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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Awareness. The mind flayer has advantage on initiative rolls and can’t be surprise;surprised as long as it doesn’t have the incapacitated condition.
Magic Resistance. The mind flayer has
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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Unusual Nature. The mind flayer doesn’t require air, food, or sleep.Multiattack. The mind flayer makes
Spider Climb. The mind flayer can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the mind flayer has
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of the creature’s next turn.
Tentacle (Costs 2 Actions). The elder brain makes one Tentacle attack.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 far. It scrawls upon the canvas of the creatures’ minds
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Amorphous. The oblex can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Aversion to Fire. If the oblex takes fire damage, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks
plunders the creature’s mind, leaving its prey befuddled and confused—or dead.
When oblexes feed on thoughts, they can form weird copies of their prey to use as lures, which helps them harvest even more victims for their mind flayer masters.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
it can see within 120 feet of it:
1: Aversion Ray. The targeted creature must make a DC 13 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls for 1 minute. The target
to a mind flayer’s. The mindwitness is psychically imprinted with devotion to the elder brain and submission to illithid commands.
A mindwitness’s primary function is to improve telepathic
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. The refraction targets a creature within 120 feet of itself and disrupts its mental processes, causing the target to have disadvantage on all ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the
end of the target’s next turn.
Projected Claw (Costs 2 Actions). The refraction makes one Dissonant Claw attack.Ilvaash was formed from the remains of the mind flayer god Ilsensine, the God
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, though evil forces—such as the mind flayer empire of old—have conducted much research on the topic. For centuries, mind flayers have tried to create armies of mutates to sweep through
the mutate’s next turn. While the copies exist, attack rolls against the mutate are made with disadvantage.
Psychic Moan (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Amorphous. The oblex can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Aversion to Fire. If the oblex takes fire damage, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks
Undead succeed on the save automatically.
While memory drained, the target must roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled from its ability checks and attack rolls. Each time the target is memory
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Amorphous. The oblex can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Aversion to Fire. If the oblex takes fire damage, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks
, Plants, and Undead succeed on the save automatically.
While memory drained, the target must roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled from its ability checks and attack rolls. Each time the target is
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. Xardorok attacks twice with a weapon or casts eldritch blast twice.
Spiked Gauntlet. Melee Weapon
during a raid against a mind flayer enclave, along with another daughter and three sons. Xardorok killed his eldest son, Ulthoon, son of Thizrun, for plotting to overthrow him. His surviving offspring are
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
flesh twists in alien ways. The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls, its speed is reduced by half, and if it tries to cast a spell, it must first succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence check or the spell
part of me has become a conscious entity.”
5
“My opponents must bow 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!”
Poison, Psychic
Backgrounds
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
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
to adapt to zero gravity. Being weightless doesn’t give you disadvantage on any of your melee attack rolls (see “Weightlessness” below).
WEIGHTLESSNESS
In any location where
Elder Brain
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
disadvantage on all ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of the creature’s next turn.An Elder Brain’s Lair
The lair of an elder brain always lies deep in the heart
of a mind flayer colony. The creature dwells in a dimly glowing brine pool, filled with foul and brackish water infused with the elder brain’s vital fluids and with psionic energy.
Lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Awareness. The mind flayer has advantage on initiative rolls and can’t be surprised as long as it
Mind Flayer Prophet Some mind flayers dedicate their lives to channeling abstruse truths from beyond reality. This insight gives them preternatural senses and allows them to focus their innate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Flayer Slayer Weapon (Greataxe), Rare (Requires Attunement) Carvings of decapitated mind flayers adorn this greataxe’s metal blade. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the mind flayer has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
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
* 10 Void scavver* Feature: Wildspace Adaptation You gain the Tough feat from the Player’s Handbook. In addition, you learned how to adapt to zero gravity. Being weightless doesn’t give you disadvantage on any of your melee attack rolls (see “Weightlessness” in chapter 2).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
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
flayer servants don’t bring meals directly to it, the elder brain reaches out with tendrils of thought, compelling creatures to come to it so that it can feed on them. When a mind flayer perishes, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, dangerous wildernesses, or the Underdark. 2 A curse from a powerful hag, vengeful witch, or strange Artifact. 3 An experiment by an aboleth, a mind flayer, or another life-shaping magic-user. 4 A magical
drider has Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls.
Web Walker. The drider ignores movement restrictions caused by webs, and the drider knows the location of any other creature in contact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the creature’s next turn.
Light Sensitivity. While in bright light, the meenlock has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Actions
Claws. Melee
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->Volo's Guide to Monsters
transforms four of the beholder’s eyestalks into tentacles similar to those of a mind flayer, and alters some of the beholder’s eye rays. Less intelligent than beholders and less liable to endanger the colony
function of a mindwitness is to improve telepathic communication in a mind flayer colony. A creature in telepathic communication with a mindwitness can converse telepathically through it to as many as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
XP)
False Appearance. While the galeb duhr remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal boulder.
Rolling Charge. If the galeb duhr rolls at least 20 feet straight toward a target and
the mouther and can hear the gibbering must succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the creature can’t take reactions until the start of its next turn and rolls a d8 to determine what it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
duergar has advantage on attack rolls and Dexterity saving throws while standing within 5 feet of a duergar ally wielding a shield.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the duergar has
disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Actions
King's Knife. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
and confused—or dead. When oblexes feed on thoughts, they can form weird copies of their prey to use as lures, which helps them harvest even more victims for their mind flayer masters. Oblex Spawn An
Bonus +2
Amorphous. The oblex can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Aversion to Fire. If the oblex takes fire damage, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
primary function is to improve telepathic communication in a mind flayer colony. A creature in telepathic communication with a mindwitness can converse through it to as many as seven other creatures
make a DC 13 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
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
target to have disadvantage on all ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of the target’s next turn.
Projected Claw (Costs 2 Actions). The refraction makes one Dissonant Claw attack.
Richard Luong
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
Crypt of the Talhund have disadvantage on attack rolls against anyone wearing this armor. P4: Hidden Sanctum Access Rooms This small, empty room bears a heavy stone door opposite its entrance.
The stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
poison, spells, and illusions, as well as to resist being charmed or paralyzed.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the duergar has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception
a raid against a mind flayer enclave, along with another daughter and three sons. Xardorok killed his eldest son, Ulthoon, son of Thizrun, for plotting to overthrow him. His surviving offspring are
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->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
, and roll for the dealer and participating NPCs. Everyone rolls and reveals their dice at once. The participant with the highest total wins, but anyone who rolls a 1 automatically loses. Olidammara’s
shaped like an icosahedron that rolls itself on the table once all bets have been placed to determine the outcome. The rules are as follows: Participant Bets. Participants bet on one or more numbers
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
sound rolls through the room. Creatures in the room must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw, taking 22 (4d10) thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Aberrations, fiends, and undead in the region have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks for the next 24 hours. 19–24 Each creature carrying the holy symbol of a deity from a non-evil plane while
Patron is a Great Old One rolls a 1 or 20 on the d20 for an ability check, an attack roll, or a saving throw. The characters take a short or long rest in the region. A creature spends more than an hour
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
, Grandolpha has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Actions
Poison Spray (Cantrip). Grandolpha extends her hand toward a creature she can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
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
captain, so they can work more effectively against the horde. Once they rally, the pirates and the captain working together destroy one zombie per round. The characters have advantage on attack rolls and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, imposing disadvantage on the creature’s attack rolls against those targets. An affected creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a
corrupted creature’s flesh twists in alien ways. The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls, its speed is reduced by half, and if it tries to cast a spell, it must first succeed on a DC 15