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the death’s head’s next turn.A death’s head that arises from an aberrant monster, such as a nothic or mind flayer, might retain a measure of the mind-warping power it had in life
Flyby. The death’s head doesn’t provoke an Opportunity Attack when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.Brain-Rending Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType
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the death’s head’s next turn.A death’s head that arises from an aberrant monster, such as a nothic or mind flayer, might retain a measure of the mind-warping power it had in life
Flyby. The death’s head doesn’t provoke an Opportunity Attack when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.Brain-Rending Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType
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Flyby. The death’s head doesn’t provoke an Opportunity Attack when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage.The most common type of death’s head arises from a person or animal, perhaps the victim of an unjust execution or
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Flyby. The death’s head doesn’t provoke an Opportunity Attack when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.Petrifying Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to
. Second Failure: The target has the Petrified condition instead of the Restrained condition for 10 minutes, after which the effect ends on the target.A death’s head animated from the head of a
Vampiric Mind Flayer
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dementia and death. The results were vampiric mind flayers, feral atrocities spawned from mind flayer tadpoles infected with vampirism. These specialized but flawed terrors serve a single purpose: to drain
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
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;{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Unholy Regrowth", "rollDamageType":""} Death’s Head Trees regrow around the same place in 365 days unless the tree is killed by a creature under
blasphemous plants that grow death’s heads like foul fruit. They sprout from accursed lands, their roots snaking through mass graves, battlefields, or sites of terrible tragedies.
Death’s
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;{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Unholy Regrowth"} Death’s Head Trees regrow around the same place in 365 days unless the tree is killed by a creature under the effect of a
the Death’s Head Features table to inspire the features of a death’s head.
Death's Head Features
1d10
The Head Is That Of ...
With ...
1
A bear
Bloodshot eyes
2
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
pursue arcane magic are exiled as deviants, and for them no everlasting communion with an elder brain is possible. The road to lichdom offers an alternative way to escape the permanency of death, but
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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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
: a larger and more potent mind flayer with six tentacles. Illithids innately recognize that an ulitharid’s survival is more important than their own. An elder brain’s reaction to the rise
, taking a group of mind flayers with it, and moves to another location to form a new colony. After the death of the ulitharid’s body, a special process transforms its brain into a new elder brain for
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
gather and celebrate, dwell the followers of Yurtrus, the god of disease and death, and Shargaas, the god of darkness and the unknown. Orcs too weak for battle (because of bodily weakness, malformation
, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Aberration Aboleth
Beholder
Blue Slaad
Chuul
Cloaker
Darkmantle
Death Slaad
Flumph
Gibbering Mouther
Githyanki Dracomancer
Githyanki Knight
Githyanki Soldier
Githzerai Monk
Githzerai Psion
Githzerai Zerth
Gray Slaad
Green Slaad
Grell
Grick
Grick Ancient
Grimlock
Intellect Devourer
Kuo-toa
Kuo-toa Archpriest
Kuo-toa Monitor
Kuo-toa Whip
Mind Flayer
Mind Flayer Arcanist
Nothic
Otyugh
Piercer
Red Slaad
Roper
Slaad Tadpole
Spectator
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
CR 11 Bandit Crime Lord
Behir
Dao
Death Knight Aspirant
Djinni
Efreeti
Horned Devil
Marid
Mind Flayer Arcanist
Remorhaz
Roc
Sphinx of Lore
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
’t be removed while you are attuned to the teeth, and you can’t voluntarily end your attunement to them. If removed after your death, the tooth vanishes. You can have a maximum number of the
dawn. You gain the following flaw: “When I see wickedness in action, I must oppose it.”
8
Beyond the Rock of Bral (silver mind flayer tooth)
2 mind flayer;mind flayers
You gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, Dumathoin, that a mind flayer uprising was close at hand. Thorgran set aside his work and faked his death for the freedom to investigate without interference from hangers-on and well-meaning assistants (it is
in Thorgran’s tomb that the characters met Rivibiddel in chapter 6). Thorgran made detailed notes as he ventured toward Illithinoch, but he never reached the mind flayer stronghold. Thorgran’s corpse is now a puppet for a mutated cloaker, as the characters will discover later in this chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dementia and death. The results were vampiric mind flayers, feral atrocities spawned from mind flayer tadpoles infected with vampirism. These specialized but flawed terrors serve a single purpose: to drain
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->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Filthy 2 Lortar Ownka Skull Cleaver 3 Abzug Emen Eye Gouger 4 Shugog Sutha Iron Tusk 5 Urzul Myev Skin Flayer 6 Ruhk Neega Bone Crusher 7 Mobad Baggi Flesh Ripper 8 Shamog Shautha Doom Hammer 9
Mugrub Ovak Elf Butcher 10 Bajok Vola Spine Snapper 11 Rhorog Engong Death Spear 12 Jahrukk Volen The Brutal
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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
discuss how they might reunite and restore Sardior, the Ruby Dragon.
2
A horde of revenant;revenants led by a death knight has one goal—destroying the ancient sapphire dragon who defeated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. The feeling of freedom that comes from this change is liberating, but the specter of death forever after colors the mind flayer’s actions. An undead mind flayer is hated and hunted by other
Mind Flayer Magic From their perspective as masters of psionic energy, mind flayers view magic as a wild, unpredictable, and primitive source of power. After all, anything that simple humanoids can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
functional. At least one of the mind flayer fanatics—and perhaps all three—are here to engineer Phandalin’s forced transformation as the ritual continues. Fanatics confronted here fight to the death
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
alternative way to escape the permanency of death, but that path is long and fraught with barriers. Alhoons are mind flayers who have used a shortcut to attain a lich-like state. Elder brains forbid mind
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Githzerai Zerths Four githzerai zerths have taken refuge in the Obstacle Course. They use their psychic abilities and natural stealth to hide from Halaster’s magical gaze and the death tyrant’s
watchful eyes. The githzerai are aware that githyanki have conquered the Crystal Labyrinth (level 16) and are waging war against a mind flayer colony in Seadeeps (level 17). The githzerai wait patiently to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
nondetection spells cast on them lurk behind rock formations in the middle of the cavern.
The githyanki report to the knights in area 7c. Three fight to the death to defend the cavern, while the fourth
, the door automatically closes and locks.
Heads on Pikes. Seven decapitated mind flayer heads with limp tentacles are mounted on pikes in the middle of the cavern, facing the double door. (They were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
vampire spawn 26–27 3d6 minotaurs 28–30 A 30-foot-tall inverted black pyramid floating 1 inch above the floor in a large cave 31–32 1d10 beholder zombies 33–34 1d4 mind flayer arcanists 35–36 1d6 + 2
giants 69–70 1d10 mind flayers 71–73 2d4 stone giants 74–76 1d12 cyclopes 77–80 A large cave in which stands a 50-foot-tall idol of Blibdoolpoolp 81–85 1d3 dao 86–90 1d4 beholders 91–93 1d4 behirs 94–96 1 death tyrant 97–99 1d3 purple worms 00 2d4 aboleths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Death Giants Long ago, a large band of cloud giants traveled to the Shadowfell in search of a way to preserve their collapsing empire. Desperate to save themselves and their way of life, they
collectively made a bet with the Raven Queen, a mysterious god of death and memory who dwells on that plane. Accounts of that bet and its outcome vary: some say the Raven Queen answered every riddle the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Mind Flayer Fanatics The three most ruthless, domineering, and cunning mind flayers in Illithinoch spent their early lives scheming against one another. A few decades ago, they each realized the
brain. Ilvaash also promised the three mind flayers vast power, but only if they would carry Ilvaash’s worship into their world. The mind flayer fanatics agreed, embracing their new Far Realm godlet and
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->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Death kiss
Froghemoth
Stone giant dreamwalker
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Cloud giant smiling one
Morkoth
Challenge 12 (8,400 XP) Archdruid
Frost giant everlasting one
Ki-rin
Morkoth (in lair
)
Warlord
Yuan-ti anathema
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP) Devourer
Neothelid
Challenge 14 (11,500 XP) Elder brain
Fire giant dreadnought
Challenge 16 (15,000 XP) Storm giant quintessent
Challenge 22 (41,000 XP) Mind flayer lich (Illithilich)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
small, shiny, black metal chest next to it (see “Treasure” below). Mounted on other walls are thirteen stuffed mind flayer heads.
Secret Trapdoor. A secret trapdoor in the floor under the table opens
. Zolcharrx, ever loyal, fights to the death to cover Al’chaia’s escape. Characters who understand the Gith language can translate the battle reports in Al’chaia’s custody with a successful DC 15
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
for an expected reason. Worried about the punishments the fanatics will inflict upon them for letting invaders into Illithinoch, the two mind flayers fight to the death. Dripping Statue. The infected
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
prisoners. The githyanki and the dragon fight intruders to the death. Treasure. Raajna’s plate armor is set with six red spinels (100 gp each) and two peridots (500 gp each). 21b. Warriors’ Quarters This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Stat Blocks by Creature Type Aberrations Death kiss
Elder brain
Gauth
Gazer
Mindwitness
Morkoth
Neogi
Neogi hatchling
Neogi master
Neothelid
Ulitharid
Beasts Aurochs
Trapper
Yuan-ti anathema
Yuan-ti mind whisperer
Yuan-ti nightmare speaker
Yuan-ti pit master
Oozes Slithering tracker
Plants Thorny
Vegepygmy
Vegepygmy chief
Wood woad
Undead Alhoon
Bodak
Gnoll witherling
Mind flayer lich (Illithilich) (variant)
Spawn of Kyuss
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
no eternal communion with an elder brain is possible. The road to lichdom offers a way to escape the permanency of death, but that path is long and solitary. Alhoons are mind flayers that use a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
): fire bolt, mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, shield, Tenser’s floating disk
2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, mirror image, phantasmal
): chain lightning
7th level (1 slot): finger of death
8th level (1 slot): mind blank
Actions
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) slashing damage. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
spawn 90 1d3 cloakers 91 1d4 fire giants 92 1 mind flayer arcanist with 1d6 + 1 mind flayers 93 1d4 dao 94 1d8 + 1 driders 95 1d3 behirs 96 1d4 aboleths 97 1 beholder 98 1 young red shadow dragon 99 1 death tyrant 00 1 purple worm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
he’s building them. The answer lies with his strange companion. Until recently, this flumph surreptitiously fed on the mental energy of Arcturia’s mind flayer assistant. The illithid’s sudden death