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, Piercing, Psychic, SlashingEldritch Magic (3/Day). The elder thing casts Command, Detect Thoughts, Gust of Wind, or Nondetection, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18).
Magic Resistance. The elder thing has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The elder thing makes two Soothing Tentacle attacks and uses Psychic Skewer
Elder Brain
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this manner.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The elder brain’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 18). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components
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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(Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The darkling elder casts darkness, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.A wise and respected darkling can undergo a ritual to
Death Burn. When the darkling elder dies, magical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area
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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
this manner.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the elder brain fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The elder brain has advantage on saving throws against spells
Ulitharid
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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
, the elder brain can form a psychic link with any other creature the ulitharid can detect using its Creature Sense. Any such link ends if the creature falls outside the telepathy ranges of both the
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Creature Sense. The elder brain is aware of creatures within 1 mile of itself that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as well as each one
.
Magic Resistance. The elder brain has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Telepathic Hub. The elder brain can use its telepathy to initiate and maintain telepathic
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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
, the elder brain can form a psychic link with any other creature the ulitharid can detect using its Creature Sense. Any such link ends if the creature falls outside the telepathy ranges of both the
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of its hit points remaining, the swarm casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: command
rats as spies. The rats invade communities and act as eyes and ears for the colony’s elder brain, transmitting their thoughts when they swarm and are within range of the elder brain’s
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this action again.
Spellcasting. The living portent casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability:
2/day: Cure Wounds
1/day each
encounter.
Variant: Servants of Living Stars
Some stars in the sky are Elder Evils, alien beings of godlike power from the reality-defying Far Realm.
A living portent can be a fragment of these beings
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saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Spellcasting. The mage casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma
or Kezef—usually a warlock or other spellcaster—contacts the comet-borne emissary of an Elder Evil, the emissary can merge with a mortal consciousness to create a larva mage. None of the
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(Psionics). The neothelid casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At will: levitate
1/day each: confusion
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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alhoon casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At will: dancing lights, detect magic, detect thoughts
pursue arcane magic are exiled as deviants, and for them no everlasting communion with an elder brain is possible. The road to lichdom offers an alternative way to escape the permanency of death, but
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casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At will: detect magic, detect thoughts, levitate, mage armor (self only
off from any elder brain Qunbraxel considers worthy, the mind flayer hopes to join the Ilvaash fanatics and receive power and insight from the Far Realm.
Elder Oblex
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until the end of its next turn.
Innate Spellcasting. The oblex’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 18). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material
’s main body and the simulacrum. The simulacrum disappears if the tether is severed.Multiattack. The elder oblex makes two pseudopod attacks and uses Eat Memories.
Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack
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Spellcasting. K'thriss's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: dancing lights, disguise self
1/day
largely indifferent elder entity from beyond reality. Tapped into this dark power, the “C” Team's hoardsperson sees all existence as a puzzle to unlock, and he is obsessed by the essential lack of meaning
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.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The mind flayer casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect magic, detect
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 Far Realm. In
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Ivana looks eternally youthful, causing some to doubt her competence and attribute her success to her elder cousin, Ivan Dilisnya. Perpetually bored with and disappointed by predictable people
its mind, understanding the meaning of the message.
Spies. While in Borca, Ivana can cast Clairvoyance, requiring no Material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability. To cast the
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until the end of its next turn.
Unusual Nature. The oblex doesn’t require sleep.Multiattack. The elder oblex makes two Pseudopod attacks, and it uses Eat Memories.
Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack
, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18):
At will: charm person (as 5th-level spell), detect thoughts
3/day each: dimension door, dominate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
) necrotic damage.
Darkness (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The darkling elder casts darkness, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.
Darkling Elder A wise and respected darkling can undergo a ritual to become an elder. Other elders mark the supplicant with glowing tattoos, channeling away some of the darkling’s absorbed light. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
.
Bonus Actions
Eldritch Magic (3/Day). The elder thing casts Command, Detect Thoughts, Gust of Wind, or Nondetection, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18).
Elder Thing Inscrutable Entity from Another Realm Habitat: Mountain, Underdark; Treasure: Arcana Mathias Kollros The aliens known as elder things have colonized countless worlds over unfathomable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Aartuk Elder Aartuk Elder
Large Plant, Typically Lawful Evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 75 (10d10 + 20)
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
10 (+0
., one target. Hit: 10 (4d4) radiant damage.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The aartuk casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The elder brain casts one of the following spells, requiring no
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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
ejected from its keyhole. A character can open the gate without the stone key by using an action to pick the lock, requiring a successful DC 20 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. If the check fails
successful one. Characters must be 9th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
perceived in this manner.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The elder brain’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 18). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no
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->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
(Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The darkling elder casts darkness, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.
.
Actions
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.
Darkling Elder A wise and
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“us.” Spies for an Elder Brain. Mind flayer colonies use cranium rats as spies. The rats invade surface communities and act as eyes and ears for the elder brain, transmitting their thoughts when they
swarm and are within range of the elder brain’s telepathy. Cranium rats occasionally spread beyond the elder brain’s range of influence. Whatever these rats do is of no concern to the elder brain, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
four. Illithids innately recognize that an ulitharid’s survival is more important than their own. In most colonies, an ulitharid becomes an elder brain’s most favored servant, invested with power and
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 9d on level
gate closes, the bas-relief reappears, and the key is ejected from its keyhole. A character can open the gate without the stone key by using an action to pick the lock, requiring a successful DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Adult and Elder Oblexes Newly formed oblexes lack the capabilities of their older kin. They seek only to feed on memories and grow until they can impersonate their victims. Older oblexes, called
, requiring no components:
3/day each: charm person (as 5th-level spell), color spray, detect thoughts, hold person (as 3rd-level spell)
Sulfurous Impersonation. As a bonus action, the oblex can extrude a
Compendium
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Alhoon Mind flayers that pursue arcane magic are exiled as deviants, and for them no everlasting communion with an elder brain (appears in this book) is possible. The road to lichdom offers an
alternative way to escape the permanency of death, but that path is long and fraught with barriers. Alhoons are mind flayers who have used a shortcut to attain a lich-like state. Elder brains forbid mind
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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
Compendium
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colonies use cranium rats as spies. The rats invade communities and act as eyes and ears for the colony’s elder brain (appears in this book), transmitting their thoughts when they swarm and are within
range of the elder brain’s telepathy. Swarm of Cranium Rats Swarm of Cranium Rats
Medium Swarm of Tiny Aberrations, Typically Lawful Evil
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 76 (17d8)
Speed 30 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
: Servants of Living Stars
Some stars in the sky are Elder Evils, alien beings of godlike power from the reality-defying Far Realm. A living portent can be a fragment of these beings’ will. These
also be different. Some known Elder Evils include the following:
Acamar. A dead star that consumes other stars or sidereal bodies it encounters.
Caiphon, the Dream Whisperer. A purple star whose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The elder brain casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell
. 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
inches in length is killed by the elder brain to be food for it or for less mature tadpoles. Any tadpole that survives beyond that state is perceived as a threat to the colony, and the mind flayers