Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Types of Mind Flayers

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  • @mr.smithsgovermentclass4556
    @mr.smithsgovermentclass4556 7 лет назад +2133

    "If you were to infiltrate a colony of Mind Flayers..."
    Ok, I'm gonna stop you riiiight there...lol

    • @brassmoth7463
      @brassmoth7463 7 лет назад +92

      Well... mind blank?

    • @Zen_56
      @Zen_56 7 лет назад +126

      Super low intelligence?

    • @penaxor
      @penaxor 7 лет назад +95

      Nicholas Smith While the word often implies stealth, it can be used synonymously with words such as 'assault'.

    • @mr.smithsgovermentclass4556
      @mr.smithsgovermentclass4556 7 лет назад +78

      Haha, I was making a funny at the folly of voluntarily going to a mind flayer layer. :-)

    • @kermitthekool4439
      @kermitthekool4439 7 лет назад +78

      a party i once had blew up a whole layer of MindFlayers with heavily enchanted explosives and the use of corpse puppets to place them. so in short it was a good day.

  • @adamperkins1915
    @adamperkins1915 7 лет назад +578

    Because of this video,I looked up facts about mind flayers and found out about something that happens after ceremorphosis. The mind flayer would take on one of the host's personal quirks,like biting your nails.The quirk is hidden from other mind flayers because they believe in The Adversary.The Adversary is a mind flayer legend about a person becoming a mind flayer, getting the mind flayer's powers, but keeping all of their old memories. I also found out that some beholders eat mind flayers. That makes me want to know what mind flayers taste like. Probably tastes like calamari.

    • @adrianguerrero6163
      @adrianguerrero6163 4 года назад +46

      thanks for how to make a chaotic good Mindflayer character. I really wanted to play one without being evil :)

    • @MalekitGJ
      @MalekitGJ 3 года назад +26

      @@adrianguerrero6163 we must research.
      It is said that a legendary potion, with a success chance of 20% to retain your conscience, exist out there.

    • @Bedhed47
      @Bedhed47 2 года назад +1

      So Twimothy is the Adversary?

    • @Eldritch_Balloon
      @Eldritch_Balloon Год назад

      mmmmmmmm people calamari

    • @ransomdekafenya2584
      @ransomdekafenya2584 Год назад

      If a MF gets far enough from the elder brain, it can break its ties to the colony and adopt its own personality...

  • @SirRichardOwen2
    @SirRichardOwen2 7 лет назад +1221

    Seems like you had traumatic expiriences with Urophions.

    • @Visy23TheElf
      @Visy23TheElf 7 лет назад +36

      quite frankly so

    • @anonimoalfin
      @anonimoalfin 7 лет назад +40

      I come everyday to MrRhexx's channel to see if a new video of D&DLore&Secrets has been uploaded... and it's been more than a month since the last one... this is terrible, I NEED MORE!!!!!!! MORE!!!!!!

    • @oakrunt
      @oakrunt 6 лет назад +35

      Does anyone else want to steal a tadpole and grow their own Urophion?

    • @link_fd1729
      @link_fd1729 6 лет назад +2

      Wesley Bird maybe

    • @oakrunt
      @oakrunt 6 лет назад +10

      Link_Fd Top secret government research facility, D&D style

  • @sashiboop
    @sashiboop 6 лет назад +1011

    Tadpole + Tarrasque = No

    • @nolategame6367
      @nolategame6367 6 лет назад +67

      Likely won't even happen in the first place.

    • @seanstill9635
      @seanstill9635 6 лет назад +168

      thanks for a campaign idea hehehehehe

    • @CyberSaurian
      @CyberSaurian 6 лет назад +14

      Yis

    • @Hektols
      @Hektols 6 лет назад +143

      The Tarrasque's superphysiology would kill the tadpole.

    • @MT-kx7ff
      @MT-kx7ff 6 лет назад +20

      *NO*

  • @Winterheart786
    @Winterheart786 5 лет назад +444

    Baulders gate 3 is about to give you some more traffic :)

    • @Metalhammer1993
      @Metalhammer1993 5 лет назад +15

      Yup the trailer made me rewatch it.

    • @KS-PNW
      @KS-PNW 4 года назад

      Why I'm here again

    • @foulmercy8095
      @foulmercy8095 7 месяцев назад +1

      Right you were!

  • @Sladen70
    @Sladen70 7 лет назад +213

    That's the first time i heard you break you mentor-esk dialog to display your terror/hatred of a Urophion.

  • @KyleMaxwell
    @KyleMaxwell 7 лет назад +888

    If I had to guess, you lost a beloved character to an urophion...

    • @Marcel2278
      @Marcel2278 7 лет назад +95

      Kyle Maxwell most likely a tpk

    • @tomc.5704
      @tomc.5704 7 лет назад +80

      Huh. Since urophions are so successful, I'd be willing to bet money that every Mind Flayer lair in my campaigns will have at least one.
      XD

    • @c_hale
      @c_hale 7 лет назад +71

      Tom C., but remember kids! The DM's job isn't to to kill the players!

    • @angelicabomination1699
      @angelicabomination1699 6 лет назад +19

      @@c_hale yeah learned the hard way that's how you lose friends xD

    • @ejedwards988
      @ejedwards988 5 лет назад +8

      Nope but I did watch my party die, me and the rogue and dark cleric stood back and watched through a scrying mirror.

  • @louisblack8474
    @louisblack8474 7 лет назад +131

    I remember the time our DM made a brain stealer drakolich! Our wizard, who had lots of points in the various knowledges was like "that foul horror appears to be an amalgam of draconic, psionic, and necrotic energies!" dragon zombie alien? That's fucking crazy!

    • @NinjaBusCow
      @NinjaBusCow 7 лет назад +1

      That sounds horrifying.

    • @theintrovertedarcanist984
      @theintrovertedarcanist984 2 года назад +4

      Well, the ritual for creating a dracolich can only transform true dragons, and a brainstealer dragon is an Aberration, not a Dragon. So technically it wouldn’t work. Although, if a mind flayer colony can make illithid zombies, that’s its own host of problems.

    • @FathersUnited-fu
      @FathersUnited-fu Год назад

      ​@theintrovertedarcanist984 anything can happen at any game table if the DM wants/needs it to.

    • @lordvader9072
      @lordvader9072 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@theintrovertedarcanist984 There is alreayd an Illithid Lich called Alhoons so.... yeah it is on the table.

    • @theintrovertedarcanist984
      @theintrovertedarcanist984 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@lordvader9072 I'm not going to rules-lawyer against something as cool as undead dragon aliens. Just saying that technically it wouldn't be a dracolich, but more like an alhoon shaped like a dragon.

  • @frozeneevee
    @frozeneevee 3 года назад +112

    The Mind Worm seems pretty OP. Teleporting a player far away from the party would be bad
    on it's own but sending them into the stomach of a monster sounds like a guaranteed death sentence.

    • @rickmarinara5179
      @rickmarinara5179 2 года назад +5

      Unless they are immune to acid damage

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 11 месяцев назад

      Yeah? Thats because it's the underdark lmfao

  • @irishbear8383
    @irishbear8383 7 лет назад +298

    But can they tell why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?

    • @lazymazza8505
      @lazymazza8505 6 лет назад +8

      Or mother hunker chunker bunkers

    • @catoticneutral
      @catoticneutral 4 года назад +2

      they can't because they don't have tongues :(

    • @gypsydanger3212
      @gypsydanger3212 3 года назад

      The shrimp tails id say

    • @liamodahl1205
      @liamodahl1205 3 года назад

      What about the amount of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

  • @thechaotimagnet
    @thechaotimagnet 7 лет назад +327

    has anyone else thought tadpole + flumph = Metroid

    • @Marcel2278
      @Marcel2278 7 лет назад +8

      thechaoticmagnet yeeeees it all makes sense now

    • @firetarrasque4667
      @firetarrasque4667 7 лет назад +15

      But... Flumph are awesome...
      But yeah that makes sense.

    • @shaofgreed
      @shaofgreed 6 лет назад +2

      using this

    • @TerrariaGolem
      @TerrariaGolem 6 лет назад +1

      Amen

    • @beastwarsFTW
      @beastwarsFTW 4 года назад +1

      I don't think flumphs have brains, minds yes but no physical brains. This would explain why they tend to live near mindflayer colonies in order to feet of the thoughts.

  • @RiotKurhein
    @RiotKurhein 7 лет назад +232

    I love how dumb the Mindstealer Dragon looks.

    • @rafabuda0
      @rafabuda0 7 лет назад +63

      RiotKurhein he's so good at stealing minds that he even stole his own.

    • @TerrariaGolem
      @TerrariaGolem 6 лет назад +6

      Rafael Iasbeck Dalcol lol

  • @ericberg2920
    @ericberg2920 7 лет назад +107

    3:53 I want the story behind that.

  • @dawsonglawe2358
    @dawsonglawe2358 6 лет назад +82

    You: "But what happens if the tadpoles grow on their own."
    Me: "They turn into cute pets."
    You: "They turn into non-intelligent beasts that not even mindflayers can control, that sees neither friend nor foe, and only seeks to devour brains.
    Me: "I think I'd rather become a mind flayer with no free will of my own."

  • @Rowan_A_Boat
    @Rowan_A_Boat 5 лет назад +155

    So did that video about the elder brains ever actually get made??
    I have a yearning for learning.

    • @Jeff-ku9bq
      @Jeff-ku9bq 5 лет назад +11

      Don’t think so. I can’t find it and I’ve been lookin

    • @JazzOLantern
      @JazzOLantern 5 лет назад +12

      Rowan A'Boat I’ve been looking as well. Didn’t know much about mindflayers and baldurs gate 3 sent me here lol

    • @Swarthy144k
      @Swarthy144k 5 лет назад +1

      @@JazzOLantern same

    • @Viper793
      @Viper793 5 лет назад +6

      I'm here for the same thing. Hope that Eldar Brain video is coming soon :)

    • @jablonicusdemarco6213
      @jablonicusdemarco6213 5 лет назад +2

      I wanted it as well. Maybe he made it and then took it down...... Doubt it, nonetheless is not in his video list.

  • @clayxros576
    @clayxros576 5 лет назад +26

    So basically the Mind Flayers in their base form adapt into the body they control. I imagine this at one time in their past was simply a way to protect themselves as they grew, latching onto a dead carcass and hitching into the nervous system to use the body to defend itself. Then one hitched into some poor scalped fellow, grew into an intelligent being due to the position it had in the body, and the first intelligent Mind Flayer grew into maturity. And then that first made more, then they honed their abilities over time, and we have the modern chtulhu bois

    • @krispalermo8133
      @krispalermo8133 5 лет назад +1

      1.) Psionist/ wizard made contact with the "Far Realm," and was mutated as a result.
      2.) @ Clay Xros , your is a good ideal.

  • @Garivaldii
    @Garivaldii Год назад +17

    I wonder if this Video will get rewatched because of baldurs gate 3, game is wonderfull and the Videos adds a lot of indepth to the gameplay

    • @beHaski
      @beHaski Год назад +2

      Got into d&d universe because of baldur's gate 3, and I'm loving it. Here to learn more about the universe

    • @sinjunmorris701
      @sinjunmorris701 Год назад +1

      Yes

  • @nocturnalsblade8121
    @nocturnalsblade8121 7 лет назад +208

    Flayer + Neogi
    Flayer + mimic
    Flayer + Medusa
    Flayer + Peryton (looks for heart and brains in a person)
    Flayer + rust monster
    These are just the beginning of the list of monsters I will unleash on my players when they go into the under dark

    • @Nyrufa
      @Nyrufa 7 лет назад +32

      Mind Flayer + Storm Giant
      Mind Flayer + Wereshark
      Mind Flayer + Pit Fiend
      Mind Flayer + Tarrasque

    • @Battleguild
      @Battleguild 7 лет назад +22

      Mind Flayer + Succubus
      Mind Flayer + Phase Spider
      Mind Flayer + Grick
      Mind Flayer + Gibbering Mouther
      Mind Flayer + Stirge

    • @Nico47915
      @Nico47915 6 лет назад +17

      Rip your players, I threw mine into a war between demons and devils lmao

    • @adolfhipsteryolocaust3443
      @adolfhipsteryolocaust3443 6 лет назад +2

      PLZ DON'T

    • @MisterBones2910
      @MisterBones2910 6 лет назад +2

      What about a Grell? Or an Intellect Devourer?

  • @mimsjr1994
    @mimsjr1994 7 лет назад +141

    hey please dont forget to talk about the ultrathid. the rare illithids that are both physicaly dominating as well as mentally

  • @LightningDragonGamer
    @LightningDragonGamer 7 лет назад +288

    what brain did the tadpole eat to make Cthulhu?

    • @Marcel2278
      @Marcel2278 7 лет назад +15

      Dev Lightning those are just general illithid dude (aka mind flayers)

    • @TwoLyfes
      @TwoLyfes 7 лет назад +31

      Another god

    • @ZenodudeMC
      @ZenodudeMC 7 лет назад +39

      Dev Lightning the gods....or a storm giant. Probably a storm giant

    • @link_fd1729
      @link_fd1729 6 лет назад +2

      Maybe but that wouldn’t explain the wings

    • @OrphanHart
      @OrphanHart 6 лет назад +11

      Dev Lightning Dwayne Johnson

  • @AmViR1
    @AmViR1 Год назад +8

    Very Interesting lore. I kinda love D&D lore and i just recently started watching it after playing BD3.

  • @HobbesFTW
    @HobbesFTW 5 лет назад +2

    MrRhexx -- Found myself heading down the rabbit hole that is RUclips, came across one of your videos while working behind the desk, and before i knew it, it was an an hour or more later and I was still listening/watching your videos in the background, thoroughly entertained. Thanks for the awesome uploads, you just gained a new subscriber!

  • @Oofle_the_Worm
    @Oofle_the_Worm 6 лет назад +44

    well the true question is what would happen if a "fool" killed a mind flayer colony and just fed the tadpoles until it was too late for everyone and just a swarm of neolithids emerged and caused chaos EVERYWHERE

    • @Dylan_Thomas1
      @Dylan_Thomas1 6 лет назад +15

      Yes this would be interesting. But at the same time, I bet part of the reason neolithids are so powerful is that they're all kings of their brine pool. They had to survive against hundreds or thousands of other hungry tadpoles. Just another consideration.

    • @bloodfartmoon2765
      @bloodfartmoon2765 5 лет назад +3

      K-class end of the world scenario

    • @akirawolf9828
      @akirawolf9828 5 лет назад +2

      Blood FartMoon XK-Class End-of-the-World Scenario

    • @bobshaw3107
      @bobshaw3107 4 года назад

      Now as they are unintelligent but if one guy feeds and created this swarm would they not think him him as a leader?

    • @MalekitGJ
      @MalekitGJ 3 года назад +1

      @@bobshaw3107 well, they have a tendency to "imprint" what they see for the first time, after maturing, as their leader.
      But if they get hungry, they will see you as another snack, and they are always hungry.

  • @epicme48
    @epicme48 7 лет назад +16

    yo, these videos are dope as hell. keep up the good work fam.

  • @ivanhagstrom5601
    @ivanhagstrom5601 7 лет назад +80

    What happens if you put a tadpole in a mind flayer?

  • @aaronfoster5680
    @aaronfoster5680 6 лет назад +33

    Still waiting on that Elder Brain video. :(

  • @CrashlandPilot
    @CrashlandPilot 7 лет назад +38

    Excellent video! Looking forward to the Elder Brain segment... and maybe one on Ulitharids?

    • @firetarrasque4667
      @firetarrasque4667 7 лет назад

      What is that?

    • @CrashlandPilot
      @CrashlandPilot 7 лет назад +2

      An illithid on steroids. They're stronger,smarter and revered by other mind flayers.

  • @Dr.ArielFinch
    @Dr.ArielFinch 7 лет назад +3

    3:50
    That took me off guard. Laughed for quite a while after.
    But I get you man, it's a herculean task to even get near one (in my experience at least).

  • @cjsayers3346
    @cjsayers3346 5 лет назад +8

    The mini rant about urophion was hilarious.

  • @tonyhsloanejr
    @tonyhsloanejr 7 лет назад +31

    if rather fight a red dragon then a room full of mind flayers

    • @jackiechan715
      @jackiechan715 7 лет назад +3

      tony x This Wednesday, my group may get stuck fighting a red dragon. We're level 4, so I think we're fucked.

    • @adiveler
      @adiveler 6 лет назад +4

      Shadow S. Korosu At least you didn't get your minds fucked!

    • @Mr.Monster1984
      @Mr.Monster1984 6 лет назад

      Well ofc

    • @michaelhowze8198
      @michaelhowze8198 4 года назад

      A well played dragon can fuck your mind just as easily as an Illithid

  • @amitgabay3721
    @amitgabay3721 7 лет назад +190

    that why we can't have nice things. lol!!!!

  • @DerpyLaron
    @DerpyLaron 5 лет назад +23

    That third video on the elder brain never happened , did it?

  • @BishieQueen
    @BishieQueen 6 лет назад +22

    where is the last part with the elder brains? its been over a year :/

  • @Davx_87
    @Davx_87 6 лет назад +19

    Did he ever come out with the mind flayer elder brain episode

  • @bluespice8865
    @bluespice8865 Год назад +6

    pov: a bunch of bg3 nerds have swarmed here for mindflayer lore.

    • @temba92
      @temba92 Год назад +3

      Nah. You mean "BG3 casuals". Nerds are the ones who cared about DnD and its lore before the mainstream game.

  • @robolizzzrd5524
    @robolizzzrd5524 4 года назад

    Hey dude. I've been binge watching your videos while I was sick for the past few days. It's been quite fun and enlightening.

  • @mrIguy212
    @mrIguy212 5 лет назад +11

    I feel like there's a story behind why you hate Urophons so adamantly 😂

  • @samuelreyes5546
    @samuelreyes5546 6 лет назад +1

    I love these D&D series! It's my first exposure to it's lore and your videos got me really into it, hope you make more on the future!

  • @ladyprimrose4533
    @ladyprimrose4533 5 лет назад +28

    Tentacles + suspicious obsession with reproduction= Am I the only one suspecting hentai inspiration here? Lmao

  • @chaskaconcar-tavares1358
    @chaskaconcar-tavares1358 7 лет назад +2

    Loving these videos, despite being fairly inexperienced with D&D(want to play but very difficult to find people to play with) it is still amazing to hear what you have to say. Your voice is fucking glorious to listen to when you are speaking about lore and just wanted to say keep up the good work.

    • @chaskaconcar-tavares1358
      @chaskaconcar-tavares1358 7 лет назад

      Not even close man, i live in South Africa :P

    • @Zombied77
      @Zombied77 7 лет назад

      Maybe you can play with Yolandi and Ninja

    • @chaskaconcar-tavares1358
      @chaskaconcar-tavares1358 7 лет назад

      Maybe, if i knew who they were

    • @Marcel2278
      @Marcel2278 7 лет назад

      hey dude I'm in SA too, here's a tip though you can play online through a site called roll20.net. iys an online table top website that host multiple table top games with people all around the world, you could try looking for a game there

    • @chaskaconcar-tavares1358
      @chaskaconcar-tavares1358 7 лет назад

      thanks

  • @Necrikus
    @Necrikus 7 лет назад +16

    Wow, that is one hell of a difference between DnD and Pathfinder Neolithids.

    • @MrRhexx
      @MrRhexx  7 лет назад +7

      could you explain the difference? I am not familiar with pathfinder but i am curious now o.O

    • @ShadowoftheMask
      @ShadowoftheMask 7 лет назад +7

      Its mostly because Pathfinder can't use Mind Flayers due to copyrights, but it does have Neothelids so they had to change them from how they work in D&D For example, they spawn and rule over wormlike creatures called Seugathi in pathfinder. Oh and they are in war with Intellect Devourers btw.
      Basically, Pathfinder Neothelids used to have mighty underground empire and aren't as mindless as D&D version

    • @blakebrockhaus347
      @blakebrockhaus347 7 лет назад +8

      ShadowoftheMask one thing I love about neothelids is that (at least in my campaigns) they can still be implanted into a host, there just aren't any that are large enough. I also have a mountain that is an ancient frozen titan. 400 ft. tall mindflayer final boss anyone?

  • @eyebotsubject-x8270
    @eyebotsubject-x8270 6 лет назад +1

    I love what you’re doing here man. Lots of good stuff. Absolutely good series hands down

  • @Greenpoptartover9000
    @Greenpoptartover9000 Год назад +7

    Anyone else here because of Baldur’s Gate 3? Needed to brush up on the lore.

  • @bump3770
    @bump3770 3 года назад

    I love you too MrRhexx, never stop what you're doing.

  • @crimsaenc8450
    @crimsaenc8450 7 лет назад +3

    I love you videos so much! As a DM, I will be throwing a few Urophions my players way tonight!

  • @Lost_Lunchbox
    @Lost_Lunchbox 6 лет назад +1

    A rouge in my group has a purple worm egg. Now we are headed to clear out the mind flayer tunnels with the egg on his back sounds great!

  • @joefixxit
    @joefixxit 7 лет назад +6

    THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. Lol love this channel

  • @sirithesun1302
    @sirithesun1302 7 лет назад +1

    I’m making a Underdark campaign with different areas and mind flayers as villain and a mind flayer hero and I find these transformations very useful. Thank you

  • @rylonharmon542
    @rylonharmon542 7 лет назад +20

    For the first time in a while Mr.Rhexx tried to do humor, and it worked.

  • @blinddreams311
    @blinddreams311 Год назад +2

    That’s the most aggressive I’ve ever heard him get

  • @lacompaniadelvalor2625
    @lacompaniadelvalor2625 5 лет назад +6

    esto es increible!!!, muchas gracias, este video me inspiro a crear una historia llena de criaturas de la infra oscuridad!!!

  • @fumarc4501
    @fumarc4501 5 лет назад +2

    These guys would make a fine addition to a table top army game. So many kinds of units.

  • @CeeQuin
    @CeeQuin 5 лет назад +4

    Neothelid exists
    Mind Flayers: What have you brought upon this cursed land!?

  • @helarki4309
    @helarki4309 3 года назад +1

    That Roper rant is so good.

  • @kevinvroman5366
    @kevinvroman5366 5 лет назад +7

    This is now more relevant than ever.

  • @paulruiz8150
    @paulruiz8150 2 года назад

    Thanks for this video, very instructive !
    But many questions arrive:
    - How do mind flayers reproduce ? How do they make tadpoles ?
    - At the beginnings, how were the first Mind Flayers created ? Did a creature fall into a tadpole mare ?
    - What are these enormous brains, and what is their relationship with the Mind Flayers ?

  • @entothechesnautknight1762
    @entothechesnautknight1762 7 лет назад +15

    Hey, man, could you do a video on Kobolds when your done with mindflayers? I know they're a popular DnD race, but I don't know much about them aside from the fact that DnD ones are lizards, and the Japanese ones are dog-imps.
    Thank you, and amazing videos. This is the one I found you with, and it is Amazing.

    • @obsidiandragon1385
      @obsidiandragon1385 3 года назад +1

      and the german ones are goblins (because kobold is german for goblin apparently)

  • @AutomaticOps
    @AutomaticOps 7 лет назад +1

    I'm so happy for these mind flayer vids they help me prepare for my campaign

  • @tealkanderson5796
    @tealkanderson5796 6 лет назад +30

    When Will the elder brain lore come?

  • @DovaCrow
    @DovaCrow 7 лет назад +2

    I LOVE these D&D lore vids, great job :)

  • @Shrimptje
    @Shrimptje 7 лет назад +87

    Hey can you also talk about how to defeat the creatures you feature in these videos?

    • @Jaabra
      @Jaabra 7 лет назад +29

      That is up to you my fellow adventurer :D

    • @basil3663
      @basil3663 7 лет назад +17

      You wouldn't want it spoiled, would you? Meta gaming sours the fun.

    • @Shrimptje
      @Shrimptje 7 лет назад +4

      Living_Floor you make a very good point there, but i dont mind knowing weaknesses, what i do mind is knowing how much HP certain monsters have

    • @Marcel2278
      @Marcel2278 7 лет назад +4

      nah dude knowing weakness ruins the fight and challenge

    • @Marcel2278
      @Marcel2278 7 лет назад +4

      ***** if you have a character with high lore (history or arcana or religion depending) then you roll and the dm tell you based on the roll or your character can do research and the dm can give you the info like that too

  • @johncharlesceccherelli2876
    @johncharlesceccherelli2876 3 года назад +1

    Another vote for that long-awaited Elder Brain video!!!

  • @BoomDowg
    @BoomDowg 7 лет назад +13

    What about intellect devourers? I thought they're a type of mind flayer.

    • @lordneraxis8051
      @lordneraxis8051 7 лет назад +4

      they were created by the mindflayers but as I recall arent actually mindflayers themselves.

  • @daidarabotchi3891
    @daidarabotchi3891 7 лет назад

    These are both well-researched and funny - well done, sir!

  • @samuelwatson6016
    @samuelwatson6016 5 лет назад +3

    "Telecommunications" Well done.

  • @smof1
    @smof1 7 лет назад +1

    Two things I'd like to see you do a video on. Lolth and the dimension Carceri. I plan to use both in my game and would love some info about them.

  • @scottydu81
    @scottydu81 3 года назад +3

    An idea for an Illithid character: Y’nagh’nagulagth the Thought Searer comes across a traveling merchant one day. As he is about to devour the man’s mind, he notices his wares and the incredible deals he was offering. Picking through the merchant’s brain a little more, he learns the man’s trade and all he knew about finance and business deals.
    It was Y’nagh’nagulagth’s turn to have his mind blown. There exists such a power to control minds that is so simple, it requires no magic or eldritch power or sheer psionic force and relies on the sole power of... commerce? Marketing! Trading goods and wares and such!
    The Thought Searer released the merchant’s mind apologized for startling him. He thanked the nervous traveller profusely and began to haggle over prices for some exotic spices and furs.
    The deal was struck. Y’nagh’nagulagth handed the man 1202 gold pieces and 37 electrum pieces and picked up his sack of merchandise.
    Y’nagh’nagulagth the Thought Searer was no more.... Y’anny the Reasonable Illithid opened his first booth in a Waterdeep swap meet.
    Y’anny has immense cosmic power, high level magics, powerful artifacts, yet relies solely on his keen mind for a good deal to survive. The magics are used for advertisements. The artifacts are 10% off next President’s Day Weekend.

  • @Secret_Takodachi
    @Secret_Takodachi 6 лет назад +1

    "I scoop my empty jar into the pool to grab some tadpoles. And stash them in my bag of holding before anyone else can see"

  • @tobiasrembrandt7635
    @tobiasrembrandt7635 5 лет назад +2

    3:50 Did someone have an experience with these?

  • @tsitsilander86
    @tsitsilander86 7 лет назад +1

    another amazing video Rhexx!

  • @vernaute2803
    @vernaute2803 5 лет назад +7

    There was no follow up video, I'm sad.

  • @AeonQuasar
    @AeonQuasar 4 года назад +1

    Neothelid battle was my favorite part in Baldurs Gate: Siege of Dragonspear by Beamdog. I know many people hate that game, but I liked it, but I really loved the Neothelid fight. So hard, so chaotic, so terrifying.

  • @KS-PNW
    @KS-PNW 4 года назад +3

    Any chance you'd want to do the elder brain video? I'd love to see it!

  • @arcadehelios
    @arcadehelios 3 года назад +1

    I survived an encounter with a Brainstealer Dragon. Dragonborn Monk/Druid, was able to break free of the tentacles the second they got me with a good strength save and the Monk ability to end a stun. Then, using Stonemeld (I believe that's the spell, whichever one let's you walk through stone) I wore the Party's stone golem like armor and hid from the beast while hitting it with ranged spells. Our Rogue and Cleric managed to hack it to pieces from there.

  • @vorcanvorcan9032
    @vorcanvorcan9032 5 лет назад +3

    Would love to see a video on the hypothetical combinations with the tadpoles.
    What might be created if a tadpole were able to survive being inserted into an aboleth for example?
    I also wonder what would happen if a mindflayer tadpole was inserted into a mindflayer.
    In both cases death is probably the most likely, but what kind of interesting things might be born if it did work out for the inserted tadpole? 🤔

  • @amoctheflock1364
    @amoctheflock1364 4 года назад

    Hello MrRhexx. I've been a DnD player for a long time. In one game, my party and I we're doing a Lords of Madness campaign. The story I have is long but I'll just sum it up. At some point I got a hold of a kind of portable plague in a box from a Drow temple (I stole it). According to what the DM tell me, the box is locked with a little needle that pops out. When someone pricks their finger or whatever on it and a very dangerous disease would poof out and have a great chance of killing everyone and everything of that species. I got grabbed by a Urophion and smack the tentacle with the box, its needle out. According to our DM, all the Urophions around us just... Died and the plague was now spreading across the underdark. Until it can't effect anymore soooo.... Hope your pleased.

  • @bullrext
    @bullrext 6 лет назад +4

    Was the third mind flayer video ever made ?

  • @lifeoflake3180
    @lifeoflake3180 2 года назад +1

    “They cannot control what is not intelligent” me:less go im immune now bow down before me you walmart squids

  • @RobLucci3
    @RobLucci3 7 лет назад +8

    Please do Aboleths next! Or some landmarks of the Forgotten Realms.

  • @ElderBard00
    @ElderBard00 3 года назад +1

    Roper + tadpole rant really funny 🤣🤣🤣

  • @theatheistpaladin
    @theatheistpaladin 7 лет назад +127

    Flayers + Slaad = ???

  • @foddorais1422
    @foddorais1422 4 года назад

    The intro to the Urophion was the best moment of the video.

  • @lordsolaire6202
    @lordsolaire6202 6 лет назад +4

    But what if you adopt a tadpole ? If you train them and feed them, will they recognise you as a ally ?

    • @firetarrasque4667
      @firetarrasque4667 6 лет назад +2

      Of you turn it into a Flayer?
      No.
      If it becomes a Neolitid... Maybe.
      Either way, you'd have a lot of players out for your head.

  • @captainthorrek262
    @captainthorrek262 4 года назад

    3:51 I laughed out loud at this bit. Very good point, but still a riot!

  • @ElijahNMitchell
    @ElijahNMitchell 5 лет назад +4

    Just came across this while doing research for a book. Whatever happened to part 3?!?

  • @christianlundeflo83
    @christianlundeflo83 7 лет назад +1

    Awesome series you've started! :D I would love some lore about some of the gods of DnD.

  • @crpineo
    @crpineo 5 лет назад +3

    ...I can't help but wonder if the type/color of the dragon makes any difference in the result...

  • @haseo9126
    @haseo9126 6 лет назад

    Man I want more dnd videos... Enjoyed them all

  • @mzy115
    @mzy115 5 лет назад +4

    Baulder Gate 3 revives this video

  • @victorbazan2676
    @victorbazan2676 Год назад +1

    Yo! Re-watching your videos, my man. Love it all! But I just realized you never made an elder brain video???

  • @Visy23TheElf
    @Visy23TheElf 7 лет назад +5

    one question about the tadpoles:
    "WHY THE EYES!?"
    seriously, I HATE when something mess with eyes

    • @jeffbyrne5910
      @jeffbyrne5910 4 года назад +1

      The optic nerve provides a direct path to the brain. None of your other head holes actually lead to the brain.

  • @squallgallardo
    @squallgallardo 6 лет назад

    I love how D&D and the art of Magic the Gathering cards are mixed in this series. I can identify so many cards from the art. XD.
    Great series. Hope there's more coming.
    I haven't never played D&D in my life (just Vampire, Werewolf snd LotR RPG), but I would love to try it.

  • @jumanjicostco3248
    @jumanjicostco3248 6 лет назад +5

    This is amazing! I've been watching Critical Role, so the "fools who kills an entire Mind Flayer colony" party is pretty funny for me xD

  • @jacquesbraz4801
    @jacquesbraz4801 5 лет назад

    Dude! These videos are awesome!!! Thank you sir!!!!

  • @mr.byybzman4964
    @mr.byybzman4964 6 лет назад +4

    I'm playing as a mind flayer in my campaign right now

    • @TerrariaGolem
      @TerrariaGolem 6 лет назад

      Byybz Myconids should rule the underdark in peace.

  • @OneSpenceyFella
    @OneSpenceyFella 5 лет назад +1

    MrRhexx's rant on Urophions is amazing. Lmao 3:50

  • @Jamesc5531
    @Jamesc5531 4 года назад +3

    Ah, so this is what happened in that cinematic trailer for Baldur's Gate 3

  • @JoeStoryteller
    @JoeStoryteller 5 лет назад +2

    Urophion: laughed so hard! Dude, this episode Rocks!!!!

  • @sonicmoo2499
    @sonicmoo2499 7 лет назад +5

    Could you do the Gith in one of these? I recently found these and binged them lol. I really liked the one about the Slaad and the Modrons and with the Gith being a very big interest to me I would absolutely love to see a video explaining them a little more than the monster manual has.

  • @kalebdee790
    @kalebdee790 Год назад +1

    I love the absolute hatred and loss of chill because of the urophion 😂😂😂