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zarathustra
Red Cap
Joined: Mon May 24, 2010 7:00 am Posts: 324 Location: Canberra, Australia
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 Mind Flayers
Has there been a C&C treatment done for mind flayers- official or otherwise- done yet? Copyright issues maybe? But some folks out there must have done them up by now. Anyone come across any good ones?
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Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:18 pm |
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Deogolf
Lore Drake
Joined: Wed May 03, 2006 7:00 am Posts: 1546
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 Re: Mind Flayers
Mind Flayers are the sole property of WOTC and verboten, if I'm not mistaken. I guess you can do your own write-up and call them brain-eaters, or whatever. But you won't see them in any official C&C product. _________________ Eulaliaaa!!! Give those rapscallions blood and vinegar, wot?! Be sure to check out Jim's artwork for sale: http://jimhollowayart.com/id5.html
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Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:22 pm |
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Relaxo
Greater Lore Drake
Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:00 am Posts: 3351
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There's a critter in the Domesday Book inspired by the Mind Flayer, same kind of conical-area debilitating attacks, kills by grappling first... same HD. It does vary significantly, you wouldn't mistake it for a mind flayer. http://johnwright281.tripod.com/sitebui ... day2.4.pdf page 41
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Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:14 pm |
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anglefish
Unkbartig
Joined: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:00 am Posts: 850
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I've seen quite a few 3rd party publishers use the Aboleth as a "poor man's" mind flayer. Bax Axe Game's Slavelords Of Cydonia ( http://www.badaxegames.com/products/sla ... of-cydonia) offers a whole family of Aboleth critters to fulfill the needs for a evil alien mental domination campaign.
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Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:21 pm |
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Lord Dynel
Maukling
Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:00 am Posts: 5842
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 Re: Mind Flayers
As Deo said. I just use the one from the 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual - it does nicely. _________________ LD's C&C creations - the witch, a half-ogre, skill and 0-level rules
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Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:59 pm |
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Joe
Unkbartig
Joined: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:00 am Posts: 949
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Yep...both Mind flayer and Illithid is IP of WOTC.
Gygax invented them...but they now belong to the corporation man.
If anyone owns the credit I would give it to HPL. _________________ 'Nosce te Ipsum' -Delphic Maxim
'Follow your bliss.' -Joseph Campbell
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Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:00 pm |
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Arazmus
Ulthal
Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:00 am Posts: 548
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Lovecraftian Mindflayers...yep sounds about right. _________________ I'll tell you what I do like though: a killer, a dyed-in-the-wool killer. Cold blooded, clean, methodical and thorough. ~Zorg
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Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:35 pm |
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papercut
Red Cap
Joined: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:00 am Posts: 276
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Cthulhid!!! Much nice and more precise, remember TSR stole it from ol Loverboy's estate (not exactly but close)
Cthulhid!!!!
Cthulhid!!!!
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Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:16 am |
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Arazmus
Ulthal
Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:00 am Posts: 548
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Cthulhu is public domain...certain aspects of Lovecrafts work are owned by Chaosium and Arkham House. _________________ I'll tell you what I do like though: a killer, a dyed-in-the-wool killer. Cold blooded, clean, methodical and thorough. ~Zorg
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Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:45 pm |
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JediOre
Red Cap
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 7:00 am Posts: 340 Location: Missouri
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 Re: Mind Flayers
Would anyone be able to paraphrase, or quote, the important part of how the mind blast ability of the 2nd edition mind flayer works? I'm hoping, almost praying, that me and my friends six-month dry spell without gaming will end soon and we are mid way into G3-Hall of the Fire Giant King. Mind flayers lurk deep on the third level, and I'm really struggling to grasp how to do their dreaded Mind Blast ability. Thanks.
_________________ In the words of my good friend Trevor, "Hey, put an arrow in that flying mummy! What could possibly happen?"
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Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:06 am |
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mgtremaine
Ulthal
Joined: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:00 am Posts: 434 Location: San Diego, Ca
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Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:27 am |
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JediOre
Red Cap
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 7:00 am Posts: 340 Location: Missouri
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 Re: Mind Flayers
Mike,
Thank ye kindly!
_________________ In the words of my good friend Trevor, "Hey, put an arrow in that flying mummy! What could possibly happen?"
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Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:12 am |
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Scipio
Henchman
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:14 pm Posts: 2
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 Re: Mind Flayers
Why not do a magic-based version instead of psionic? Call them Calamarites or Dagonites, they eat the brains of magic users to acquire spells, fighters to acquire battle expertise, etc.
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:13 am |
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Omote
Battle Stag
Joined: Wed May 03, 2006 7:00 am Posts: 11495 Location: The fairest view in the park, Ohio.
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You're alright Scipio. You, are alright. ~O
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 4:01 am |
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mgtremaine
Ulthal
Joined: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:00 am Posts: 434 Location: San Diego, Ca
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 Re: Mind Flayers
Mmmm this one tastes like magic missile... yummy.
-Mike
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:25 pm |
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Relaxo
Greater Lore Drake
Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:00 am Posts: 3351
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 Re: Mind Flayers
I love the taste of berzerker in the morning.. the whole crypt., it smelled like... victory.
(badly paraphrased)
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Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:14 am |
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Lurker
Greater Lore Drake
Joined: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:00 am Posts: 3422 Location: Oklahoma
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 Re: Mind Flayers
I like that idea. It solves the problem of making them as dangerous as their D&D counterparts, but doesn't introduce psionics into the world (which does not exist in my home brew). Plus that can make for a very powerful, scalable, and versatile/non-cookie cutter monster. Just think, a mid level part runs into one that is on the weak end and only has eaten a magic user with a few low level spells saved up, and then easily defeat it. A few months later they meet another one that has recently munched on a fighter so now what they thought was going to be an easy fight turns into a nasty close run melee fight. Then the next one they run into has munched on a couple of mid level mages. They draw swords and get ready for it's attack, but it stands back avoiding the hand to hand fighting that the party is expecting. Then it starts throwing around some good spells.
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Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:15 am |
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JediOre
Red Cap
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 7:00 am Posts: 340 Location: Missouri
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 Re: Mind Flayers
This reminds me of the nasty creature first introduced in X2-Castle Amber. Wasn't it called a Brain Eater? It could cast spells based upon the number of brains it had consumed.
_________________ In the words of my good friend Trevor, "Hey, put an arrow in that flying mummy! What could possibly happen?"
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Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:11 pm |
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kreider204
Unkbartig
Joined: Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:01 pm Posts: 829 Location: NE Wisconsin
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 Re: Mind Flayers
Sorry I didn't see this thread earlier - here's my own twist: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=11650
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