In 3.5 there were mindflayers that were corrupted in the far realm to become psychically resistant and physically more powerful. They were called Mindflayers of Thoon and I hope that we get a chance to see them hunting down other mindflayers again because Thoon is a cool antagonist idea
I am literally running a high-level campaign against Thoon's forces weekly. Lets me go hogwild with Far Realms/Lovecraftian stuff on top of the illithids...
I've already ran LMoP for my group between June of 2021 to December of 2022 and had an absolutely incredible time while learning a lot about being a DM since it was the first campaign I ever ran. My plan is to run this new Shattered Obelisk book combined with other previous storylines started in LMoP for some of the PCs, I just hope that introducing the horror concept after Wave Echo Cave and the Black Spider battle flows well although I'll probably rewrite most of the Shatter Obelisk to fit anyways. Looking forward to getting my grubby hands on the book!
Been playing since 3.5 days, and had a few run-ins with mind flayers over the years. The only thing I've found mind flayers to fear were the undead because they were immune to anything mind flayers could do. It was great. Hearing that this module is creating a new threat that shows what the monsters are afraid of has me intrigued.
@@GendefectX Nah. Neither I nor my players have no contact with anyone designing official D&D content, so there's no way they could've known about my campaign. I just thought it was an amusing coincidence that the very campaign I just finished months ago could have benefited from this adventure.
@chaosSpectre370 yeah I saw that. This aged like milk in the hot summer sun, but at the time of this post, that premier notice wasn't posted yet, so we didn't know.
excited for seeing this product soon, meanwhile, at least for me, the most awesome and inspiring mind flayer adventure was Dungeon Dudes live game season 2 "Shadows of Drakkenheim", episodes 4 through 12 - worth watching for inspiration and a fun adventure
So small town where people are being kidnapped forces the adventurers to delve into the underdark after a psionic menace only to find that they are using a ritual to empower an obelisk to enslave the region around it. Ummm, this is just Night Below with Aboleths swapped for Mindflayers. Not that I'm complaining as Night Below was awesome and should be redone, but....
stranger things did. which then led to them being used in bg3. and now in this. stranger things made mind flayers MASSIVE. before now they were a common but not that common high level enemy
Wizards of the coast can't use their content without it being Larian or Stranger Things that made them do it? These books are in production for a very long time, get real
While I was hoping for more of a Vecna tie in I’m always happy with more mindflayer stuff, and even better, things that typical Mindflayers would consider heresy
Well unless they make an adventure where the PCs are Mind Flayers the adventures are likely to end with them being thwarted. Hmmm or unless they return to the possible ending of 2e’s Dawn of the Overmind if the players fail but survive, which would be a huge campaign book on its own but would be epic.
With this one I will wait a few months before considering it, after the inclusion of images generated by AI in bigby I will wait until I can confirm that the new books do not include more, not wasting money on that
@@voodoophil for me it cheapens the final product, a product that just became more expensive, the only reason companies use ai generated images is to make the production cheaper at the expense of the people the ai generators stole from, i prefer buying a product made by actual people that enjoy and love what they are doing, if they just ask the generator to spit something to sell this quarter that is something i have no interest in buying at all Also, to me it makes me doubt if the rest of the content is made by real people or not, if they became comfortable with using ai generated images it becomes a posibility that the text is also made with chatgpt, they get rid of the actual creators and the product becomes just a tool to put more money into the execs. pockets, a lot more than it is now
@@voodoophil Art AIs scrape human-created art for their training data, often without the permission of the original artists. The artists' work is being used to generate a product and they are receiving no compensation. Until this problem is remedied by law, using AI-generated visual art is unethical, unless there's an AI company that can prove they only used art they had permission to use. I'm not aware if that exists.
I like the vibe of we knew a good game BG3 involved mindflayers heavily, so we wanted to cash in on it with our stream of rushed and under delivering books so we can turn off new players to the hobby.
Mind flayers aren't popular because people are excited about the creature. They're "popular" because D&D and WotC want to make more content that they have copyright control over. The mindflayer is their IP that they have control over.
They already did that. See the statement about Bigby’s, which states that they will only use human art (and will require it from artists going forward), and that there is no AI art in the upcoming books for this year, including Phandelver and Below
@@BryanTheDM being the same universe doesn't make using the same concept a good thing. If every expansion of WoW involved the king of the Alliance and the Warchief of the Horde putting aside the "Warcraft" part to face a common threat, there would be complai... Wait a minute...
In 3.5 there were mindflayers that were corrupted in the far realm to become psychically resistant and physically more powerful. They were called Mindflayers of Thoon and I hope that we get a chance to see them hunting down other mindflayers again because Thoon is a cool antagonist idea
they used one image of a Thoon near 5:50
Pretty sure that Thoon was never explained, it was just said in the 3.5 bestiary that "Thoon can be whatever you want it to be"
I am literally running a high-level campaign against Thoon's forces weekly. Lets me go hogwild with Far Realms/Lovecraftian stuff on top of the illithids...
They're in 4e too iirc... thats the first time I saw them in MM 1, 2 or 3
I've already ran LMoP for my group between June of 2021 to December of 2022 and had an absolutely incredible time while learning a lot about being a DM since it was the first campaign I ever ran. My plan is to run this new Shattered Obelisk book combined with other previous storylines started in LMoP for some of the PCs, I just hope that introducing the horror concept after Wave Echo Cave and the Black Spider battle flows well although I'll probably rewrite most of the Shatter Obelisk to fit anyways. Looking forward to getting my grubby hands on the book!
It's the starter set with a Lovecraft cosmic eldritch horror twist
the one scene in BG3 that i can not just watch is the insertion of the tadpole into the eye - it just freaks me out...
Been playing since 3.5 days, and had a few run-ins with mind flayers over the years. The only thing I've found mind flayers to fear were the undead because they were immune to anything mind flayers could do. It was great. Hearing that this module is creating a new threat that shows what the monsters are afraid of has me intrigued.
This sounds almost exactly like my homebrew campaign of the past eight years that ended six months ago.
yeahhh mb i emailed them a synopsis
You should sue them!
@@GendefectX Nah. Neither I nor my players have no contact with anyone designing official D&D content, so there's no way they could've known about my campaign. I just thought it was an amusing coincidence that the very campaign I just finished months ago could have benefited from this adventure.
@@LeChaunce I was kidding,
It definitely is a amusing coincidence. ;)
"The next UA playtest 7 is very nigh" lol
Looks like its dropping this Thursday based on the video they scheduled
@chaosSpectre370 yeah I saw that. This aged like milk in the hot summer sun, but at the time of this post, that premier notice wasn't posted yet, so we didn't know.
excited for seeing this product soon, meanwhile, at least for me, the most awesome and inspiring mind flayer adventure was Dungeon Dudes live game season 2 "Shadows of Drakkenheim", episodes 4 through 12 - worth watching for inspiration and a fun adventure
I was hoping for the OneDnD 7 document at the end of August.
Looks like its dropping this Thursday based on the video they scheduled
As of posting (9/5/23), the next one will be revealed 2 days from now.
Sounds awesome. PLEASE do a similar thing with beholders!!
Far Realms? YES! Mind Flayers? YES! Underdark? YES! More Phandelver? Yes! Amanda Hamon with a low-cut blouse? YES!
This looks so good! I’m so excited to see what’s in the book!
So small town where people are being kidnapped forces the adventurers to delve into the underdark after a psionic menace only to find that they are using a ritual to empower an obelisk to enslave the region around it. Ummm, this is just Night Below with Aboleths swapped for Mindflayers. Not that I'm complaining as Night Below was awesome and should be redone, but....
LOLz my mind did a double take when I realized she switched from Paizo to WoTC. :D
So, basically Larian studio made mind flayers way popular.
stranger things did. which then led to them being used in bg3. and now in this. stranger things made mind flayers MASSIVE. before now they were a common but not that common high level enemy
Stranger Things made D&D extremely popular like never before. @@igormorais4192
@@igormorais4192 Are mind flayers high level in tabletop 5E? They're only level 8 in BG3
Wizards of the coast can't use their content without it being Larian or Stranger Things that made them do it? These books are in production for a very long time, get real
They were always one of the most recognizable D&D monsters other than Beholders.
Please do not drink each time Mind Flayers are mentioned in this video. (68 give or take)
Why are there mindflayers in this adventure ?
Well, we felt they were under-monetized.
As a fan of Mind Flayers and Call of Cthulhu, I approve this video.
6:56 So now even mindflayers are working from home. 😀
This poor person has spent years up to the ears in illithid lore and art. Maybe the next project should be ents? Faeries, maybe pixies or the like?
So is it Thoon?
I love how the autogenerated captions struggle with Ilsensine - "Ill-sensing, El Sensei, El Sunshine"
"El Sensei" is funny af
Sounds great ! And, yes, great timing :P
Don't you dare think I didn't recognize that Thoon Flayer image. Thoon is back baby!
I wish they would bring back the time traveling Mind Flayer origin. Also, are they just using Thoon's lore for this new Illithid god?
mindflayers are fun especially since in my world have a secret connection to an important incident in the world
While I was hoping for more of a Vecna tie in I’m always happy with more mindflayer stuff, and even better, things that typical Mindflayers would consider heresy
I’m looking forward to playing this as I’m currently playing a mindflayer
Illithids stay taking Ls it seems.
Well, they have been for 40+ years, but it seems now that "The Grand Design" is being thwarted at every angle
There’s a lot more to this than the ‘Grand Design’ but that’s spoilers.
Nah, the Grand Design is ticking away. Adventurer's are just fighting off all the offshoots and distractions. That's why they got so zany!
Well unless they make an adventure where the PCs are Mind Flayers the adventures are likely to end with them being thwarted.
Hmmm or unless they return to the possible ending of 2e’s Dawn of the Overmind if the players fail but survive, which would be a huge campaign book on its own but would be epic.
As they say… these Mindflayers are discontented following the fall of the Empire. I’m pretty sure these three are rogue and doing their own thing.
where is oneDnD playtest?
2 days from today (on 9/7/23)
Heavy inspiration from call from the deep I see cool.
Wait....When did Oryndoll fell? I don't think there has been any mention of it anywhere (Unless she meant other city, but I dont think so?)
So this is basically OGL 2.0 of you using Baldurs Gate 3's story for money?
I love Mind Flayers, but kinda hoped for.. a different type of villain.. just a little.
lolth
With this one I will wait a few months before considering it, after the inclusion of images generated by AI in bigby I will wait until I can confirm that the new books do not include more, not wasting money on that
I would like to remind. In the Community Update all other books were checked and cleared of A.I. art.
There’s no AI art in this. I have it on digital rn. The art is actually amazing. I’m kind of impressed.
@@voodoophil for me it cheapens the final product, a product that just became more expensive, the only reason companies use ai generated images is to make the production cheaper at the expense of the people the ai generators stole from, i prefer buying a product made by actual people that enjoy and love what they are doing, if they just ask the generator to spit something to sell this quarter that is something i have no interest in buying at all
Also, to me it makes me doubt if the rest of the content is made by real people or not, if they became comfortable with using ai generated images it becomes a posibility that the text is also made with chatgpt, they get rid of the actual creators and the product becomes just a tool to put more money into the execs. pockets, a lot more than it is now
@@voodoophil Art AIs scrape human-created art for their training data, often without the permission of the original artists. The artists' work is being used to generate a product and they are receiving no compensation. Until this problem is remedied by law, using AI-generated visual art is unethical, unless there's an AI company that can prove they only used art they had permission to use. I'm not aware if that exists.
Illithids are the grabby aliens, assimilating the multiverse
No playable Mind Flayer option, disappointing.
Hombrew, homebrew ….
Soon, Baldur's Gate will make it happen, i'm pretty sure.
Bring back the half caster warlock
I like the vibe of we knew a good game BG3 involved mindflayers heavily, so we wanted to cash in on it with our stream of rushed and under delivering books so we can turn off new players to the hobby.
Mind flayers aren't popular because people are excited about the creature. They're "popular" because D&D and WotC want to make more content that they have copyright control over. The mindflayer is their IP that they have control over.
Can D&D team guarantee no AI generated/assisted images made it into this book?
Just going to keep asking and not buying, until we get this promise.
I don't care. And I will buy it with or without it.
@jspsj0 some of us have standards
They already did that. See the statement about Bigby’s, which states that they will only use human art (and will require it from artists going forward), and that there is no AI art in the upcoming books for this year, including Phandelver and Below
@@7Ddog7 kkkkkkk
I care about your standards as much as I care about AI.
Can D&D team guarantee no computer assisted images made it into this book? True art can only be made with pen and paper, photoshop is the devil.
This entire production seems very lazy and sounding like Larian Studios did 95% of the work and you piggybacked off their efforts and success
I really like Amanda, buuuut someone please tell her to not look into the camera when the video is framed to be talking to Todd hahah.
Amanda hamon is my new waifu, everyone loves tentacles.
Lol so you're saying we've got Mind Goblins?
sounds like yall ripped off BG3 to me like even this Godlet thing sounds similar to the idea of The Absolute
You do understand that both of those things are....Dungeons and Dragons....right? Like....oh no....they...ripped off their own world, lore, and ideas?
@@BryanTheDM being the same universe doesn't make using the same concept a good thing. If every expansion of WoW involved the king of the Alliance and the Warchief of the Horde putting aside the "Warcraft" part to face a common threat, there would be complai... Wait a minute...
You realize the Ilsensine has been around since 2E yeah? BG3 took stuff from decades of lore
Even Final Fantasy ripthem off from D&D so way popular since always
dnd didnt invent mindflayers, they just gave cuthulu a new name
Is this the "MIndiest Mindflayer?"🙄 RIP D&D....
Highly recommend to play BG3 instead of wasting time with the knock off board game version of it.
both! hobbies are not exclusionary of each other 😉
This statement is baffling to me - as a BG3 player and a tabletop player.
Like clockwork, here come the people who think BG3 invented D&D. We all knew it was going to happen.
Everyone getting mad at this obvious joke once again proving that most people that play dnd are not proficient in the “social” skill.
@@snoochieboochies2011 or - not everyone shares that sense of humor.
Make more campaigns with Mind Flayers I'd say
um...loads of books already