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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
such forbidden texts can be hidden from other illithids and even from an elder brain. Yet eventually, mind flayer arcanist;mind flayer arcanists determined to pursue wizardry must flee the colony for
reality, a group of nine mind flayer arcanists used their arcane magic and psionics to weave a new truth. These nine called themselves the Alhoon, and those who follow in their footsteps are referred to by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
31. Illithid’s Assistant This room was reserved for Arcturia’s mind flayer assistant, which met a grisly end in area 29. It has the following features: Decor. The stone walls are sculpted to resemble
harness and a loincloth.
The harness-wearing human is Ellix Gaspar (NE male Tethyrian human mage with no spells prepared). He holds a half-eaten loaf of bread. Arcturia pulled him out of Dweomercore
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Sandyfoot. This neutral good halfling, headquartered in a neighborhood known as the Burrows, holds sway over craftspeople. The Juggler. This chaotic good elf oversees a network of swindlers and minstrels
underbaron who specializes in smuggling. This underbaron—a mind flayer—breeds intellect devourers and uses them to turn Bralian citizens into spies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
door that opens into area 5d.
The statue holds five gold-painted stone coins in its outstretched hand. Close inspection reveals that one of the coins is loose and can be removed from the statue’s
statue of a cloaked female dwarf, her face half hidden under a cowl. In one outstretched hand, she holds an alien skull, yellowed with age. The statue depicts Deep Duerra, the duergar god of conquest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Ilvaash’s Anima The characters don’t spot this nodule until they’ve visited at least five other nodules. This is where the mind flayer fanatics are engaging in the ritual to transform Phandalin into
the seat of their new mind flayer empire. This location is presented on map 8.9. Mike Schley Map 8.9: Ilvaash’s Anima View Player Version Arched tentacles surround a shallow pit forty feet in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
thinking. For a time, the study of such forbidden texts can be hidden from other illithids and even from an elder brain. Yet eventually, mind flayer arcanists determined to pursue wizardry must flee
reality, a group of nine mind flayer arcanists used their arcane magic and psionics to weave a new truth. These nine called themselves the Alhoon, and those who follow in their footsteps are referred
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
neutral mind flayer named Ignatius Inkblot. Seeing the characters, Ignatius lights a pipe with a match it holds with one of its face tentacles. The pipe exudes a green vapor that smells of absinthe
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
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->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Mind Flayer Lairs In the lair of a mind flayer colony, the safety and security of its residents is all-important. As a result, illithid lairs are always well hidden and well defended, almost always
, and wait for new orders. Any mind flayer in need of assistance can visit this room to obtain the needed muscle power. In the event of an attack, the thralls gather here to arm themselves and ready for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
dead mind flayer as a trophy. Treasure. Lying on the deck near the dead mind flayer is an Ioun stone (reserve). The stone currently holds a single casting of the shield spell. 4: Bridge Floor The
party’s help. Benoto is a psurlon ringer (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie), a descendant of a group of psurlons that traveled with the Lucent Edict’s original mind flayer crew. The mind flayers were attacked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
their franchise since the first time any of them made use of the orrery components the party holds. (If the characters have not used any of the components, it’s been the process of drawing them
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
wizardry eludes the mind like a living thing. Yet eventually, understanding comes, and a mind flayer arcanist must accept itself as deviant and flee the colony if it is to live.
Existential Fear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
months ago. The desk holds a journal splattered with blood and brains. The journal outlines the wizard’s plan to survey the Endless Void by first listing its observable floating nodules. The tone of the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Her symbol is a mind flayer skull.
According to legend, Deep Duerra stole the power of psi from the mind flayers and gifted it to her people. Her command of psionic power was so great that she
dominated a mind flayer colony and turned the illithids into her slaves. Inspired by her mythic deeds, her priests are devoted to finding and annihilating mind flayer colonies or turning mind flayers into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
14. Sepulchers This corner of the dungeon holds a pair of dusty crypts. 14a. Southern Crypt The door to this room is engraved with a large rune, while the door frame is carved with leering dwarven
11, rested here while he meditated.) The southern sarcophagus contains the bones and tattered robe of a long-dead mind flayer. 14b. Northern Crypt The door to this room is identical to the one guarding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
12. Dynamo The central feature of the mind flayer colony is a psionic, quasi-magical turbine powered by a thunderous underground river that flows through it. River water entering the dynamo is
the door.
Illithids. Two mind flayers are present. One stands behind the grimlock, feasting on its brain while telepathically communicating the experience to the second mind flayer, which looks on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
they would fall apart with a touch.
Each sarcophagus holds a dwarf crypt guardian whose spirit was corrupted by the mind flayers’ magic. When a sarcophagus is disturbed or a living creature attempts
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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
contains sixteen cloudy jars with preserved humanoid brains in them. The footlocker holds nine similar jars, all empty. Cephalossk hungers for fresh brains but subsists on preserved ones when no other
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
mannequins for target practice. The bathtub, which he has converted into a bed, is padded with straw and mangy furs. Wooden Cage. A simple latch holds the cage door shut. The rust monster can’t harm
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->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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Hobgoblin Barracks The old furnishings were cleared out of this chamber to make room for thirty-two wooden cots. Five hobgoblins rest here between patrols. 21f. Brain-Dog Kennel The mind flayer
intellect devourers hide among the wreckage. They target intruders with their Devour Intellect action option.
21g. Xanathar’s Ambassador A mind flayer named Ulquess resides here, serving as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-smelling slime in the case of Cephalossk the mind flayer). Embedded in the stuffed chest of each doll is one of the night hag’s toenail clippings, signifying and enabling her secret power over the
. Next to this table is a wooden barrel that holds humanoid body parts in various stages of decay.
Hanging Corpses. Four mostly intact human corpses are hanging from hooks mounted to the south wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Spaceship Locations, Level 2 The second level of the spaceship comprises athletic facilities, cargo holds, and recreational spaces. Known as the observation deck, this level overlooks the garden
simple workrooms contain one combat robot and three worker robots programmed to haul, manage, and protect cargo in the adjacent cargo holds (see area S33). The robots are inactive and indifferent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Room This room holds two large iron safes.
Guards. This room is part of the guard rotation. Roll to determine if a guard is present (as described in “Interior Security”). Locked Door. The door to
and feathers. Chirps, grunts, and howls fill the air.
Cages. Each cage has a door held shut by a rudimentary latch. One contains exotic birds. Another holds two giant lizards and six flying snakes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
with them from the monastery, there are no obvious ways for the characters to enter the ooze safely. However, the tower of the apparatus garage (area O5) holds an option for doing so. See that area for
ooze, filling the immediate area with an eerie light. A glass statue of an artisan near the kiln’s fire holds a crystal bauble as if shaping it. Accessing the extradimensional space within this bauble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Zumzn in the northwest chamber. Sarcophagi. The sarcophagus in the southwest holds the remains of Kh’krai, and the one in the southeast holds the remains of Suthket. They were buried with honor despite
are barely visible. The room holds a scene of chaos: a river cascades through a bottomless abyss, suddenly transforming into a ribbon of iron. A nearby boulder blooms into fire as lightning scatters
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
with a bulky padlock. A stone door is set into the western wall.
Closet. The western door opens into a closet that Xardorok has converted into a shrine. A shelf embedded in the south wall holds a 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
appendix A). The intellect snare lurks in an alcove behind the stack of metal chests. It amplifies the psychic echoes in this room to show a scene of a wailing mind flayer atop the table, struck so hard
dust or battered dishes, but one holds an alchemy jug beneath a few mugs. T12: Kitchen This large kitchen contains stone counters, a sink of clear water, and an oven containing orange embers. A rack of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. If the backpack is claimed, it holds maps worth 500 gp to Head Office. If only one of the checks succeeds, the characters still gain the maps but a crew member spots them if they are not already
characters to receive a telepathic message from the mind flayer: “I will consume you and your companions. Your end comes soon.” More information on this Six agent can be found in “On Board The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
stone staircase curves down the wall of the pit, which holds three enormous stone vats brimming with differently colored liquids.
Four cultists in dark purple robes pile armfuls of humanoid bones into
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
escorted to their room by force. F7: Fortune’s Wheel This hall holds the game after which the casino is named: fortune’s wheel. The dazzling, upright roulette wheel, decorated with blinking lights and prizes
weapon of their choice. Tentacle. The participant wins the still-writhing tentacle of a mind flayer. It’s sticky. Trinket. The participant wins one random trinket (roll on the Trinkets table in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dyrrn’s influence. At the start of the Last War, the dwarves of the Mror Holds discovered passages to the daelkyr’s realm below their halls, and Dyrrn’s cults have spread from there. Mind flayers
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!”