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* Oh, most delicious morsel, perceive my appreciation of your unique gifts:  Your brow--      *
* exquisite in its simple symmetry--is shapely, hinting at the delicacies contained therein.  *
* It is merely the wrapping, a fragile package concealing tangy treasure.  Snuggled close,    *
* warm and moist beneath pale bone, fatty coils of succulent gray meat quiver to be plucked,  *
* to be exposed for the appreciation of all, before inevitable, ardent consumption...Ah, that *
* hits the spot.                                                                              *
*                 --esperquote from an Illithid engaged in taste-linked performance-eating.   *
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Welcome!

Thanx for downloading the newly revised Illithid core rules PC race package.  A few
things you should know before importing this package:  First, be sure to delete ALL
other illithid custom imports from my previous illithid release, this is designed to
replace them, though I named them differently than before, thus you will have to remove
the old stuff manually.  Also, place the image in the bitmaps\portraits directory.  I
created each custom entry beginning with the word Illithid followed by a hyphen as shown
below.

Most of this information comes from the TSR book entitled The Illithiad, which is part of
the Monstrous Arcana series, and is kinda hard to find.  I recommend it if you plan on
playing one of these extremely unique and interesting creatures.  Note however that it
does not outline rules for playing Illithids as a PC race.  However, there is some good
reading in there which includes common lairs, anatomy, how they're created, history/
theology, society, and much much more.  Get it.

A few notes about certain entries:
 * The Illithid Psychic Sword's are listed several times due to the fact that they give
   a different plus depending on the weilder's intelligence, equip accordingly.
 * Illithid Dagger +1 is an item I created myself (from mine own creativity ;).
 * Illithid Tentacle Extensions appear as weapons, though they can only be used for 2
   hours before having to be removed.  Application and removal during combat takes 1
   round per in addition to speed factor.
 * The Illithid Psionic Seal appears as a count item because it can be scribed on almost
   anything just as a ward is scribed.  I created it as a count item because count items
   can be applied to anything, including PC's and NPC's.
 * The Illithiad states that Illithids rarely get Illithid unique psionics, here's a quote
   from the book, though its best left to DM's discression:
    | Common Illithids have a 10% chance to roll once on the table below, normal illithids
    | automatically roll once.
    |   d8    Psionic Power
    |   --    -------------
    |   01    Collapse Time
    |   02    Crisis of Breath
    |   03    Fatal Attraction
    |   04    Imprint Psionic Circuitry
    |   05    Intrusive Taste Link
    |   06    Microcosm
    |   07    Sever the Tie
    |   08    Shards
 * The Illithiad also states that mind flayers HAVE the following psionic powers.  Attacks:
   ego whip, id insinuation, mind blast; Defenses:  All; Disciplines:  control body,
   levitation, body equilibrium, probability travel, teleport, astral projection, domination,
   awe, ESP, post-hypnotic suggestion, taste link.  However, this would require the PC to be
   at 7th level to have all of the above, therefore I recommend playing as a standard
   psionicist and pick from the above FIRST as you gain levels.  Again DM discression best
   applies.
 * Though I included tentacle extension's as a weapon, I didn't include tentacles, because
   I didn't feel them necessary, the racial ability of tentacles explains attack methods.


Images
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illithid.bmp

Equipment
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Illithid - Bonethriven (Musical Instrument)
Illithid - Intellect Devourer, Adult
Illithid - Intellect Devourer, Larva (Ustilagor)
Illithid - Slave

Magical Items
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Illithid - Brainmate
Illithid - Cephalometer
Illithid - Glaregoggles
Illithid - Psychic Reservoir
Illithid - Resonance Stones
Illithid - Striator
Illithid - Voice Box

Armor
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Illithid - Dampsuit
Illithid - Exoskeleton

Unique Psionic Powers
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Illithid - Collapse Time
Illithid - Crisis of Breath
Illithid - Fatal Attraction
Illithid - Imprint Psionic Circuitry
Illithid - Intrusive Taste Link
Illithid - Microcosm
Illithid - Sever the Tie
Illithid - Shards

Weapons
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Illithid - Dagger +1 (Illithid Long Sword)
Illithid - Psychic Sword (Weilder Intel 03-12)
Illithid - Psychic Sword (Weilder Intel 13-14)
Illithid - Psychic Sword (Weilder Intel 15-16)
Illithid - Psychic Sword (Weilder Intel 17-18)
Illithid - Psychic Sword (Weilder Intel 19+)
Illithid - Tentacle Extensions

Disadvantages
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Illithid - Partial Personality

Count
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Illithid - Psionic Seal

Races
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Illithid (Mind Flayer)

Racial Abilities
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Illithid, Infravision
Illithid, Magic Resistance (5)
Illithid, Mental Blast
Illithid, Tentacles



If you want any assistance or just wanna chat, heres my info:

Arcana[FiN] (Robbie Powell)
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                  Will soon have a Core Rules site at a different location
                  Email me for info.
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