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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
recurring nightmare. Roll on the Close Encounter table to determine which creature nearly got the best of you. Creatures marked with an asterisk appear in Boo’s Astral Menagerie; the others are
described in the Monster Manual.
Close Encounter
d10
Creature
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Beholder
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Cosmic horror*
3
Feyr*
4
Lunar dragon*
5
Mind flayer
6
Neh-thalggu
Young Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
things in life by bringing me delicacies like clams or aboleth flesh.
6
I might be willing to exert myself to take out a mind flayer. Those disgusting creatures must be stopped.
7
I dream of
dragon;young deep dragon's Humanoid form while committing a string of murders, hoping to turn local Underdark settlements against the dragon.
6
Despite repeated mind flayer attacks, a young
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon’s lair.
4
Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square
honeycombs of hidden passages, deceptively thin walls, and secret chambers that allow them to traverse the entire lair without ever being seen by intruders. The best-defended sapphire dragon lairs have no
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
mind flayer;mind flayers and other wicked Aberrations, remind amethyst dragons that allies can be found in the strangest places.
Hoarded Arcana
In addition to material wealth, amethyst dragons delight
monastery of githzerai warrior-monks, an adult amethyst dragon sends them aid against a mind flayer colony.
7
An apostate community of githyanki follows the tutelage of an adult amethyst dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon’s lair.
4
Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square. The key to closing the portal is a mythical holy
sapphire dragon wyrmling;sapphire wyrmling who left home months before.
6
An adult sapphire dragon and a squadron of githyanki have joined forces to locate and destroy a mind flayer colony
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Roleplaying a Mind Flayer When you’re roleplaying a mind flayer, the following tables contain possible inspiration. They suggest characteristics that a mind flayer might possess. Mind Flayer
’ intelligence and devise situations to test them. Mind Flayer Ideals d6 Ideal 1 Knowledge. All information is of value. (Neutral) 2 Obedience. Nothing is more important than following orders
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Realm and any creatures warped by its touch. Strangely, though, they are intrigued by and fond of flumph;flumphs. These Aberrations, which oppose the depredations of mind flayer;mind flayers and
count 20 on the next round. A creature charmed in this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the dragon issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Imprisoning Force. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
is viable. The characters’ best option is to return to Phandalin and share what they’ve discovered with a knowledgeable ally, such as Gwyn Oresong or Rivibiddel. Shortly after returning to Phandalin
, the characters discover a passage beneath the town that leads into the Underdark and to Illithinoch. They set off through the Underdark to reach the deteriorating mind flayer stronghold of Illithinoch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
become rich but to contaminate them with a psychic effect it wants to spread through the surface world. Adventurers who are motivated by the prospect of vast wealth are best off avoiding mind flayer
and divine power, they discount most magic items as trivial baubles, unless they are useful to the colony for a particular reason. A mind flayer might ignore a bag of diamonds it is offered as a bribe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
scar or two, or perhaps a recurring nightmare. Roll on the Close Encounter table to determine which creature nearly got the best of you. Creatures marked with an asterisk appear in Boo’s Astral
Menagerie; the others are described in the Monster Manual. Close Encounter d10 Creature 1 Beholder 2 Cosmic horror* 3 Feyr* 4 Lunar dragon* 5 Mind flayer 6 Neh-thalggu* 7 Neogi* 8 Space clown* 9 Vampirate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
The Grand Design The first priority of any mind flayer colony is to survive. The elder brain and its servants seek to remain hidden, typically deep within the earth, while harvesting enough
uses for psionic power or how to breed savage creatures to serve as foot soldiers. Others pursue more theoretical subjects. A mind flayer might study musical tones, for example, in hopes of finding a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. They keep the warriors in line and defend the nursery (area 16). If they are not alerted to the characters’ approach, the two are talking in Draconic, discussing how to best torture new mind flayer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
adopt it, and gave it a name: Halastron. The modron considers Halaster its friend and follows his orders to the best of its ability. Its orders are as follows: Remember its name. Defend itself. Attack
. If you expand the dungeon to the south, an illusory wall behind the petrified mind flayer conceals a tunnel beyond. The illusory wall has no substance, allowing creatures to pass right through it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Eater of Knowledge David Auden Nash Originally created by the mind flayer god-brain Ilsensine and now produced by some of that god’s followers, eaters of knowledge are lumbering, bipedal masses of
’ psionic power, making eaters of knowledge deadlier with each brain devoured. CoupleofKooks “Best to just forget every idiom you’ve ever learned, Chief. For example, in the Outlands, ‘brain food
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, Qunbraxel studies the obelisk fragment to determine how to best help the mind flayer fanatics. G24: Guard Room Lily Abdullina Qunbraxel, leader of the grimlocks in Gibbet Crossing, sits on a throne The east
(Athletics) check to shove the door hard enough to break the bar. Qunbraxel rightly believes a passage to Talhundereth is behind the door, so the mind flayer sent grimlocks to investigate. The door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
— clockwork ants forming signals and signs, messages drawn by mechanical hands, consultation with the trapped mind flayer, and so on. As best he can, Kwalish tries to instruct characters in the methods that
unkindly to Kwalish’s cavalier attitude toward life, they might decide to confront and attack him. Kwalish first creates a distraction by releasing the mephits and the mind flayer in his lab as an action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
constantly preaches devotion to Vlaakith. Each of the fortified settlements where young githyanki are raised and trained is a combination of military academy and cult headquarters. Only the Best Survive The
have proven them worthy, and now only their loyalty to the Revered Queen remains to be determined. As their last test, a group of githyanki entering adulthood must slay a mind flayer as a sacred rite
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to area X36. He gleefully offers to serve as a guide if the characters correctly answer the following riddle: I come with a smile; In slaughter, I rest; I can be contagious, But my medicine is best
saving throws against poison and resistance to poison damage. They have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. They speak Common and Dwarvish. Nihiloor the mind flayer has psychically and surgically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
best for them. Tzaryan Rrac. A cunning oni with a large force of ogres and orcs at his disposal, Tzaryan Rrac was quick to embrace the arrival of the hags, but he also yearns for greater power. Rrac is
found in the service of Daask. Xor’chylic. A mind flayer serves as the governor of Graywall. It’s said that the Daughters found Xor’chylic in Khyber, and received his loyalty in exchange for a pledge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
following: A mind flayer prison or asylum, filled with mindless thralls and tormented captives A lost dwarven necropolis containing row after row of dusty tombs waiting to be plundered A fortified outpost
gnolls A fog-shrouded swamp haunted by lizardfolk that worship a vile black dragon A jungle island inhabited by dinosaurs and human tribal warriors Towns and Cities Some of the best adventures unfold in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
partially paralyzed face and slowed speech. In truth, a mind flayer provoked the duke’s “seizure” when it took mental possession of her. Now Stelmane wages a silent war against the mind flayer’s
influence, biding her time until she can find a way to signal for aid or regain her will. Not even Stelmane’s aides are aware of her secret struggle, though they cover for her as best they can. Given her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
partially paralyzed face and slowed speech. In truth, a mind flayer provoked the duke’s “seizure” when it took mental possession of her. Now Stelmane wages a silent war against the mind flayer’s
influence, biding her time until she can find a way to signal for aid or regain her will. Not even Stelmane’s aides are aware of her secret struggle, though they cover for her as best they can. Given her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
repeated mind flayer attacks, a young deep dragon refuses to leave the cave where the dragon’s best friend—an adventurer who won the dragon’s respect and affection—lingers as a ghost.
Adult Deep Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
realize that the mind flayer fanatics placed their bolstering rune before the slaadi arrived and don’t care about returning. The characters can access Spawn Hollow from area X5 in Illithinoch. The
work and has disadvantage on its initiative check. Once it’s aware of intruders, however, the slaad is quick to attack. It does its best to kill all but one character so it can experiment with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
stone in this room was badly weakened in the mind flayer assault. The statues fall to pieces if disturbed, creating difficult terrain across the southern half or northern half of the room, depending on
“relics of the dead,” also in Dwarvish. Any character who examines the skull next to the crooked door recognizes it as that of a mind flayer. The skull crumbles if roughly handled. There is a crypt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
ulitharid† (attitude: 1d6) bargaining with 1 fomorian (attitude: 1d8) to establish a new mind flayer colony in the fomorian’s territory
†Monsters marked with a dagger (†) appear in Monsters of the
crawler (attitude: 1d4 + 1)
4 2d4 goliath giant-kin* (attitude: 1d10) practicing throwing rocks
5 1 stone giant arguing with 1 minotaur (attitude for both: 1d12) about the best path for a maze
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
telepathic commands to the charmed creature (no action required), which it does its best to obey. Mind-Weakening Ray. The target must succeed on a DC 22 Intelligence saving throw or take 36 (8d8
down to a mind flayer!” 6 “Dyrrn and the mind flayers simply want to unite all sentient creatures in collective consciousness. And I receive messages from the group mind!”