What happens if you eat a mind flayer brain?

If you manage to eat a mind flayer corpse, you gain either telepathy or 1 intelligence point, with a 50% chance of each. You can sense their presence remotely, and if you have telepathy they can sense yours. Occasionally they will concentrate and release a blast of psychic energy.

Can mind flayers eat anything other than brains?

Diet. The sustenance of mind flayers were the brains of other creatures, mainly those of humanoids. Stray memories were acquired from a mind flayer’s prey, which they shared with the other members of their colony.

Do mind flayers have to eat brains?

A mind flayer must have a minimum of one fresh brain per month. Any less than that and it suffers physical debilitation, becoming so weak that it could die. Its ideal diet is one brain per week. A mind flayer that consumes one brain a week does not feel deprived.

Can mind flayers reproduce?

Ceremorphosis is the natural reproduction process of the mind flayer. It involves inserting a live illithid tadpole into the mind of a captive humanoid host, consuming their mind over the course of days and transforming the body into a mind flayer.

What are mind flayers weak against?

One of these ability scores being low is tolerable, but having both makes not only the creature weak to attacks and damage but also most saving throws. The mind flayer needs to go all-in on their offenses to ensure their survival.

What is the big thing in Stranger things?

The Mind Flayer
The Mind Flayer, also known as the Shadow Monster, is the primary antagonist of the 2016 original Netflix sci-fi TV series Stranger Things, serving as the unseen overarching antagonist of the first season and the main antagonist of the second and third seasons.

Are Mindflayers evil?

Mindflayers are clearly evil by straight definition. They have no respect for life or concern for dignity of sentient beings (only their own). You’re just another Elder Brain apologist!

Why did the mind flayers eat human brains?

Illithids cannot feed on just any brain matter, they have to consume the brains of other intelligent species, hence the feasting on humanoids. This is also why ceremorphosis with lesser intelligent beings results in Illithid abominations. So, the Mind Flayers were like, “Why don’t we just enslave people?

What happens to a Mind Flayer when it dies?

Mind flayers live up to 135 years. When a mind flayer dies, their brain is ceremonially removed and cast into the spawning pool, where it is absorbed by the elder brain, a enormous and ancient psionic being who rules a mind flayer city. The elder brain absorbs the mind flayer’s knowledge.

How does a tadpole become a mind flayer?

The tadpole grows as it devours the humanoid’s brain, attaching to the victim’s brain stem and becoming its new brain. Over the course of a week, the humanoid body changes form, and a new mind flayer comes into being. So, while the process appears to be accelerated in the video clip…that’s what you’re seeing.

What kind of nourishment does a mind flayer need?

This was the only kind of nourishment that could sustain the mind flayer physiology, which required hormones, enzymes, and psychic energy that only brain tissue could provide. Feeding was a euphoric experience for a mind flayer, as it absorbed its victim’s memories, personality, and fears.