Athasi from Goodman's "Underdark Adventure Guide"

Is it me, or are these guys intended as an OGL replacement for the lost Mind Flayers?

They're even described as looking something like "Flayers of the Mind".

I wouldn't be surprised. Mindflayers aren't OGL, are they?

Even still, I kinda like the Athasi. Mindflayers are nasty because of that "alieness" of what they are. The Athasi make for a more identifiable kind of scary.

Like finding out the community of humans you're staying with really want to eat your brains.

I dig this book. It's got a lot of useful stuff in it.

Damn, never thought Derro could be that nasty... did you take a look at that fungus-huul'ach thing in the back? <shiver> that's a cross between alien-scary, and Athasi scary.

And hey, he just wants to eat your brains!

Is it me, or are these guys intended as an OGL replacement for the lost Mind Flayers?

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I don't know if you are intended as a replacement for mind flayers, but they certainly do seem so to me.