— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 6, 2019
“Ceremorphosis.” The earliest reference I can find to it is in the “Illithiad” by Bruce Cordell in 1998.
Current information in Volo’s Guide to Monsters.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 6, 2019
Ceremorphosis is scary. @POCGamer gives you a quick breakdown of why.
For another angle on it, here’s Chris Perkins running through it on Lore You Should Know. #dnd https://t.co/w8Ryk2jCw1 https://t.co/uvWL0hagoW
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 6, 2019
Oh they can do the head thing. But it takes them much longer than the guy in the video. That’s new. Yep, it generally takes about a week. We’ll see if what’s in the trailer is dramatically fast, or if there’s some in-game explanation for the speed.
Either way I’m adopting it for my games. The week after implantation is going to be subtle, with psychological symptoms, then THAT
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 6, 2019
It was covered better in the 3.5e Lords of Madness. The lore should still check out, even if the stats are obsolete. The Lords of Madness writeup is definitely great if you want a more modern science-y take on it. I sometimes feel it swings a bit too hard into those nuts and bolts for me, but it does provide a lot of potential detail to work with in stories.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 6, 2019
Yep, it generally takes about a week. We'll see if what's in the trailer is dramatically fast, or if there's some in-game explanation for the speed.
Either way I'm adopting it for my games. The week after implantation is going to be subtle, with psychological symptoms, then THAT
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 6, 2019
The Lords of Madness writeup is definitely great if you want a more modern science-y take on it. I sometimes feel it swings a bit too hard into those nuts and bolts for me, but it does provide a lot of potential detail to work with in stories.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 6, 2019
Those are more levitating illithids.
But in the next shot there’s a giant squiddly ship that was confirmed as a nautiloid, butnis referenced as traveling the Astral. So could be a Spelljammer, or could be something different.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 7, 2019