayers, which are described in the Monster Manual, are created through ceremorphosis, a process that begins with the implantation of an illithid tadpole in the brain of a humanoid
unknown, ceremorphosis can go awry when an illithid tadpole is implanted in the brain of a gnome. This deviation might be due to the quasi-magical nature of gnomes, or simply a facet of how their minds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Challenge Ratings Creatures by Challenge Rating CR Creature 1/8 Hoard scarab 1/4 Metallic warbler 1/2 Draconian foot soldier 1 Deep dragon wyrmling 2 Crystal dragon wyrmling 2 Draconian mage 2
stalker 5 Young crystal dragon 5 Young deep dragon 6 Animated breath 6 Draconian mastermind 6 Dragonborn of Sardior 6 Dragonflesh abomination 7 Dragonborn of Tiamat 7 Liondrake 7 Young topaz dragon 8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
(or at least less ambitious) creatures. Erstwhile A significant shift in the Golgari balance of power began when the kraul death priest Mazirek discovered an ancient mausoleum compound. Deep in the
like manes, acting as extra layers for their already tough hide and facilitating their regeneration. Insects and Arachnids Beetles, centipedes, spiders, and countless other insects and arachnids infest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Ettin Ceremorph Mind flayers, which are described in the Monster Manual, are created through ceremorphosis, a process that begins with the implantation of an illithid tadpole in the brain of a
the ettin’s body, creating an ettin ceremorph. As part of the transformation process, one of the ettin’s heads sinks into the body, with that brain focused on controlling the body. The other head
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Deep Roots of War Take this message to your doddering fool of a god. His turn is coming, Laduguer willing.
— Duergar assassin Vozala Spikefist, before slaying
the dwarf king Umbrag
valuables, not digging too far beneath the surface. The dwarves of clan Duergar, however, became obsessed with delving deep into the Underdark. The clan’s miners continually insisted that a great trove of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Whispers, which is located deep inside the floating city. She sits on her Throne of Bones, a mighty artifact fueled by the intellects of mind flayers and elder brains that were defeated by her minions
. It is crafted from mind flayer skulls and extremities, and the cushion she sits on is made of leather produced from the cured remains of an elder brain. A grand statue of Gith, an obsidian monument over 100 feet tall, stands beside the palace.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Solitary mind flayers are likely rogues and outcasts. Most illithids belong to a colony of sibling mind flayers devoted to an elder brain — a massive brain-like being that resides in a briny pool
near the center of a mind flayer community. From its pool, an elder brain telepathically dictates its desires to each individual mind flayer within 5 miles of it, for it is able to hold multiple mental
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
3. Sunken Paradise This cavern has a peaked roof 30 feet high and features a broad crevasse 300 feet deep. A rocky ledge surrounds the crevasse. After descending 200 feet, the crevasse breaks through
forest of towering zurkhwood, interspersed with barrelstalks, bluecaps, and trillimacs (see “Fungi”).
Lake. The other half of the cavern contains a 30-foot-deep lake fed by three small waterfalls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Vizeran DeVir and every member of the Society of Brilliance also knows that Cyrog is named after an ancient elder brain that commands the settlement, which lies deep in the Underdark, thousands of miles to
, and through them come horrific fiends that scream, shriek, and howl as they are wrenched from the Abyss and cast into the Underdark.
A woman’s deep, dark laugh echoes in your mind as the drow wizard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. It opens as described in the “Illithinoch Features” section. Once the characters open this door and trigger its jarring mental pulse, the infected elder brain in area X15 takes notice of their
, holding a brain in each hand. The statue is made of one large piece of greenish stone, although the brains are covered with green mucus that drips from the statue’s hands into a puddle on the floor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
within the shattered remains of a fluid-filled tube deep in Citadel Subterrene. They have no idea how they arrived there.
2 A cavern the characters were exploring seamlessly abuts with Bluetspur
into their minds and emits a telepathic call for help. The map leads to a mind flayer who wants to put the God-Brain out of its misery.
7 A farmer hires the characters to protect his family
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Awareness. The mind flayer has advantage on initiative rolls and can’t be surprised as long as it
or have the stunned condition until the grapple ends.
Extract Brain. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one Humanoid grappled by the mind flayer. Hit: 55 (10d10) piercing damage. If this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
channeled along 10-foot-deep troughs. As the water courses through each trough, it passes U-shaped, gold-plated metal conductors bolted to the sides and bottom of the trough at 10-foot intervals. The energy
area 12 as it does elsewhere.
12a. South Water Collector The ceiling in this chamber forms a dome 20 feet higher than the floor around the cistern, which is 10 feet deep. Water pouring in from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
realm’s starless depths and been subsequently rewarded with extraordinary powers. Instead of heeding an elder brain, a mind flayer clairvoyant listens to the whispers and whims of the voices of the
, frightened
Senses darkvision 120 ft., truesight 15 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Legendary Resistance (3