Mind Flayer Psion

(Volo's Guide to Monsters)

Medium aberration, Lawful Evil

Armor Class15 (breastplate)
Hit Points71 (13d8 + 13)
Speed30 ft.
STRDEXCONINTWISCHA
11 (+0) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 19 (+4) 17 (+3) 17 (+3)
Saving ThrowsCha +6, Int +7, Wis +6
SkillsArcana +7, Deception +6, Insight +6, Perception +6, Persuasion +6, Stealth +4
Damage Vulnerabilities—
Damage Resistances—
Damage Immunities—
Condition Immunities—
Sensesdarkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16
LanguagesDeep Speech, Undercommon, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge8

Traits

Magic Resistance.

The mind flayer has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Tentacles.

Melee Attack Roll: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) psychic damage. If the target is Medium or smaller, it is grappled (escape DC 15) and must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or be stunned until this grapple ends.

Extract Brain.

Melee Attack Roll: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one incapacitated humanoid grappled by the mind flayer. Hit: The target takes 55 (10d10) piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the mind flayer kills the target by extracting and devouring its brain.

Mind Blast (Recharge 5-6).

The mind flayer magically emits psychic energy in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or take 22 (4d8 + 4) psychic damage and be stunned for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Innate Spellcasting (Psionics)

The mind flayer is a 10th-level spellcaster. Its innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 15; +7 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:

At will: guidance, mage hand, vicious mockery, true strike, detect thoughts, levitate

1 each/day: dominate monster, plane shift (self only)

Level 1 (4 slots): charm person, command, comprehend languages, sanctuary

Level 2 (3 slots): crown of madness, phantasmal force, see invisibility

Level 3 (3 slots): clairvoyance, fear, meld into stone

Level 4 (3 slots): confusion, stone shape

Level 5 (2 slots): scrying, telekinesis