(Comming Soon) A Picture of a Rifts Illithid

Name: Illithid (Mind Flayer) NPC Villain and Monster

(Based off an AD&D creature from TSR)

Alignment: Miscreant, Aberrant or Diabolic

Attributes: IQ: 1D8+20, MA: 3D6+6, ME: 3D6+6, PS: 2D6+4, PP: 3D6+4, PE: 2D6+4, PB: 1D6, Spd: 3D6+10

Average Size: 6-7 feet tall

Average Weight: 300 lbs.

Hit Points: Mega Damage Creature

MDC: 6D6x10+200 plus 1D6x10 per level

Average Life Span: 250 years

Average Level of Experience: 1D6+4

Horror Factor: 15

PPE: 1D4x100+PE plus 2D6 per level

ISP: MEx10 plus 20+1D8 per level

Natural Abilities: Nightvision: 600 feet, regenerates 2D6 per melee, See Invisible, Dimensional Teleport: 50% + 2% per level, Immune to fire, cold and HF, Energy Weapons do ½ damage.

Combat: 5 attacks per melee

Bonuses: +3 to dodge, parry and strike, +8 to save versus magic, +10 versus mind control, +6 versus possession, +5 versus poison and disease, all are in addition to attribute bonuses.

Damage: Restrained Punch: 3D6 SDC, Full Strength Punch: 2D6 MDC, Power Punch: 3D6 MDC, and 2D4 MDC per tentacle for a tentacle attack (4 total tentacles)

Note: Illithids are born with some psionic powers but Illithids choose between Magic and Psionics. They are either Magic oriented or Psionic oriented not both usually. Only one in every one thousand is an expert in both magic and psionics

Magic: Necromancy 65%, Warlocks 20%, Techno-Wizardry 10%, and others 5%.

Psionics: See the Invisible, Sixth Sense, Mind Block and Induce Sleep plus 3 others from Physical or Sensitive plus one psionic ability every third level.

If the Illithid studies psionics instead of magic it gets all Physical, Sensitive and Healing plus Mentally Possess Others, Hypnotic Suggestion, Mind Block Auto Defense, Mind Bolt, PPE Shield and Neural Strike (triple range) plus one super psionic ability every level.

Notes: They hate sunlight and avoid it when possible. Their eyes are white; they don’t have pupils. It enslaves or destroys all of its enemies. It has four tentacles around its mouth and a many toothed mouth like a lamprey. They can see in complete darkness. They psionicaly talk to each other. They enslave creatures for their own dark purposes such as slaves or herds of cattle which they will devour the brains of the cattle. They send their tentacles into the skull of the victim and extracts the brain. This kills the victim.