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Player’s Handbook
You call forth an aberrant spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range and uses the Aberrant Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose Beholderkin, Mind Flayer
, or Slaad. The creature resembles an Aberration of that kind, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when the spell ends.
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Aberrant Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose Beholderkin, Mind Flayer, or Slaad. The creature resembles an Aberration of that kind, which determines certain details in its stat block. The
spell slot’s level for the spell’s level in the stat block. Aberrant Spirit Medium Aberration, Neutral
AC 11 + the spell’s level
HP 40 + 10 for each spell level above 4
Speed 30 ft.; Fly 30 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
once on each table that follows it. In the tables, a name in bold refers to a stat block in the Monster Manual. Raiding Party Composition Members Number Present Githyanki warriors 2d6 Githyanki
githyanki want to fight and loot to relieve their boredom 3 Revenge; the githyanki seek a stolen silver sword 4–5 Mind flayer hunt; the githyanki are seeking mind flayers and their thralls 6 Vlaakith’s orders; the githyanki have been dispatched to seize a specific item or person
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Sentry Druid Fire Elemental Flameskull Githyanki Knight Green Hag Grick Ancient Guard Hill Giant Hydra Manticore Marid Mephit, Smoke Mind Flayer Noble Noble Prodigy Owlbear Red Dragon, Young Roc
Skeleton, Flaming Spirit Naga Tough Boss Treant Troll Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3) Key NPCs Name
Role
Stat Block
Location
Catacus Druidic elf elder who wants the dragon protected Archpriest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
arrival. Wade Acuff The gates of Illithinoch are slimy and foreboding X2: Reception Hall An enormous statue at the east end of this long room depicts a massive mind flayer with its arms outstretched
holding an assortment of bottles, and an enormous walk-in closet containing dozens of long, elegant robes.
Hashutu is the most self-indulgent of the mind flayer fanatics. He keeps dozens of bottles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Garaele, Halia, and Ander all use the berserker stat block, but replace their Greataxe action with the following: Psychic Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3
harm. The townspeople promise to keep the infected villagers safe until some cure can be found. (They don’t know that the only cure is defeating the mind flayer fanatics.) Once the chaos from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
remain there
Alien minerals and samples of rare ores line the shelves of this metallurgist’s laboratory. An advanced detention drone (use the shield guardian stat block) stands in the room’s
tentacles. Upon seeing the characters, Bimbi sighs with relief and explains it’s searching for fresh brains to feed its friend, a mind flayer imprisoned in an isolation chamber (area 20b). “I used to find
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the creature shakes it off, as described in the infected elder brain’s stat block, or until the linked creature leaves Illithinoch (including by passing through the Far Realm rifts). Smooth Shapes
Realm now suffuse the stronghold, casting it in dim light. Qualith Rooms in Illithinoch the mind flayer fanatics claimed as their own (areas X3, area X7, area X8, and area X14) are inscribed with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
E6: Passenger Car A mind flayer in a beige coat kneels beside a body in the aisle of this passenger car. Three curious onlookers—a cambion, a drow, and bronze dwarf with flames for hair—poke their
heads out of nearby cabins. “No one move a muscle!” warns the mind flayer. “This whole car just became a crime scene.”
This car contains three cozy passenger cabins and two privies (one at each end of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
on a folded gray blanket, and the slimy, decapitated head of a mind flayer whose headless body has bled out on the floor nearby. The corpse is being feasted on by maggots.
Old Trap. The double door
recently, Arcturia had a mind flayer assistant. She tore off its head to study the psychic energy stored in its brain. Next to the head is a long pair of steel tweezers and a ladle. The 1-foot black cube
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
as squads of zealous mind flayer prophets (see appendix A) led by militant enforcers called brain breakers. Brain breakers look like giant brains with stout legs, and they wear steel armor made from
interlocked links of Ilvaash’s runes (knots of tentacles, brains, and jagged lines reminiscent of jaws). A brain breaker uses the stat block of an infected elder brain (see chapter 7) with the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the most powerful mind flayer mages can pursue, since it requires the ability to craft a phylactery and cast the imprisonment spell. A mind flayer lich uses the lich stat block (see the Monster Manual
Flayers Three members of the horrific illithid family appear here, joining the regular mind flayer in the Monster Manual.
Alhoon Mind flayers that pursue arcane magic are exiled as deviants, and for them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
(see the accompanying stat block) is an arrogant mind flayer warlock. Qunbraxel is either seated on the stone throne or reviewing the intricate map drawn on the wall. Qunbraxel is always attended by four
(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
Contact The easiest approach is to have Kwalish in area O7 when the characters arrive — an elderly gnome arcane inventor (use the evoker stat block from Volo’s Guide to Monsters) working on his latest
— 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
defending him when the Six operatives arrive — as they do only moments later. See “Operatives of the Six” below for more information on the fight with the mind flayer Szorrulax and its minions. Right
Operatives of the Six Szorrulax is the mind flayer the characters might have previously seen in the portal network. It has the iconic secretarian feature (see “Iconic Faction Features” in appendix B
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ball of toxic fog. If there’s anything at its hidden center, it must be very small and thus of no consequence. Toppled Statue. One of the floating islands is a toppled statue that depicts a mind flayer
detection and location is still on his headless corpse. (The amulet doesn’t block the psychic abilities of Ilvaash and the mind flayers, such as Creature Sense and detect thoughts.) Eclectic souvenirs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
braille-like writing called Qualith, which the mind flayer reads with its tentacles. A non-illithid must use a comprehend languages spell or similar magic to comprehend the writing. The book contains all
the spells Cephalossk has prepared (see the sidebar in the “Mind Flayer” entry in the Monster Manual). 11e. Elan’s Room Familiar. Elan’s familiar, a black spider with blood-red markings, clings to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Ten-foot-high stone bleachers hug the northwest half of the room. Staircases lead from the bleachers to other areas of the lair, and a tunnel under the bleachers leads west to the monster cell block
. It pushes open to reveal area X33 beyond. X7. Cell Block This area contains four cells separated by bars. The rectangular iron doors have locks built into them, and Noska Ur’gray carries the keys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
rumors of rising mind flayer activity beneath the Sword Mountains. The journal’s author plans to spy on a mind flayer stronghold called Illithinoch deep underground. The author hopes this information will
accompanying stat block) named Vundru. Vundru used to lurk much closer to Illithinoch, where he became infused with minor psychic abilities. He has no knowledge of the Far Realm and no desire to learn more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
pass for a nose, and four small holes where one would expect to see teeth.
The skull embedded in the wall is that of a mind flayer that came up from the Underdark thousands of years ago. How it
became lodged in the stone is anyone’s guess. Any character who examines the skull and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check concludes that it came from a mind flayer. Any attempt to pry the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
to leave through the doorway to the west, all four crypt guardians burst out to fight until destroyed. The crypt guardians use the revenant stat block with the following changes: They speak Dwarvish
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
realm like surgeons operating with a hatchet. Your intrusion ends now.”
The refraction of Ilvaash (see the stat block below) wields only a sliver of the godlet’s power but is nevertheless a formidable
of Ilvaash Huge Aberration (Mind Flayer), Lawful Evil
Armor Class 11 (natural armor)
Hit Points 199 (21d12 + 63)
Speed 10 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover), swim 10 ft.
STR
17 (+3)
DEX
10 (+0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
.”
The mind flayer fanatics psionically charged the crystal and used it to telepathically communicate with Ruxithid as well as store important messages for him. After the message plays aloud, the
some victims were deemed unfit and left to starve within the sanctum’s depths. There are three hostages here, and all use the commoner stat block. They are Dareth Grint, a human farmer who is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Layout. The githyanki describe the layout of areas B1 through area B9. They don’t know about the creatures currently lairing in area B3. Mind Flayer Fanatics. The githyanki overheard the musician in area
from the maze. If the characters describe the gateway in area B1 that leads to a mind flayer stronghold, Varakkta decides to raid Illithinoch. Despite Varakkta’s superficial friendliness, she remains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
to aid the Heralds of the Comet. Virtually any Aberration could fill the same role, such as an aboleth, a beholder, or a mind flayer. Humanoid Cultists. The cultist and cult fanatic stat blocks can
fill out the ranks of aspirants and initiates. Since members of the group are drawn from all walks of life, virtually any Humanoid stat block can serve the same purpose, from commoners and thugs to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
mind flayer stat block, though he can also speak Common. Four of the tentacles under the high priest’s mask are alive, writhing subtly as he speaks. Zekrikitch telepathically probes the minds of any
(2d8) poison damage and have the poisoned condition for 1 minute. Immediately after a cocoon bursts, a mass of squirming, barbed tentacles (use the swarm of poisonous snakes stat block) emerges in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Features” in appendix B) and uses the priest stat block with these changes: She wears half plate (AC 15). She has these racial traits: Her speed is 25 feet. She has darkvision out to a range of 60 feet
on the deck. The first time the characters are spotted, the party gains one failure point, and each character comes under attack by two crew members firing crossbows (use the bandit stat block). If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
. Engineered to contain all manner of planar convicts, the Prison’s cells vary by block. Fire elementals and arsonists are sealed in frigid cells, while giants are issued with magic collars that sap their
-red chambers, where prisoners are dragged to but sometimes never return. When an inmate proves especially resilient or dangerous, the Mercykillers banish them to the Hole, a cylindrical cell block of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
mind?
Perhaps a psychic wind from the Astral Plane carried psionic energy to you, or you were exposed to the Far Realm’s warping influence. Alternatively, you were implanted with a mind flayer tadpole
, but your transformation into a mind flayer never occurred; now the tadpole’s psionic power is yours. However you acquired this power, your mind is aflame with it.
Level 3: Psionic Spells When you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
are seven mind flayer skulls. A character can identify the depiction with a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Religion) check. An indentation in the statuette’s base holds the key that unlocks the iron
. In attendance today is Xardorok’s paramour, Grandolpha Muzgardt (see the accompanying stat block). The three duergar cooks are Grandolpha’s loyal bodyguards. The chardalyn dragonet next to Grandolpha
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
jumpsuits inspect the devices. Four slimy tentacles sprout from each of the creatures’ bulbous, octopean heads.
Michele Giorgi A mind flayer
in a spacesuit Passengers watched films, news, and other
rocklike bark and grasping vines occupy this stretch of the walkway. The creatures use the roper stat block but are Plants instead of Monstrosities. They are hostile toward all non-Plant creatures. S39
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, gleaming sword (use the flying sword stat block in the Monster Manual) appears within 60 feet of an aberration, a fiend, or an undead, which becomes the sword’s target. The sword deals radiant damage
reading an eldritch tome written by those who have seen or otherwise interacted with the Far Realm. A Far Realm Incursion with Mind Flayer Nautiloids Far Realm Effects d100 Effect 01–09 A