Mindflayers | D&D Monster Lore | The Dungeoncast Ep.93

[@76jford]

"What are we doing today brain" "Same thing we do every day pinky talk about dnd"

[@theoverdox]

spot on

[@grimcthulhu448]

I did notice one thing when you said that they use there mouth to crack the hosts skull open they actually don’t they have a acid like substance in there tentacles that they secrete and much like how your nose is attached to your throat they have “tubes” in there tentacles that transfer it to there mouth so they can chew it

[@gryphon5026]

Lmfao great reference to the classic Pinky and the Brain cartoon I was 11-12 when that show came out

[@therismetrengaarde8315]

Maaan. Fun fact : "Illithid" is a pairing of two separate Undercommon words(if you didn't happen to know what "Undercommon" is, I will explain. You see, Undercommon is the variant of Common which is spoken in The Underdark. It's the most common language spoke in The Underdark, hence the "under" and "common" parts.), Which are "Illi" which simply means "mind" and "Thid" which simply means "eater/ruler". So, they are quite literally called "Mindflayers" in both Undercommon and in English.

[@leechalmers1588]

Can you break that down for me a lil more I still don’t understand

[@GhostlyNomad130]

Will's Catchphrase is 'We`ll get into it.' Calling it now!

[@anankasbazaar]

"Most definently"

[@anonym0usplatypus]

I'd imagine that maybe some advanced illithid colonies would start the commercial farming of humanoids to minimize the amount of time they have to hunt.

[@microzen7757]

Do you want Gith? Because that’s how you get Gith!!

[@briankool1]

THE ONLY GOOD BUG IS A DEAD BUG

[@robhoteling5552]

Illithiliches are terrifying

[@413benmc]

The largest Empire the Multiverse has ever known only lasted 1,000 years is a perfect example of why i take liberties with DnD lore for my HomeBrews.

[@LBCole-uc3ng]

The dude on the right is the best at coming up with stuff on the fly. Lichithids and what was that turn of phrase he used to describe the things DnD affected? That was cool. Good job man.

[@TheSubscriberWithNothing]

I think I read that "Mindflayer" is what Illithid means in deep speech.

[@PeefRimgarGames]

Yeah I always thought Mindflayer was just a translation of illithid.

[@eddvultures40]

Your patron is demogorgon? You guys are Warlocks of the fiend.

[@Wilsontripplets]

I love how in bg3 there is a mind flayer that can actually be considered either chaotic good or lawful neutral.

[@sagemcchesney4734]

Wow now I'm thinking about how much they are like the zerg and the protoss combined. But I really enjoyed the video. Keep up the great work I'm always looking forward to new videos

[@sufferinsuccotash8981]

Another awesome episode guys. Thank you. Just revisited your sorcerer analysis from way back and you promised doing an episode on a Gish build towards the end of the video. Is there any chance of this happening soon?? Cheers

[@Thedungeoncast]

Thank you! We will talk about builds in the future. I can't say that it will be soon though. We have a ton to cover still that I think gets priority.

[@sufferinsuccotash8981]

Hey thank you so much for the quick reply. Enjoy your day

[@fake-king3837]

I would like to hear more about renegade mind flayers, but it's cool to hear a lot about mind flayers

[@fracros95]

Another great podcast, good job guys!

[@maxgeckos]

Shoulda said "gotta be smarter than a 5th grader" to sustain the mindflayer

[@ryuku2]

Back to learning about Mindflayers now that Baldur's Gate 3 is out in Early Access

[@impartialthrone2097]

Alhoons are actually just Illithids that delve into arcane magic. The ones who become liches are called Illithiliches lol

[@EmethMatthew]

Oh man, you guys need to do Slaad!

[@gryphon5026]

Matron Benrea of Menzoberanzon had a MindFlayer Advisor

[@iGuttsi]

They got that Davy Jones going on

[@TheGoauldApophis]

4 tentacles under their mouths... Is Dr. Zoidberg secretly an Ilithid?

[@godsdemon7441]

This race would be fun to play in a evil party.

[@DeedeeDirt]

I seriously can not wait to play a masterful and mighty manticore mage

[@mattheweagle3580]

I’m doing my part

[@amadhollow635]

Fun fact: pnumba would be pronounced numa; but penumbra is like saying pen umbra

[@SansUndertaleReaI]

well thats cuz of the e

[@Kuidasaintseenimi]

Another great video. Although, one thing has bothered me. Maybe you could put pictures, if available, of the creatures to background to give us better vision on the topics at hand. PS: How their hunting and feeding cycle more precisely works? I mean do they breed the creatures also as livestock or just hunt, enthrall and consume?

[@therismetrengaarde8315]

I believe the Mindflayers only hunt, enthrall and enslave. Their methods for testing their potential victims is by placing them into these capsule-like pods filled with water, and essentially blast their ears and minds with a sort of psionic frequency to either permanently strengthen the victim's own psionic ability, or render them mentally disabled and use them for their vile and sadistic experiments

[@craigseverance6235]

Watches this in Superquest saga

[@ChromeDragonBastion]

Which head pledged ???

[@Bastion97]

What was the name of the bug like enemies the Illithid defeated?

[@therismetrengaarde8315]

Bugbears?

[@anankasbazaar]

Gith

[@Terrioizer]

Guys should do a gith episode

[@Thedungeoncast]

We should and we will.

[@godsdemon7441]

@@Thedungeoncast I just joined recently, have you done the Gith episode yet?

[@godsdemon7441]

Sounds like Gygax had their history merged with The Great Race of Yith.

[@amadhollow635]

I think demons souls has the best version of mind flayers Though their mind blast is a sphere around them not a cone

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Illithids the things that everyone should kill on site. Talking to you Drow! Only good bug is a dead bug. #DeadBugs

[@michaelsinclair1343]

MEDIC!!!

[@Jane_8319]

Wow, in early to this one. 3rd comment, cool. Thanks so much to the dungeoncast for so much cool content. Keep it up!

[@Smitty-hr2mg]

Brian is a nerd... and he's never seen Starship Troopers... You're killin me man. You're really killing me. That's one of the essentials, like RoboCop, The Thing, The 2000's Judge Dredd. Get out of town

[@Thedungeoncast]

Also haven’t seen Judge Dredd :(

[@gentlemansgambit1018]

Brian, I know you have watched avatar the last airbender (aka lengend of korra) but have you watched avatar lengend of korra?

[@Thedungeoncast]

I have. I'm a fan for sure. I take issue with elements of season 2 and 4 but overall its a great show design.

[@MysterygamerX1234]

They remind me of the Vex from Destiny.

[@semorebutts2584]

How?

[@MysterygamerX1234]

@@semorebutts2584 The hive mind thing.

[@damianstruiken2728]

What would happen if a mindflyer ate a trolls brain

[@76jford]

Damian Struiken it leaves mean internet comments

[@blakebrockhaus347]

The troll would kill it from the inside.

[@Licjr]

So does having Demogorgon on your Patreon make you guys Fiend-Pact Warlocks?

[@thadonduke1223]

Aye just a suggestion. It'd be cool if you guys started posting on Spotify :)

[@Thedungeoncast]

I agree, unfortunately I have submitted our feed to spotify 3 times with no response so far. I will continue trying though.

[@shaydedj]

Compare illithids to star wars, gith = sith?

[@TheBackwardsSong]

Starship troopers is a satire. Some elements are funny. It is absolutely not a comedy.

[@whocares6757]

very poorly made satire but yeah

[@j.c.tisdel1220]

ifrits

[@PTBsynthex]

There is a mission in Starcraft that you fight a tarrassque

[@_bats_]

Starship Troopers the book is totally pro-fascist. The movie is like a parody of it, almost. Some of the sci-fi stuff in the book is cooler than the movie, but the movie definitely reigns supreme in the social commentary/politics stuff.

[@MarkMackenzievortism]

Point out the facisim. Or are you spouting rubbish that some other not very intelligent person told you?

[@playstation10able]

@@MarkMackenzievortism I believe one of the books themes is fascism, that not to say it "pro" it's just one of the overarching themes.

[@krokodilegrundee5101]

Its a government run entirely by the military in which you need to be a member of the miliary to vote, its entire premise is built on exterminating bugs. thats fascist bruv

[@whocares6757]

​@@krokodilegrundee5101The government in the book was not fascist, and the guy who made the movie never even read the book.

[@teardeem]

these guys remind me of the yuuzhan vong

[@helltrigger87]

Man this format is hard to watch with Brian constantly derailing and interrupting. Just Tell Me About The Illithids

[@michaelsinclair1343]

Maybe don't watch 🤷 Brian's side comments are hilarious and often lead to revelations from Will about whichever topic they're talking about.

[@dixieflatline9772]

The book Starship Troopers is fascist propaganda. The movie makes fun of the book along with fascism. If you think the movie promotes fascism, it's because fascism is appealing to you.

[@whocares6757]

The government in the book was not fascist, and the guy who made the movie never even read the book.