It's All About Illithids

This short video from the upcoming Sword Coast Legends video game demonstrates an illithid wiggling when hit by energy blasts. "Coming to Sword Coast Legends: Mind flayers, also called illithids, are the scourge of sentient creatures across countless worlds. Four tentacles snake from their octopus-like heads, flexing in hungry anticipation when thinking creatures come near." Sword Coast Legends is currently slated for release on PC on September 29th, with console releases later in the year.

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[EthanSental]

I lost interest after the 1st chapter in Pillars of Eternity. I think SCL will hold my imagination and interest a bit longer, should be a fun game.

 

[Jester David]

Huh. I wasn't aware illithids were large sized.

 

[Zil]

Huh. I wasn't aware illithids were large sized.

Maybe it's a boss monster/encounter so they made it a bit bigger for effect like you often see in MMOs?

 

[Hand of Evil]

They are bigger because they are badder. In 5e medium just fills a 5'x5' space only playable races have a height table, from what I have found, as long as they are under 8 feet they are not considered large. This was a big issue I had with the MM, no size comparison chart, which I think should be in every MM.

 

[Scorpio616]

It's still on the same sized red ring 'base' as the PCs. Guess the Devs want to be sure the players see it's a Mind Flayer by making the model "Heroic Scale" aka Scale Creap'ed.

That visual effect for mindblast isn't a very impressive looking, more like a Gust Of Wind. Also it looks more like the Flayer was shoving folks away rather than tentacling & eating brains

 

[Queer Venger]

Whoa! That was awesome!

 

[Queer Venger]

Maybe it's a boss monster/encounter so they made it a bit bigger for effect like you often see in MMOs?

Its not. Illithids are typically larger than humans, ranging 7-8' tall, (but still using a Medium sized base, like the Goliath):
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[Galendril]

I think the illithid itself looks great as it is. But, yeah, what ever it was shooting out doesn't look like a mind blast at all. Maybe it should have more of a shimmering water like effect instead.

 

[Queer Venger]

Some Illithids are even bigger:
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