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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 6728451" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I believe the point is that Hemlock is trying to capture, as perfectly as possible, what "80% magic resistance" accomplished in 2e.I still don't, personally, see why this could not just be a unique feature of the Illithid. "Magically Resilient 5 (80%): Whenever a divine or arcane spell would damage, hinder, or otherwise alter this creature against its will, it makes a DC 5 saving throw with no modifier for any reason. If the creature succeeds, the spell simply fails to apply its effects to the target. For most spells, such as magic missile or maze, this causes its magic to dissipate harmlessly, ending its effects. For spells that leave a persistent effect on the world, such as wall of fire, the effects are only negated for that round; on subsequent rounds, a new save must be made."It's an extremely powerful anti-magical defensive mechanism. Since we want illithids to be bloody badasses, given that they're a key intellectual property, I see no harm in giving such a powerful benefit. I guess I just don't understand why we have to wrangle with so many hoops and gewgaws and special cases when it's easy to make up something like this--from whole cloth, to be sure, but perfectly cromulent by 5e monster design. After all, such powerful abilities often aren't even considered to affect a monster's CR! And it's not like giving special, creature-only features is unusual in 5e. Multiattack doesn't exist for PCs (except Druids I guess), and explicitly doesn't work like Extra Attack. Perhaps Magically Resilient X works the same way--a distinctly "monster-only" mechanic, in certain ways similar to stuff PCs can do, but in certain ways very different.</blockquote>

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