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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 7673101" data-attributes="member: 907">That was 3.5e's Lords of Madness. The 2e book The Illithiad didn't say anything specific (because it was mostly written from the point of view of in-universe knowledge), but hinted that they came from "Outside" (which sounds a lot like the Far Realm from descriptions) by way of space.There's an alternate 2e explanation from the Astromundi Cluster boxed set, that has them as survivors of a destroyed planet.Gates of Firestorm Peak, 1996. Just like the Illithiad, written by Bruce Cordell.3e was the first to explicitly call some creatures out as Aberrations, and not all of those were connected to the Far Realm.2e psionics had little to nothing to do with the Far Realm, since the Complete Psionics Handbook preceded it by a few years, and was way more "new age"-y. It's more of a retro-fitting thing - many creatures who use psionics are, and have always been, really frickin' weird - mind flayers, aboleths, intellect devourers, thought eaters, brain moles, and so on. And "really frickin' weird" is what the Far Realm is mostly about. On the other hand, it's also what the Underdark is sometimes about, so that works as an explanation too. And it's not like D&D has any shortage of really frickin' weird creatures without psionics either.</blockquote>