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If a PC had his brain "eaten" by an Intellect Devourer and then goes into an antimagic field...?
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<blockquote data-quote="Klaudius Rex" data-source="post: 7830607" data-attributes="member: 6807408"><p>We're playing Waterdeep Heist (5e), and one of my players got his brain "eaten" by the intellect devourer in the sewers via the Body Thief ability.</p><p></p><p>I dont necessarily want to kill this PC, so i decided to just have him play his character normally, and as DM be able to take control of this player's character whenever the intellect devourer would reasonably make a different decision, which has been fun. </p><p></p><p>So far, the intellect devourer has only interrupted in a few instances. The intellect devourer isnt dumb, and doesnt want to be revealed inside this guy's head and be killed. So it has been conservative in overriding the character's autonomy and patiently waiting for further instructions from Nihiloor or the Xanathar's guild (which will be coming soon!)</p><p></p><p>So, despite a few minor bad decisions on the part of this character controlled by the intellect devourer, the other players have not noticed that he is being controlled by anything or anyone...</p><p></p><p>However, this PC (along with the other players in the group) are being accused of a crime they did not commit unrelated to the intellect devourer or Xanathar's guild or the Heist. He will soon be detained in the Waterdeep jails, which in my game is covered by a giant antimagic field (a prudent measure by the Waterdeep guards so no criminals of any kind try to break out or disguise themselves using magic). </p><p></p><p>My question is: <em>while in the jail/antimagic field, does that break the intellect devourer's control over the player's mind? Would the intellect devour be forced out in an antimagic field? Or, is the intellect devourer's 'Body Thief' ability sort of a permanent thing unaffected by an antimagic field?</em></p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Klaudius Rex, post: 7830607, member: 6807408"] We're playing Waterdeep Heist (5e), and one of my players got his brain "eaten" by the intellect devourer in the sewers via the Body Thief ability. I dont necessarily want to kill this PC, so i decided to just have him play his character normally, and as DM be able to take control of this player's character whenever the intellect devourer would reasonably make a different decision, which has been fun. So far, the intellect devourer has only interrupted in a few instances. The intellect devourer isnt dumb, and doesnt want to be revealed inside this guy's head and be killed. So it has been conservative in overriding the character's autonomy and patiently waiting for further instructions from Nihiloor or the Xanathar's guild (which will be coming soon!) So, despite a few minor bad decisions on the part of this character controlled by the intellect devourer, the other players have not noticed that he is being controlled by anything or anyone... However, this PC (along with the other players in the group) are being accused of a crime they did not commit unrelated to the intellect devourer or Xanathar's guild or the Heist. He will soon be detained in the Waterdeep jails, which in my game is covered by a giant antimagic field (a prudent measure by the Waterdeep guards so no criminals of any kind try to break out or disguise themselves using magic). My question is: [I]while in the jail/antimagic field, does that break the intellect devourer's control over the player's mind? Would the intellect devour be forced out in an antimagic field? Or, is the intellect devourer's 'Body Thief' ability sort of a permanent thing unaffected by an antimagic field?[/I] Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]
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