tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post4391911712307787957..comments2022-07-28T09:14:34.744+01:00Comments on The Paladin in the Bag: Creature Spotlight: The Mind FlayerHalexBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426923162016945320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post-40745885941528568872012-11-11T08:23:31.341+00:002012-11-11T08:23:31.341+00:00And while AD&D had the Mind Flayer...Regular D...And while AD&D had the Mind Flayer...Regular D&D had the Devourer who ate wizard brains and took not just their spell ability but (thanks to Bruce Heard's Work in the Voyages of Princess Ark Series) the personality of the individual brain accessed.Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post-88810787814364063772012-03-22T01:59:54.831+00:002012-03-22T01:59:54.831+00:00I have "The Burrower's Beneath" by B...I have "The Burrower's Beneath" by Brian Lumley in storage! I thought I read it 'once upon a time' but if I have, its been over 20 years ago. Reading this article prompts me to rummage through my storage unit tomorrow (day off!) and find it! :)<br /><br />When I got the Monster Manual, I didn't yet have the PHB or DMG, so I used the MM with Holmes and later with Moldvay, Cook & Marsh's BX rules, ignoring any reference to Psionics. :)Bobjesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694236042744847270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post-68273501059912110502012-03-19T14:16:39.981+00:002012-03-19T14:16:39.981+00:00While the Mind Flayer is indeed cool, the MM/AD&am...While the Mind Flayer is indeed cool, the MM/AD&D version of it required the psionics rules which I, as a kid, never used. So, like almost all the demons and devils, they never saw the table in my original AD&D campaign back in the 70s/80s. Shame.<br /><br />The psionic rules were actually one of the main reasons (the other being the incredibly poor quality of the MM2) that I stopped playing AD&D. You simply couldn't go above a certain level before most of your monsterous opponents needed them.Hedgehobbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17606283586332210195noreply@blogger.com