D&D 5E Am I reading the Mind Flayer attack right?

[Gwarok]

So Mind Flayers have their basic tentacle attack, and when it hits you are grappled have to make a save. Failing it says you are "stunned until the grapple ends". If I'm reading that correctly, if you fail the save, unless there is someone there to help you out, you will remain stunned and grappled until it kills you, without a chance to get further saving throws to come out of it. That seems pretty damn scary, just wondering if I'm reading that correctly or not.

 

[iserith]

So Mind Flayers have their basic tentacle attack, and when it hits you are grappled have to make a save. Failing it says you are "stunned until the grapple ends". If I'm reading that correctly, if you fail the save, unless there is someone there to help you out, you will remain stunned and grappled until it kills you, without a chance to get further saving throws to come out of it. That seems pretty damn scary, just wondering if I'm reading that correctly or not.

Yep. And the Extract Brain attack is made at advantage since the target is stunned. So make out with a mind flayer at your peril.

 

[HardcoreDandDGirl]

I think it is correct... save or die

 

[spectacle]

The "mind flayer" has that name for a reason, it will flay your mind given half the chance.

 

[jgsugden]

Certain monsters *should* terrify PCs. Mind Flayers and Beholders, two monsters theoretically exclusive to WotC, are meant to be amongst the most terrifying. Any solo PC against either of them has a chance to be killed with no real chance to resist if the die roll goes against them.

 

[Ath'kethin]

So Mind Flayers have their basic tentacle attack, and when it hits you are grappled have to make a save. Failing it says you are "stunned until the grapple ends". If I'm reading that correctly, if you fail the save, unless there is someone there to help you out, you will remain stunned and grappled until it kills you, without a chance to get further saving throws to come out of it. That seems pretty damn scary, just wondering if I'm reading that correctly or not.

Let me join the chorus: yep, you're reading it right and yep, mind flayers are the nasties of the nasty. They've been a favorite of mine since I first started playing back in '94, but I've never actually used them as an adversary because I could never think of a reason they wouldn't win every encounter. And if you want to make things doubly scary, keep in mind mind that they keep intellect devourers as pets.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Mind flayers are really terrifying creatures, and as well they should be. Sadly, I don't dare use them because some of my group doesn't handle PC death very well.

 

[The Crimson Binome]

I plan on throwing a couple of them at the party next week, but the warlock has Repelling Blast, so any theoretical grapple is unlikely to last more than a round.

 

[Giltonio_Santos]

My Night Below group will be meeting mind flayers for the first time soon. I pity them and their very poor Int saving throws.

 

[kalil]

I plan on throwing a couple of them at the party next week, but the warlock has Repelling Blast, so any theoretical grapple is unlikely to last more than a round.

Have the mind flayers grapple the warlock then