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<blockquote data-quote="Ssyleia" data-source="post: 1423727" data-attributes="member: 17463">I tend to be a little less on the letter of source material. Yet Thralls are an important part in the cultural identity of some evil races in my campaingns, namely Illithids, beholders, aboleths and yuan-ti.I have Illithids appear a little like the borg of Star Trek. They always speak in imperative, they speak of themselves in plural and they adress non-illithids as neuters, saying something like &quot;The Elminster will give us the Orb of Arn Now!&quot; They make Thralls by some kind of permanent mental dominance. Since this is a 9th-level psionic power a creature would usually be turned into a thrall by the illithid community's Elder Brain. Also, Illithids are extremely decadent. They rely on slaved for basically everything. They even have thralls up for guards. A wizard thrall might even find his place as a tutor to young Illithid wizards. Additionally, there is always the chance that an outstandingly capable and loyal thrall might be &quot;rewarded&quot; by being host to an Illithid tadpole.Yuan-ti on the other hand are despicted as a self-evolutionary race, with a touch of the &quot;Temple of Doom&quot; to them. They have all those drugs and (genetic?) enhancements they use to make thralls. Yuan-ti thralls are only employed for menial tasks, like erecting great stone temples for the yuan-ti gods. They don't get used as soldiers or guards, like the Illithid thralls do. Also, they have Ophidians to do that. Yuan-ti thralls lead a short and brutal live. Yuan-ti assemble raiding parties to raid human settlements for thralls. You don't want to meet my yuan-ti, trust me!Beholders keep thralls because they are lazy. Their thralling method is somewhat like &quot;Do this or I disintegrate you&quot;. They have a habit of disintegrating their thralls, even if they comply if they are in a bad mood. Hence beholder thralls are always in short supply.Aboleths have never played a big role in my campaigns so I cannot tell much about these here.Hope to have given you some ideas <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ssyleia, post: 1423727, member: 17463"] I tend to be a little less on the letter of source material. Yet Thralls are an important part in the cultural identity of some evil races in my campaingns, namely Illithids, beholders, aboleths and yuan-ti. I have Illithids appear a little like the borg of Star Trek. They always speak in imperative, they speak of themselves in plural and they adress non-illithids as neuters, saying something like "The Elminster will give us the Orb of Arn Now!" They make Thralls by some kind of permanent mental dominance. Since this is a 9th-level psionic power a creature would usually be turned into a thrall by the illithid community's Elder Brain. Also, Illithids are extremely decadent. They rely on slaved for basically everything. They even have thralls up for guards. A wizard thrall might even find his place as a tutor to young Illithid wizards. Additionally, there is always the chance that an outstandingly capable and loyal thrall might be "rewarded" by being host to an Illithid tadpole. Yuan-ti on the other hand are despicted as a self-evolutionary race, with a touch of the "Temple of Doom" to them. They have all those drugs and (genetic?) enhancements they use to make thralls. Yuan-ti thralls are only employed for menial tasks, like erecting great stone temples for the yuan-ti gods. They don't get used as soldiers or guards, like the Illithid thralls do. Also, they have Ophidians to do that. Yuan-ti thralls lead a short and brutal live. Yuan-ti assemble raiding parties to raid human settlements for thralls. You don't want to meet my yuan-ti, trust me! Beholders keep thralls because they are lazy. Their thralling method is somewhat like "Do this or I disintegrate you". They have a habit of disintegrating their thralls, even if they comply if they are in a bad mood. Hence beholder thralls are always in short supply. Aboleths have never played a big role in my campaigns so I cannot tell much about these here. Hope to have given you some ideas :-) [/QUOTE]

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