(Player Race) Illithid - GM Binder

Illithid Spell
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Illithid Traiits those who wish to play an Illithid Wizard (or other spellcaster)
As an Illithid you will have the following traits. and simulate playing either a true Illithid (via a Psionic
Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases reflavored Spellcaster) or an Illithid arcanist.
by 2, and your Charisma increases by 1. This spell does not necessarily need to be restricted to
Age. As a tadpole, Illithid only live for 10 years. After being Illithid PCs. Should the DM choose to, they may make this
implanted into a humanoid host and transforming into a true spell available to their players, regardless of whether or not
Illithid, they live for approximately 125 years. any of them are Illithid.
Alignment. The vast majority of Illithid are evil, as they seek Also, the listed class restrictions below are mostly a
to either subjugate, devour, or eliminate all other races in the formality. If a player made a Druid, or Cleric, etc. but it would
multiverse, and as per their preference for structured society, make sense for their particular character to have/learn Mind
they tend to be lawful. Each individual may differ slightly, Blast, then let them have it as an option if you think it's
though too much and they may find themselves ostracized. acceptable.
Exiled Illithid will usually stay true to their evil impulses, Mind Blast
largely due to their nutritional requirements of humanoid 3rd level evocation
brains. Some, however, have learned to integrate into
humanoid society. These Illithid tend towards neutrality, and Classes. Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
rare instances of good. Casting Time: 1 action
Size. Illithid tend to be tall and thin, usually about 6 feet in Range: Self (15-foot cone)
height. Your size is Medium. Components: V
Speed . Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Duration: Instantaneous
Alien Form. Your creature type is aberation, instead of You emit psychic energy in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in
humanoid. that area must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw or
Superior Darkvision . You have darkvision up to a range of take 4d8 psychic damage and be stunned for 1 minute. On a
120 feet. You can see in dim light as if it were bright light, but successful save, a creature takes half that damage, and is not
can't see colors, only shades of gray. stunned. A stunned creature can repeat the saving throw at
Cerebral Diet. Illithid do not subsist on a normal diet, the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a
instead they gain nourishment through consuming the brain success.
of a living humanoid. You must consume at least one brain per At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a slot of 4th
month. level or higher, the size of the cone increases by 5 ft. for each
Extract Brain. If you kill a humanoid within 5 ft. of you, you level above 3rd, and the damage increases by 1d8 for every
may use your bonus action to grasp the creature with your two levels above 3rd.
tentacles and extract it's brain, consuming it.
Psionics. Your mind is the apex of mental potential,
granting you astounding psionic abilities. You know the mage
hand cantrip (the hand is invisible), and at 3rd level you may
cast detect thoughts once per day.
Your spellcasting ability for these spells is Intelligence.
Telepathy. You can communicate telepathically with any
creature, regardless of whether you share a language, within
30 feet of you. This range increases to 60 feet at 5th level, and
to 120 feet at 10th level. When communicating telepathically,
you may express your thoughts through imagery, emotion, and
intent, as well as through language.
Languages . You can speak, read, and write Common and
Deep Speech, and you can read and write Qualith. Speaking
is difficult and unnatural for you, as it requires you to use one
of your tentacles as psuedo-tongue. Qualith is a braille-like,
written language, infused with subtle psionic energy. It is read
through touch via an Illithid's tentacles, and is indecipherable
by non-Illithid, except in some very rare cases, and even then
comprehension is limited.
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