Mind Flayers Take Center Stage in Dungeons & Dragons' Latest Epic Adventure

Roger

9/2/20231 min read

๐Ÿ”ฎ Dive into the depths of D&D's sizzling mind flayer summer! ๐Ÿฆ‘ Wizards of the Coast is dropping a bombshell with their latest adventure, "Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk." Brace yourselves, adventurers, because the "big bads" of Phandelin and Below are none other than the enigmatic mind flayers.

๐Ÿง  While mind flayers have been lurking in the shadows of many 5E adventures, this time, they take center stage as the campaign's central villains, not just side threats. Hold on to your spellbooks!

๐ŸŒ€ These mind flayers have a sinister agenda that gives a nod to the eerie ceremorphosis process we've seen in Baldur's Gate 3. Instead of tadpoles, we're talking about a whole new level of creepiness with an illithid "godlet." ๐Ÿ™

๐Ÿ—ฃ Amanda Hamon, the mastermind behind Phandelver and Below, spilled the tentacled beans: "With everyone toying with mind flayer tadpoles in BG3, we wanted to spin a tale of our beloved D&D brain-eaters in action. But this time, it's much more than mischief."

๐ŸŒŒ The illithids scheming against Phandalin have a diabolical twistโ€”they're tied to a mysterious godlet from the darkest corners of the multiverse. Can these fanatical mind flayers harness the power of the obelisk pieces to pull off ceremorphosis without tadpoles? Pray to your deities, adventurers, because the stakes are higher than ever!

(Photo: Wade Acuff โ€“ Wizards of the Coast)