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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xetheral" data-source="post: 8146441" data-attributes="member: 6802765">After further research, I concede that Crawford has clarified that Dispel Magic does not in fact work to dispel magical effects. I personally disagree with that reading based on the text of the spell. As I read it, the spell explicitly works to dispel magic effects, but since a mechanic to do so is not provided there is a hole in the rules. Like all such holes in 5e, it's the DM's job to fill it. But yes, RAI, I agree that Dispel Magic can't remove the stun from a Mind Blast and is limited to spells.That's why I find it helpful to have the players have an opportunity to learn about dangerous enemies like Mind Flayers IC before actually encountering them. Foreknowledge also has the benefit of making monsters with lethal special attacks scarier. Going up against an unknown monster with an unknown lethal attack and then dying to that attack is rarely engaging or fun.Even with no proficiency and an 8 strength, the Wizard had at least a 40% chance of success at Shoving the Mindflayer 5', which would automatically break the grapple on the Paladin. That's much better odds than any of their spells(Also, I don't see anything in the description suggesting a Mind Flayer has the ability to grapple multiple creatures at once with its tentacles. Based on the standard grapple rules it should be able to grapple one creature at a time with each appendage capable of grasping, so that's one with the tentacles and two with its hands. (Technically speaking the Mind Flayer can use Extract Brain on an incapacitated creature it has grappled with a hand, but that defies the lore so badly I doubt most DMs would allow it.)</blockquote>

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