Homebrew Alhoon Species Details

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 shortcut and are undead.

Alhoon Traits

Precarious Immortality

Precarious Immortality

Precarious Immortality. Unlike with true lichdom, the periapt of mind trapping doesn't restore the alhoons to undeath if they are destroyed. Instead, a destroyed alhoon's mind is transferred to the periapt where it remains in communion with any other trapped alhoon minds, as well as the souls of those sacrificed.

Innate Psionics

Innate Psionics. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:

At will: Detect Thoughts, Levitate