Illithid

Underwater

How they act

How they look.

How they live.

How they are.

How they are.

Illithid Names.

Illithid Traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age. After undergoing ceremorphosis, Illithids live for up to 135 years.

Size. Illithids are between 6 and 8 feet tall and weigh between 200 and 300 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base swimming speed and walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.

Creature Type. Your creature type is both humanoid and aberration.

Hunger of the Mind. Illithids must eat the brains of creatures to survive. Illithids can survive without eating a number of days equal to their intelligence modifier. At the end of each day beyond that limit, an illithid automatically suffers one level of exhaustion. This exhaustion can only be removed by devouring a brain.

Tentacles. You have four tentacles protruding from your face. These tentacles can hold objects, activate magic items, use tools, and grapple. Grapples with these tentacles can be made with an athletics or acrobatics checks. If a target's hit points is reduced to zero while being grappled, you can devour its brain.

Illithid Psionics. You can innately cast the cantrip Mind Sliver with this trait. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast Detect Thoughts a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this trait.

Psychic Resilience. You have resistance to psychic damage.

Telepathy. You can communicate mentally with another creature that knows at least one language within a 60-foot radius. This creature doesn't need to share a language with you but unless they have telepathy themselves they can only receive and respond but can't initiate or terminate a telepathic conversation. You must be conscious to use this trait and cannot telepathically communicate with multiple creatures at once.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Aquan.