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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9851605" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17448/Monstrous-Arcana-The-Illithiad-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Monstrous Arcana: The Illithiad (2e)</a></p><p>2e</p><p><strong>Allhoon, Illithid Lich, Illithilich:</strong> Without fail, mind flayers that prove magically adept seek to learn the arcane formu lae necessary to extend th eir lives beyond their normal span. Illithids successful in this quest become undead creatures known as alhoons, illithid lichs, or illithilichs. </p><p>Strangely enough, mind flayers denied the possibility of later communion with the elder brain usually end up worshiping Ilsensine-probably in hopes of finding an eventual home for their outcast spirits. However, it is equally likely that illithids in such straits will seek out the secret of immortality first through magic alone, but finally through magical preservation of their bodies. These creatures become blasphemous monsters, completely at odds with all that normal illithid culture holds as true and right. Illithids call these foul creatures illithilichs or alhoons.</p><p><strong>Illithid Vampire, Vampiric Mind Flayer:</strong> Nothing short of twisted, obscene obsession could account for the existence of a vampiric mind flayer. As profane to the natural world as either are alone, an illithid vampire seems like the product of deranged imagination.</p><p>Second, the process that created these creatures is purely artificial; in the wild, vampiric mind flayers are unable to pass on their curse to their victims.</p><p><strong>Alhoon, Illithid Variant, Blasphemous Monster, Foul Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Illithid Vampire, Evil Creature, Predator, Terrible Threat, Illithid Variant, Abomination:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature:</strong> Undead-those creatures whose spirits have fled for higher (or lower) realms-are "mindless" and do not impinge at all upon the mental plane. However, the foul power of necromancy allow s their bodies to act with dark purpose, echoing failed endeavors and cheating death by substituting animation for vitality.</p><p><strong>Undead Mindflayer:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lesser Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Greater Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Abomination:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Animate Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Animate Creature That Does Not Possess a True Mind:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Damnable Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost, Ethereal Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Foul Lich Queen:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Specter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9851605, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17448/Monstrous-Arcana-The-Illithiad-2e?affiliate_id=17596]Monstrous Arcana: The Illithiad (2e)[/URL] 2e [b]Allhoon, Illithid Lich, Illithilich:[/b] Without fail, mind flayers that prove magically adept seek to learn the arcane formu lae necessary to extend th eir lives beyond their normal span. Illithids successful in this quest become undead creatures known as alhoons, illithid lichs, or illithilichs. Strangely enough, mind flayers denied the possibility of later communion with the elder brain usually end up worshiping Ilsensine-probably in hopes of finding an eventual home for their outcast spirits. However, it is equally likely that illithids in such straits will seek out the secret of immortality first through magic alone, but finally through magical preservation of their bodies. These creatures become blasphemous monsters, completely at odds with all that normal illithid culture holds as true and right. Illithids call these foul creatures illithilichs or alhoons. [b]Illithid Vampire, Vampiric Mind Flayer:[/b] Nothing short of twisted, obscene obsession could account for the existence of a vampiric mind flayer. As profane to the natural world as either are alone, an illithid vampire seems like the product of deranged imagination. Second, the process that created these creatures is purely artificial; in the wild, vampiric mind flayers are unable to pass on their curse to their victims. [b]Alhoon, Illithid Variant, Blasphemous Monster, Foul Creature:[/b] ? [b]Illithid Vampire, Evil Creature, Predator, Terrible Threat, Illithid Variant, Abomination:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature:[/b] Undead-those creatures whose spirits have fled for higher (or lower) realms-are "mindless" and do not impinge at all upon the mental plane. However, the foul power of necromancy allow s their bodies to act with dark purpose, echoing failed endeavors and cheating death by substituting animation for vitality. [b]Undead Mindflayer:[/b] ? [b]Lesser Undead:[/b] ? [b]Greater Undead:[/b] ? [b]Abomination:[/b] ? [b]Animate Creature:[/b] ? [b]Animate Creature That Does Not Possess a True Mind:[/b] ? [b]Damnable Creature:[/b] ? [b]Ghast:[/b] ? [b]Ghost, Ethereal Creature:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Lich:[/b] ? [b]Foul Lich Queen:[/b] ? [b]Mummy:[/b] ? [b]Shadow:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Specter:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Wight:[/b] ? [b]Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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