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", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Dagger", "rollDamageType
, chitines make good workers, and they can be useful if the cult finds an independent chitine colony and want to infiltrate it. If the creation process yields a choldrith, though, the cult destroys
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restrictions caused by webbing.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5
connection to Lolth, which gives them divine magic. They also make up the ruling caste of most chitine colonies. A colony can support numerous choldriths, who serve as commanders, priests, and
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
","rollAction":"Tentacles"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d8 + 8);{"diceNotation":"3d8+8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tentacles","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage
, feeblemind, telekinesisA slime-covered worm of immense size, a neothelid is the result of the mind flayer reproductive cycle gone horribly wrong. When an illithid colony collapses, typically after an
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
", "rollAction":"Slam"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 6);{"diceNotation":"2d10+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus
become a gorging menace that can overrun an entire mind flayer colony.
Encephalons
When an illithid colony lays its eggs dangerously close to a Far Realm rift, an egg sac has a chance to mutate into
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
available to those who must contend with a mind flayer colony is the limit of its reach, which spreads only as far as the influence of the colony’s elder brain. But this small solace withers
hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d10 + 8);{"diceNotation":"2d10+8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 11
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creatures telepathically hear each other while connected in this way.Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tentacle"} to hit, reach 30 ft., one
are so-called among non-illithids because they act as the central communication hub for an entire mind flayer colony, just as a brain does for a living body. Linked to the elder brain, the colony acts
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollAction":"Tentacles"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 27 (4d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"4d10+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Tentacles", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage. If
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Extract Brain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one incapacitated Humanoid grappled by the ulitharid. Hit: 55 (10d10);{"diceNotation":"10d10", "rollType
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.Mind flayers create cranium rats by bombarding rat;rats with psionic energy. If enough cranium
eyes and ears for the colony’s elder brain, transmitting their thoughts when they swarm and are within range of the elder brain’s telepathy.Illumination. The cranium rat sheds dim light from its exposed brain in a 5-foot radius or extinguishes the light.
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, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Chilling Grasp", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage, and the alhoon regains 14 hit points.
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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
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Slam"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Psychic Slam", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage.Due to the influence of the
encephalon cluster in a matter of days, at which point it begins producing its own gemmules.
Encephalons
When an illithid colony lays its eggs dangerously close to a Far Realm rift, an egg sac has a
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
and doesn’t regenerate.Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2
salvage materials from their surroundings. Vegepygmy scavengers use stealth to bring food, tools, and weapons back to the colony. These scavengers leverage their nimbleness and natural camouflage to
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and doesn’t regenerate.Multiattack. The vegepygmy makes two Claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft
save, the target takes half as much damage only.
The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.The oldest vegepygmies in a colony
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;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bites"} to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm’s space. Hit: 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bites
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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upright, aarakocra might reach 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that taper to sharp talons.
Feathers cover their bodies. Their plumage typically denotes membership in a tribe. Males are
miles on a side, with each tribe hunting in the lands nearest to their colony, ranging farther should game become scarce.
A typical colony consists of one large, open-roofed nest made of woven vines
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Acquisitions Incorporated
sickle.
Sickle. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Sickle"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4+2","rollType":"damage
relic known as the Black Altar, exposing him to their infinite truths and shocking the drow's hair jet-black. His matching “beard” is actually a slow-growing colony of inert spores that K'thriss
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
mindwitness makes one Bite attack and one Tentacles attack, or it uses Eye Ray three times.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach
":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tentacles"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 20 (4d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"4d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tentacles","rollDamageType
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d10+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d6+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType
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attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10+7);{"diceNotation":"2d10+7
damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (1d8+7);{"diceNotation":"1d8+7", "rollType
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Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 6);{"diceNotation
"} thunder damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d8 + 6);{"diceNotation":"1d8+6","rollType
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within 5 feet of another, conscious jermlaine.Club. Melee weapon attack: -1;{"diceNotation":"1d20-1","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Club"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 (1d4 − 3
communicate with such rodents. Underdark explorers know to keep a careful watch when encountering signs of a rat infestation. Those rodents, as creatures of the surface world, are rare in the deep Underdark. Their presence invariably signals the presence of a jermlaine colony.
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attacks and uses Spellcasting.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d8+2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2", "rollType":"damage
may find their brain removed and placed within a strange cylinder. The item keeps the brain alive, allowing the mi-go to consult with their former servant as needed. A large mi-go colony may have
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wake.Multiattack. The worm makes one Bite attack and uses Psychic Caress on one or two creatures.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 10
of alien psychic energy. It also serves as the queen of a hivemind colony of infinite wormlike spawn that seek mortal hosts to feast upon and control.
Secret. A specific series of constellations and
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that the mind flayers can’t rebuild their shattered empire without expanding their reach. It might resent its new rival, but it can take comfort that soon enough the ulitharid will strike out on its own and the colony will return to normal.
Enemies Everywhere Elder brains seek stability and safety for their colonies, and a colony can remain in a relatively peaceful state for decades if it can evade discovery while it acquires food. Two
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that the mind flayers can’t rebuild their shattered empire without expanding their reach. It might resent its new rival, but it can take comfort that soon enough the ulitharid will strike out on its own and the colony will return to normal.
Enemies Everywhere Elder brains seek stability and safety for their colonies, and a colony can remain in a relatively peaceful state for decades if it can evade discovery while it acquires food. Two
Elder Brain
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":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tentacle"} to hit, reach 30 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (4d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"4d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tentacle","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning
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.
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network, taking on specific tasks, sharing information, and so on. At the center of this network is the elder brain. The elder brain is the most powerful member of a mind flayer colony. Just as mind
flayers treat thralls made from captured humanoids, an elder brain expects perfect obedience from the illithids that dwell in its colony. If a single mind flayer in a colony sees or hears something, the
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network, taking on specific tasks, sharing information, and so on. At the center of this network is the elder brain. The elder brain is the most powerful member of a mind flayer colony. Just as mind
flayers treat thralls made from captured humanoids, an elder brain expects perfect obedience from the illithids that dwell in its colony. If a single mind flayer in a colony sees or hears something, the
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Mind Flayers Deep in the Underdark, a githyanki vanguard force attacked a large colony of mind flayers controlled by an elder brain. Fearing the colony’s destruction, the elder brain instructed its
most loyal vassal, an ulitharid called Extremiton, to establish a splinter colony somewhere safe from githyanki incursions. Extremiton made its way to Undermountain with a group of mind flayers, laid
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Mind Flayers Deep in the Underdark, a githyanki vanguard force attacked a large colony of mind flayers controlled by an elder brain. Fearing the colony’s destruction, the elder brain instructed its
most loyal vassal, an ulitharid called Extremiton, to establish a splinter colony somewhere safe from githyanki incursions. Extremiton made its way to Undermountain with a group of mind flayers, laid
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, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Unnatural Origin. Long ago, the drow first subjected elf prisoners to horrible rituals that transformed the captives into
an independent chitine colony and want to infiltrate it. If the creation process yields a choldrith, though, the drow destroy the creature immediately. Lolth’s Chosen. Choldriths are born with a
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born with a mystical connection to Lolth, which gives them divine magic. They also make up the ruling caste of most chitine colonies. A colony can support numerous choldriths, who serve as commanders
, priests, and supervisors. The choldriths continually jockey for position, although they rarely confront one another in a way that puts the colony at risk. The colony is ruled by a sovereign, who
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, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Unnatural Origin. Long ago, the drow first subjected elf prisoners to horrible rituals that transformed the captives into
an independent chitine colony and want to infiltrate it. If the creation process yields a choldrith, though, the drow destroy the creature immediately. Lolth’s Chosen. Choldriths are born with a
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12. Paradise Lost These 40-foot-high caverns once housed a thriving fungus forest and a colony of peaceful myconids. The hobgoblins slaughtered the myconids, then burned down the forest. A thin
, Chanterella, has a flaring yellow cap and a ruffled yellow body half cooked by fire. It recounts the hobgoblins’ horrific attack and mourns the destruction of its colony. In gratitude for helping it, the
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12. Paradise Lost These 40-foot-high caverns once housed a thriving fungus forest and a colony of peaceful myconids. The hobgoblins slaughtered the myconids, then burned down the forest. A thin
, Chanterella, has a flaring yellow cap and a ruffled yellow body half cooked by fire. It recounts the hobgoblins’ horrific attack and mourns the destruction of its colony. In gratitude for helping it, the
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Elder Brain Dragon One of the few consolations available to those who must contend with a mind flayer colony is the limit of its reach, which spreads only as far as the influence of the colony’s
elder brain. But this small solace withers away when a colony manages to capture a dragon. Teams of mind flayers bind the dragon, which is subject to a gruesome transformation as the elder brain latches