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can voluntarily leave the body, teleporting to the nearest unoccupied space within 5 feet of it. The body then dies unless its brain is restored before the end of the intellect devourer’s next turn.Psychic
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
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telepathic contact is first established. If the save is successful, the creature is aware that something is eavesdropping. The nature of the eavesdropper isn’t revealed.
If the elder brain dies, these
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
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the colony.
This process doesn’t work on the brain of an ulitharid that dies a natural death, as such brains are too decrepit to be used. Instead, each ulitharid carries a psionically enhanced
in this manner.
Magic Resistance. The ulitharid has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Psionic Hub. If an elder brain establishes a psychic link with the ulitharid
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saving throw or have the prone condition. If this attack reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target immediately dies and is consumed by the cluster.
Spawn Progeny (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest
the attacker, it then makes one Slam attack against that attacker.An encephalon cluster pays no heed to an elder brain or its mind flayer progenitors. This grotesque creature shambles through dark
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damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of its next turn. Dyrrn dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Teleport. As a bonus action, Dyrrn can
teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.Multiattack. Dyrrn makes one Tentacle Whip attack and uses its Corruption once. Dyrrn can replace its Tentacle Whip attack with Extract Brain if it
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within 10 feet of the neothelid. If the neothelid dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 20 feet of movement, exiting prone.
Acid Breath
external assault, and the elder brain is killed, the colony’s tadpoles are suddenly freed from their fate. They no longer serve as food—and are no longer fed by their caretakers. Driven by
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worm infesting it (maximum of 10d6);{"diceNotation":"10d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Burrowing Worm (Maximum)","rollDamageType":"necrotic"}, and if it drops to 0 hit points, it dies and then
worms jump onto nearby Humanoids and burrow into their flesh. A worm that penetrates a Humanoid body makes its way to the creature’s brain. Once inside the brain, the worm kills its host and
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Vegetation. Vegetation within 1 mile of the lair becomes infested with parasitic fungi, slowly mutating as it is overwhelmed.
If Zuggtmoy dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10
a victim’s brain, turning it into a fanatic servitor. Each victim gains the Spore Kissed trait.
Spore Kissed. This creature is immune to the charmed and frightened conditions. In addition
Elder Brain
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commingled with those of other creatures to which it is linked.
If the elder brain dies, these effects immediately end.
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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dies, unless its brain is restored within 1 round.
Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
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
Gray Slaad (control gem variant)
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is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Innate Spellcasting. The slaad’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). The slaad can
.
Regeneration. The slaad regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point.
Control Gem. Implanted in the slaad’s brain is a magic control gem. The slaad must obey
Death Slaad (control gem variant)
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is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Innate Spellcasting. The slaad's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15, +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7
Gem. Implanted in the slaad's brain is a magic control gem. The slaad must obey whoever possesses the gem and is immune to being charmed while so controlled.
Certain spells can be used to acquire the
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is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Innate Spellcasting. The slaad's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). The slaad can innately
slaad's brain is a magic control gem. The slaad must obey whoever possesses the gem and is immune to being charmed while so controlled.
Certain spells can be used to acquire the gem. If the slaad
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nearest unoccupied space within 5 feet of it. The body then dies, unless its brain is restored within 1 round.
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
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creature is aware that something is eavesdropping. The nature of the eavesdropper isn’t revealed. If the elder brain dies, these effects immediately end.
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
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dies, the intellect devourer must leave it. The intellect devourer is also forced out if the target regains its devoured brain by means of a Wish spell. By spending 5 feet of its movement, the
intellect devourer can voluntarily leave the body, teleporting to the nearest unoccupied space within 5 feet of it. The body then dies unless its brain is restored before the end of the intellect devourer’s
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, elevating themselves to the position of leadership normally held by an elder brain. Regardless of the arcanist’s personal inclinations, it faces the same stark fact: When it dies, it will not join the host of
other creatures to which it is linked. If the elder brain dies, these effects immediately end.
Elder Brain
Large aberration, lawful evil
Armor Class 10
Hit Points 210 (20d10 + 100)
Speed 5 ft
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
flayer dies, other mind flayers try to salvage the dead illithid’s brain and bring it to the colony’s brine pool for the elder brain to consume. For this purpose, mind flayers craft funerary brain jars
. Eventually, a mind flayer thus separated from the hive turns to the path of lichdom. Just as the elder brain offers immortality to its faithful illithids, so does becoming a lich ensure life everlasting
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assault, and the elder brain (appears in this book) is killed, the colony’s tadpoles are suddenly freed from their fate. They no longer serve as food—and are no longer fed by their caretakers. Driven by
without being implanted in a brain so they can’t become such threats. Neothelids are not intelligent enough for elder brains to detect, so mind flayers are always alert for signs of their presence
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an external assault, and the elder brain is killed. When that happens, the colony’s tadpoles are suddenly freed from their fate. They no longer serve as food, and in turn are no longer fed by their
strongest taboos in illithid society is the idea of allowing a mature tadpole to survive without implanting it into a donor brain. Under normal circumstances, any tadpole that grows larger than a few
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green worms crawling in and out of it become visible. These worms jump onto nearby Humanoids and burrow into their flesh. A worm that penetrates a Humanoid body makes its way to the creature’s brain
. Once inside the brain, the worm kills its host and animates the corpse, transforming it into a spawn of Kyuss, which breeds more worms. Spawn of Kyuss are expressions of Orcus’s intent to replace all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Vampiric Mind Flayer When the mind flayers of Bluetspur (see chapter 3) could find no cure for their overlord’s affliction, their degenerating elder brain turned to radical methods to stave off
the cerebral fluids from sapient minds. After doing so, they return to the Elder Brain of Bluetspur, which liquefies them into its pool and releases their stolen essences amid a hormone brine. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
who bring about a dragon’s death are often changed forever. Some sages describe dragons as being akin to knots in the fabric of magic—concentrations of power in material form. When a dragon dies
, that knot is undone, sometimes resulting in a surge of magical energy. You can use the Dragon Death Throes table to help you decide what happens when a dragon dies. Characters who slay a dragon are often
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Encephalon Cluster An encephalon cluster pays no heed to an elder brain or its mind flayer progenitors. This grotesque creature shambles through dark and forgotten caverns, spewing warped progeny so
saving throw or have the prone condition. If this attack reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target immediately dies and is consumed by the cluster.
Spawn Progeny (Recharges after a Short or Long
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. A worm that penetrates a humanoid body makes its way to the creature’s brain. Once inside the brain, the worm kills its host and animates the corpse, transforming it into a spawn of Kyuss that
damage per worm infesting it (maximum of 10d6). A worm-infested target dies if it drops to 0 hit points, then rises 10 minutes later as a spawn of Kyuss. If a worm-infested creature is targeted by an
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Spaceship Locations, Level 4 The fourth level of the spaceship is the service deck. It is the central node of the ship, the brain from which the ship’s core functions derive their processing power
mentioning their contents—if the servers are destroyed, the collective knowledge of an entire civilization dies with them. Destroying Aphelion. If three or more of the servers are destroyed, the rest begin
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chamber, a rat with an exposed brain and a bloated stomach lies belly-up on a porcelain plate scattered with pink crumbs. As the rodent meets your gaze, you hear a low voice in your mind. “Do what you
cake are cursed. Over 1d4 hours, a cursed creature’s head takes on fiendish aspects. At the end of this time, the creature dies, and its head tears from its body as a hostile vargouille reflection
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contains special payments Naruv has received over the years. Most of these are odd, worthless items like brain-shaped rocks or bottles of rancid perfumes, but the chest also contains a silver tiara
their bolstering rune here. Bashudu is irate at the betrayal but has lost too much of its vital essence to Naruv’s ritual. Bashudu dies a few minutes after meeting the characters. If the characters
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the start of its next turn. Belashyrra dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Teleport. As a bonus action, Belashyrra can teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied
make a DC 22 Wisdom saving throw, taking 49 (9d10) psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If this damage reduces a creature to 0 hit points, it dies and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the same in each form. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Fire Giant Dreadnought The ordning for fire giants emphasizes not just strength but also skill at forgecraft. The foundry is the
heart of any fire giant community. It is temple, school, proving ground, and political hub rolled into one. Those who have brawn but little brain are usually consigned to the lowliest of tasks such as
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
20 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, each of which falls prone in a space within 10 feet of the froghemoth. If the froghemoth dies, a swallowed
Languages Modron
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Axiomatic Mind. The monodrone can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions.
Disintegration. If the monodrone dies
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
concentration on these spells for as long as possible while attacking with their mauls on later turns. When a dao dies, its body disintegrates into crystalline powder. A slain dao leaves behind its maul and
Jars Symbol Organs and Former Owners Cat Heart from Alessia Baseer Sword Left eye from Okuzor Crystal ball Brain stem from Xemru Thaal Wand Kidneys from Zeren Zoradius Book Pancreas (shriveled
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rats arrive and attack 1 round later. All the rats are dyed a bright green from trap C in area 3. Treasure. When the final rat dies, it coughs up a humanoid finger bearing a platinum ring worth 20 gp
possibilities of the multiverse seep into their brain. On a failure, overwhelming theoretical possibilities impose one level of exhaustion on the character. On a successful save, the character gains a






