Recent content by DeBasilisk42

An Illithilich returns to the colony which expelled him decades past and slays the Elder Brain and its minions. The ruins of the colony become the Lichs new lair, inhabited by wights and vampires created from the remains of the Mind flayers, (and maybe a zombie beholder or two) under the control...

I like the Lords of Madness lore for the mind flayers best and while they vaguely touched on it as a legend in 5e they haven't actually said it - that they are a race of refugees from the future. The Far Realm crap always seemed too simple - it's an aberration? Far realm. But any of the their...

Unless I'm mistaken, the Elder Brain has Plane Shift (like all illithids) as a sort of escape option in case things go South, and I would expect it to shift out if it was clearly in danger. As written, it's a fairly weak enemy for a group of mid to high evel adventurers and in some ways worse...

Love this series of posts; thanks for the awesome breakdowns! I actually really like the scale sorcerer with two small changes. When I ran him as a mini boss for a small level group I gave him quickened spell instead of subtle spell and treated the wings as a consumable item (made by the...