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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 862233" data-attributes="member: 463">Re mind flayers valuing beauty - mind flayers having any kind of an aesthetic sense as humans would understand it is something I hadn't thought of, but it's an interesting idea with some nice RPing potential.&nbsp; Mindflayers might decorate slaves (of any gender &amp; race), much as some people braid their horses' manes, or tie ribbons round a cat, and such.&nbsp; While healthiness is an almost-universal value (unless you worship the god of death/disease or are a heroin-chic photographer), other specifics might vary wildly - perhaps scarcity of Underdark food resources makes plump, well-fed slaves an Illithid status symbol.&nbsp; Maybe they shave the slaves' heads (rather, get other slaves to do it) and decorate their heads with tattoos that emphasise the juicy succulent brains within?&nbsp; Who wants to get hair tangled up in your tentacles, anyway?Re mind flayer 'Survivor' - that is a very very silly idea.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Edit: you can tell I'm a fluff DM not a crunch DM - stats for half-fied illithid lich-paladins leave me cold...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 862233, member: 463"] Re mind flayers valuing beauty - mind flayers having any kind of an aesthetic sense as humans would understand it is something I hadn't thought of, but it's an interesting idea with some nice RPing potential. Mindflayers might decorate slaves (of any gender & race), much as some people braid their horses' manes, or tie ribbons round a cat, and such. While healthiness is an almost-universal value (unless you worship the god of death/disease or are a heroin-chic photographer), other specifics might vary wildly - perhaps scarcity of Underdark food resources makes plump, well-fed slaves an Illithid status symbol. Maybe they shave the slaves' heads (rather, get other slaves to do it) and decorate their heads with tattoos that emphasise the juicy succulent brains within? Who wants to get hair tangled up in your tentacles, anyway? Re mind flayer 'Survivor' - that is a very very silly idea. :) Edit: you can tell I'm a fluff DM not a crunch DM - stats for half-fied illithid lich-paladins leave me cold... [/QUOTE]

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