Mind flayer [Archive] - Wizards Community

Mind flayer [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Direbarbarian
09-03-07, 05:39 PM How do you make a mind flayer? What kind of racial stats does it get?
Count Nerindil Van Seraph
09-03-07, 05:55 PM It should say so in the monster manual.
Direbarbarian
09-03-07, 06:19 PM The ones I have don't contain this monster can someone tell me how and/or which MM it's in?
Meep326
09-03-07, 06:45 PM It's in the MM One on pg. 186.
Khadmus
09-03-07, 08:41 PM Ask for a refund if your MM is broken. It might be referred to as "illithid".
StevenO
09-03-07, 11:27 PM Oh, it is in the core MM as Mind Flayer. It is not part of the Open Gaming License and thus not found in the SRD if that is the "Monster Manual" one is looking in.
Khadmus
09-04-07, 02:05 PM If you buy the right book, you might be able to reverse engineer a statblock into the base mind flayer. I did that with the Umber Hulk.
Avenger314
09-04-07, 02:22 PM Expanded Psionics Handbook also lists the rules for a psionic mind flayer.
1 ton ghost
09-04-07, 09:00 PM they are created by ceremorphisis (Lords of Madness). basically, a spawning tank where "tadpole" mindflayers are deposited from assexual parent/donor, they swim around a while during a culling process; insures strong samples/good genes.
ultimately surviving tadpoles are plucked from a tank and desposited in ear canal, nostril, orbital (eye) regions of bound/incapacitated host, typically from med. size humanoid (commonly, drow, human, deurgar, goblinoid, etc.)
slowly but surely they eat away at some sections and reprogram the rest of the brain until tadpole parasite assumes full control, sprouts his squidiness, and heightens laten psionic potential...

and viola! mini-Cthulu rip off!

as for Character Gen they are like ECL 15 or something obscene. all the stuff they get...
+7 LA i think, and bunch of HD, (Su), and (Sp)...very brutal, very hard to kill.
Zombie_Duck
09-05-07, 03:44 AM Try savage species pg 185 it has a level by level break down of the Mind flayer. I personally always wanted to try it but never found a campaign that it fit into. But MM5 has a new cult of mind flayers in it. They are more willing to work with other evil creatures than normal mind flayers. If you are looking to play one you may want to look over it.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Direbarbarian 09-03-07, 05:39 PM	How do you make a mind flayer? What kind of racial stats does it get?
Count Nerindil Van Seraph 09-03-07, 05:55 PM	It should say so in the monster manual.
Direbarbarian 09-03-07, 06:19 PM	The ones I have don't contain this monster can someone tell me how and/or which MM it's in?
Meep326 09-03-07, 06:45 PM	It's in the MM One on pg. 186.
Khadmus 09-03-07, 08:41 PM	Ask for a refund if your MM is broken. It might be referred to as "illithid".
StevenO 09-03-07, 11:27 PM	Oh, it is in the core MM as Mind Flayer. It is not part of the Open Gaming License and thus not found in the SRD if that is the "Monster Manual" one is looking in.
Khadmus 09-04-07, 02:05 PM	If you buy the right book, you might be able to reverse engineer a statblock into the base mind flayer. I did that with the Umber Hulk.
Avenger314 09-04-07, 02:22 PM	Expanded Psionics Handbook also lists the rules for a psionic mind flayer.
1 ton ghost 09-04-07, 09:00 PM	they are created by ceremorphisis (Lords of Madness). basically, a spawning tank where "tadpole" mindflayers are deposited from assexual parent/donor, they swim around a while during a culling process; insures strong samples/good genes. ultimately surviving tadpoles are plucked from a tank and desposited in ear canal, nostril, orbital (eye) regions of bound/incapacitated host, typically from med. size humanoid (commonly, drow, human, deurgar, goblinoid, etc.) slowly but surely they eat away at some sections and reprogram the rest of the brain until tadpole parasite assumes full control, sprouts his squidiness, and heightens laten psionic potential... and viola! mini-Cthulu rip off! as for Character Gen they are like ECL 15 or something obscene. all the stuff they get... +7 LA i think, and bunch of HD, (Su), and (Sp)...very brutal, very hard to kill.
Zombie_Duck 09-05-07, 03:44 AM	Try savage species pg 185 it has a level by level break down of the Mind flayer. I personally always wanted to try it but never found a campaign that it fit into. But MM5 has a new cult of mind flayers in it. They are more willing to work with other evil creatures than normal mind flayers. If you are looking to play one you may want to look over it.