I am currently in a campaign were my character is a mind flayer and it's funny as heck. He communicates telepathicly ,which none of my party members seem to care about, and he reads books a lot and gets really annoyed at the stupidity of the party ,TBH my INT. score is 20, and I play him as this kind of mastermind as well. Though the best bit is although there is a large monster in our party I am the most suspicious since I wear lots of clothing thus it is impossible to tell my race so that's gonna be fun when it comes round to it. P.s He is an Ulitharid.

@gustavoalmeida704

Жыл бұрын

Amazing! My DM also lets us think about different races and I would really like to play as an ulitharid, what are his race characteristics?

First ever character I made for dnd was a mindflayer psionic bard.

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

Lol you have an ambitious dm! Well done

@Christian-ir9kq

2 жыл бұрын

I tried to play a mind flayer barbarian once it didn't go to well with my dm

@Rookzer0

2 жыл бұрын

@@Christian-ir9kq I hope the video will aid in future attempts

Mindflayers are the best race in the D&D universe. You agree with me.

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

They are pretty classy

Imagine you're a party minding your buisiness, and you come across a motherf@cking Ulitharid psionist Goliath. You'd Basically be fighting a walking tank that shoots your brain, then eats it. If you think that'd be stupid, there's a freakin' BRAINEATER DRAGON! And that's not even counting the genius who homebrewed implanting an Elder Brain into the Terrasque.

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I might draw the line at mind flayer terrasques

there is a theory of the adversary, a sentient mind flayer that keeps its previous life

@Rookzer0

2 жыл бұрын

I will need to look into that.

I just homebrewed a part of the resistance against them discovered a way to bring the transfoemed person's mind from the changes of the toadpole but the physiological changes remain and memories so they were a huge help for the resistance

@Rookzer0

Жыл бұрын

Nice sounds like a cool campaign

I want to play a Gnome ceremorph , they look so cute !

@Rookzer0

2 жыл бұрын

That would be really funny

Now, the question is .. how to play an ilithid that is basically Dr. Zoiberg?

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

Low int? Proficient in "human doctor"

Second, and I'm soo pumped not gonna miss it this time

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

Oh NO i just realized i have it set up for the wrong day!!!! I changed it I hope you can still make it.

Ngl im trying my best to figure out how to play as a gnome ceremorph, it seems like such a fun idea

Yeah, they're sooooo smart 🙄 /sarc MFs still couldn't work out how to use steel weapons until the Gith gave them a very *practical* demonstration though... Praise be to Zerthimon. /hyp Great video btw I’m just being contrarian lol :)

@Rookzer0

2 жыл бұрын

Why sword when you can noodle the brain 🧠 out of someone :) I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I really want to be a mind flayer now

@Rookzer0

Жыл бұрын

Doooo it!

I've honestly created an illithid race already, a race that's not that powerful, you have an unarmed melee attack with tentacles, that uses Dexterity instead of strenght for attack and damage rolls, +2 to intelligence and a +1 to any skill of your choice (with Tasha i make it a +2 and +1 to any skill of your choice), a mind blast that's now similar to those of the new dragonborns, 30 ft. Cone, telepathy to 30ft., can cast levitate once per day or using spells lots, and a special trait that says they need to eat a brain at least once a week or else they'll begin losing health each day (literally any brain of any humanoid, kinda, race, I made it possible to count in also feys, fiends, and even aberrations with, humanoid shapes. you just need to kill a goblin and that's good for a week ) . No alhoons or ulitharids, alhoons are basically mind flyers that are sorcerers and wizards or any general spellcaster, ulitharids... I honestly don't care I love more alhoons and they're the ones mostly playable, as they're the exiled from their illithid society, and you can manage to find non evil ones, maybe an illithid that's sulken on his studies of dark magic

this is my favorite race in D&D and i've always wanted to make one... and now i really wanna buy baldur's gate 3 lol

I'm currently playing a Illithid and I love it! They are the best

Fun fact a brain has the consistency of tofu

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

The more you know

@user-xq7jc8yn2p

4 ай бұрын

This just gives the mental image of beast boy from teen titans as mind flayer.

Oh gosh, your sense of humor in these videos are priceless lmao.

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Great video! I’m adding these guys as the main BBEG in my Strixhaven campaign, the school is a high end brain farm!

@Rookzer0

2 жыл бұрын

He'll yeah, let me know how your campaign goes

@Maple2222

Жыл бұрын

Litterally the Promised Neverland plot

Oh my oh my god what?

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

Get rdy!

Because people watching this video might be interested Homebrew Ilithid Race: Common Mind Flayer +2 Intelligence +1 Dexterity Speed of 30ft, but if NO creature is looking at you, add 15ft to your current Speed Natural armor of 12+Con mod. Sunlight sensitivity. Superior Darkvision. Languages: Common, Undercommon, & Abyssal (though any creature could understand you using telepathy). Cast Levitate & Detect Thoughts at will. No Armor Proficiency, Proficiency with scimitar, whip, sickle, & hand crossbow Psionics: After consuming the brain of a humanoid, you either have a natural armor against magic or Mind Blast. 1 brain equals one week of minor protection against almost all magic effects (ask your DM) or 1 Mind Blast (4d8+Int Mod). Tentacle attack is 2d10+Dex mod Ulitharid Has everything Common does as well. +1 Charisma Can learn ANY language after consuming a brain that could speak it. Advantage in any Cha skill check against an Underdark race. If current health is less than MAX, take the difference and add it to any Wisdom check a creature must make against an attack you make. Tentacle attack is 2d8+Dex but if the creature fails a Wisdom saving throw, could attack tentacle again as a bonus action with 3d4+Str Alhoon Everything Common has +1 Constitution Has Access to two Wizard Cantrips so long as one is Chill Touch. Can cast Chilling Grasp at will (3d6 cold damage). Can learn 1 Necromancy spell every two levels and functions in the same manner as Mind Blast, i.e. 1 brain = a level the spell could be cast (use Int as spellcasting focuss). Magic Weapon Proficiency, i.e. a +3 Eldar Longsword becomes 3+proficiency Alhoon Cutlass. Please note, SUPPOSED to be overpowered

@user-vm9xz4kv9z

2 жыл бұрын

Wait... Why would they speak abyssal or get faster when no one is looking?

@kingsadvisor18

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-vm9xz4kv9z Abyssal is a default language given to many aberrations and Underdark races. The Faster moving speed is a reference to the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, where Cpt. Jack Sparrow sees Davy Jones through the telescope and in the split second it takes him to put the device down, looking away from Jones, the villain clears the distance

@user-vm9xz4kv9z

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingsadvisor18 abyssal is associated with demons, aberrations usually speak Deep speech

@The_Lute777

Жыл бұрын

instead of them having a stat increase they could copy any humanoid races from small to medium because its more lore accurate

im surprised wizards of the coast hasnt released a mindflayer race, they've done many of the other monstrous races this would be a really cool addition. hey Rookzer0 you mind telling me how you made that green glow effect? looked really nice id like to try it myself. i assume youre using photoshop

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

I am I made a separate clipping mask layer. Bright green, started it as a gradient with a hard light and then dropped the opacity until it looked right. Went back with another hard light layer and did the hilights

@SeaJay_Oceans

3 жыл бұрын

To balance out the power of Mindflayer characters, create a rule so that the brains they eat impact their skills and abilities. If they eat 'dumb' brains it lowers their abilities, thus the mindflyers are driven to more and more dangerous challenges, to eat more and more higher skilled wizard brains, dragon brains, munch on Lich skulls, etc. They must continually feed on the very best brains they can find, and thus are shunned by civilizations like the Vampire characters' endless need to feed... Set a rule they must eat a minimum amount of INT points, per week, to stay alive, or risk starvation... To challenge the mindflayer character, fill the adventure with mindless threats, like gelatonus cubes, burrowing carrion worms, gibbering mouthers, slime molds, and automated trap devices...

@nebbynoo1127

3 жыл бұрын

The video is still up on twitch so you can watch him draw it and maybe that'll help

@AlexC-nj9ob

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rookzer0 thanks for the tip, still new to using photoshop so don't know all it's features ill look into that.

@AlexC-nj9ob

3 жыл бұрын

@@nebbynoo1127 thanks man, yea i think that'll help

Helpful tip from someone playing an illithid right now. 1. It's very funny to have your squid being a druid (druids typically hate aberrations) and 2. Goodberry. You wanna play a good bean. take druid for Goodberry: magically delivered sustenance once daily ensures you never have to eat another brain ever again! or if you don't want to play druid keep a chart for where you are in terms of food because you'll need to feed at least once a month, preferably every two weeks.

You have convinced me

@Rookzer0

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the hive mind

@orbismworldbuilding8428

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rookzer0 XD ooof

Prase dagoon

2 things One: Damphir plus the two Psyonic feats telekinetic, and telepathic make a half decent mind flayer PC Two: Gnome Ceremorph Google it

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

Will do.

@darthremy1802

3 жыл бұрын

trust me it's adorable

@nebbynoo1127

3 жыл бұрын

I remember that from Esper the Bard's worst monster video

@darthremy1802

3 жыл бұрын

@@nebbynoo1127 I'll have to check that out, I just love how the two pictures I've seen ones got a tiny ray gun like a fallout alien pistol and the other walks with its tentacles

An idea of my brother ... Plays Liara, from Mass Effect as an Illithid.

Omg YES

It would be interesting to play as a mindflyer where you are starving yourself which make you have disadvantage on intelligence throw. Play as a mindflyer that felt guilt devouring the innocent but something in your nature to do, instead you devour the villains or if for some reason have a party willing to let your mindflyer nibble their brain. Sure, devouring villains will be less likely in dnd you will be tempted to devour children and women, but he rolls on willpower to see if you can control yourself and devouring goblins and kobolds won't fill your hunger for brain and knowledge. You will an embarrassment to the mindflyer since you don't view the world as bunch of cattle and treating your party as equals. Playing as a guilty, heroic mindflyer would be an interesting to dm around.

Were can I find this homebrew

@Rookzer0

3 жыл бұрын

I could write one up for DnDbeyond. ill add a link

@Sacrificial_Salmon

3 жыл бұрын

@Rookzer0 thanks!

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