Illithid, Psionic (3.5e Race)

Author: ThunderGod Cid (talk) Contributors: Jota Date Created: May 28, 2023 Status: Complete Editing: Clarity edits only please

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Although it looks like something straight out of a Lovecraftian horror novel, the illithid has become one of the defining monsters in the D&D game. Sadly, the stupidly high amount of strong abilities granted make it inaccessible to the PC's in its current form, not to mention a possible TKO anytime one (let alone a group) is encountered.

Worst of all, though, the illithid was made before D&D came out with their psionics system (which, to their credit, is not awful). So this is the illithid/mind flayer that actually uses psionics, the way it was meant to be.

Racial Traits

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• +2 Intelligence
• Humanoid (Psionic)
• Medium: As a Medium creature, a Illithid has no special bonuses or penalties due to its size.
• Illithid base land speed is 30 feet.
• Darkvision: An illithid can see in the dark up to 120 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and an illithid can function just fine with no light at all.
• Daylight Sensitivity: While in brightly lit surroundings (such as a daylight spell), an illithid suffers a -2 penalty to attack rolls and precision-based skill checks.
• Latent Power (Ps): An illithid can manifest a single power, mind thrust, and has a power point pool of 2 points for the purposes of doing so. A 1st level illithid uses this power as a 1st level manifester even if he has no levels in a manifesting class, although additional levels in a manifesting class can increase this. This also allows the illithid to qualify for psionic feats and use psionic items.
• Mind Flayer: The illithid’s colloquial moniker comes from its tendency to devour other peoples’ brains with its tentacles. If the illithid succeeds on a coup de grace with an unarmed attack, it may use the four tentacles around its mouth to remove the victim’s brain and devour it.
• Mind Meld: An illithid can communicate telepathically with any creature with which it currently has physical contact.
• +4 bonus on Psicraft checks
• Automatic Languages: Undercommon.
• Bonus Languages: Abyssal, Common, Draconic, Githyanki, Githzerai, Infernal.
• Favored Class: Psion
• Level Adjustment: +0
• Effective Character Level: 1

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