Tentacle Whip (Full-illithid)

This article is about the attack available in full-illithid form. For the version used by normal mind flayers, see Tentacle Whip (Mind Flayer). For other uses, see Tentacle Whip (disambiguation).

Tentacle Whip is a melee attack available to full-illithids which inflicts Psychic damage and possibly stuns the target. It is stronger than the version used by normal mind flayers.

Description

Lash out with your tentacles and possibly Stun your target.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage: 8~35

3d10 + 5Psychic

Details

Melee spell attack roll

INT Save (DC 14)

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

Technical details

UID

Target_Tentacles_MindFlayer

Spell flags

IsAttack, IsEnemySpell, IsHarmful, IsMelee

Condition: Stunned

 Stunned

Duration: 1 turn

DC 14  Intelligence saving throw

• Affected creatures cannot move or take  Actions,  Bonus Actions, or  Reactions.
• Affected creatures automatically fail Strength and Dexterity saving throws.
• Removed by Freedom of Movement, Greater Restoration, Unshackling Strike.
• Attack Rolls against affected creatures have Advantage.

How to learn

Used by creatures: Full-illithid

Notes

• Since this attack used a melee spell attack roll, it does not qualify for use with  Extra Attack.
• The Difficulty Class of this action is fixed at 14 and does not scale with any modifiers or features.