Illithilich

{
  "ac": [
    {
      "ac": 17,
      "from": [
        "natural armor"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cr": "22",
  "hp": {
    "average": 135,
    "formula": "18d8 + 54"
  },
  "cha": 16,
  "con": 16,
  "dex": 16,
  "int": 20,
  "str": 11,
  "wis": 14,
  "name": "Illithilich",
  "page": 172,
  "save": {
    "con": "+10",
    "int": "+12",
    "wis": "+9"
  },
  "size": [
    "M"
  ],
  "type": "undead",
  "alias": [
    "Mind Flayer Lich"
  ],
  "skill": {
    "arcana": "+19",
    "history": "+12",
    "insight": "+9",
    "perception": "+9"
  },
  "speed": {
    "walk": 30
  },
  "trait": [
    {
      "name": "Legendary Resistance (3/Day)",
      "entries": [
        "If the illithilich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rejuvenation",
      "entries": [
        "If it has a phylactery, a destroyed illithilich gains a new body in {@dice 1d10} days, regaining all its hit points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the phylactery."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Turn Resistance",
      "entries": [
        "The illithilich has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Magic Resistance",
      "entries": [
        "The illithilich has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "__prop": "monster",
  "action": [
    {
      "name": "Paralyzing Touch",
      "entries": [
        "{@atk ms} {@hit 12} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. {@h}10 ({@damage 3d6}) cold damage. The target must succeed on a {@dc 18} Constitution saving throw or be {@condition paralyzed} for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tentacles",
      "entries": [
        "{@atk mw} {@hit 12} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. {@h}21 ({@damage 3d10 + 5}) psychic damage. If the target is Large or smaller, it is {@condition grappled} (escape {@dc 15}) and must succeed on a {@dc 20} Intelligence saving throw or be {@condition stunned} until this grapple ends."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Extract Brain",
      "entries": [
        "{@atk mw} {@hit 12} to hit, reach 5 ft., one {@condition incapacitated} humanoid {@condition grappled} by the lich. {@h}55 ({@damage 10d10}) piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the lich kills the target by extracting and devouring its brain."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mind Blast {@recharge 5}",
      "entries": [
        "The illithilich magically emits psychic energy in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a {@dc 18} Intelligence saving throw or take 27 ({@damage 5d8 + 5}) psychic damage and be {@condition 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."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "immune": [
    "poison",
    {
      "cond": true,
      "note": "from nonmagical attacks",
      "immune": [
        "bludgeoning",
        "piercing",
        "slashing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "resist": [
    "cold",
    "lightning",
    "necrotic"
  ],
  "senses": [
    "truesight 120 ft."
  ],
  "source": "VGM",
  "passive": 19,
  "hasFluff": true,
  "hasToken": true,
  "miscTags": [
    "AOE",
    "MW"
  ],
  "alignment": [
    "L",
    "NX",
    "C",
    "E"
  ],
  "languages": [
    "Deep Speech",
    "Undercommon",
    "telepathy 120 ft."
  ],
  "legendary": [
    {
      "name": "Tentacles",
      "entries": [
        "The illithilich makes one attack with its tentacles."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Extract Brain (Costs 2 Actions)",
      "entries": [
        "The illithilich uses Extract Brain."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mind Blast (Costs 3 Actions)",
      "entries": [
        "The illithilich recharges its Mind Blast and uses it."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cast Spell (Costs 1–3 Actions)",
      "entries": [
        "The illithilich uses a spell slot to cast a 1st-, 2nd-, or 3rd-level spell that it has prepared. Doing so costs 1 legendary action per level of the spell."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "senseTags": [
    "U"
  ],
  "soundClip": {
    "path": "bestiary/mind-flayer-lich-illithilich.opus",
    "type": "internal"
  },
  "traitTags": [
    "Legendary Resistances",
    "Magic Resistance",
    "Rejuvenation",
    "Turn Resistance"
  ],
  "actionTags": [
    "Tentacles"
  ],
  "damageTags": [
    "C",
    "P",
    "Y"
  ],
  "environment": [
    "underdark"
  ],
  "languageTags": [
    "DS",
    "TP",
    "U"
  ],
  "spellcasting": [
    {
      "name": "Innate Spellcasting (Psionics)",
      "type": "spellcasting",
      "will": [
        "{@spell detect thoughts}",
        "{@spell levitate}"
      ],
      "daily": {
        "1e": [
          "{@spell dominate monster}",
          "{@spell plane shift} (self only)"
        ]
      },
      "ability": "int",
      "headerEntries": [
        "The illithilich's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save {@dc 20}). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Spellcasting",
      "type": "spellcasting",
      "spells": {
        "0": {
          "spells": [
            "{@spell mage hand}",
            "{@spell prestidigitation}",
            "{@spell ray of frost}"
          ]
        },
        "1": {
          "slots": 4,
          "spells": [
            "{@spell detect magic}",
            "{@spell magic missile}",
            "{@spell shield}",
            "{@spell thunderwave}"
          ]
        },
        "2": {
          "slots": 3,
          "spells": [
            "{@spell detect thoughts}",
            "{@spell invisibility}",
            "{@spell Melf's acid arrow}",
            "{@spell mirror image}"
          ]
        },
        "3": {
          "slots": 3,
          "spells": [
            "{@spell animate dead}",
            "{@spell counterspell}",
            "{@spell dispel magic}",
            "{@spell fireball}"
          ]
        },
        "4": {
          "slots": 3,
          "spells": [
            "{@spell blight}",
            "{@spell dimension door}"
          ]
        },
        "5": {
          "slots": 3,
          "spells": [
            "{@spell cloudkill}",
            "{@spell scrying}"
          ]
        },
        "6": {
          "slots": 1,
          "spells": [
            "{@spell disintegrate}",
            "{@spell globe of invulnerability}"
          ]
        },
        "7": {
          "slots": 1,
          "spells": [
            "{@spell finger of death}",
            "{@spell plane shift}"
          ]
        },
        "8": {
          "slots": 1,
          "spells": [
            "{@spell dominate monster}",
            "{@spell power word stun}"
          ]
        },
        "9": {
          "slots": 1,
          "spells": [
            "{@spell power word kill}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "ability": "int",
      "headerEntries": [
        "The illithilich is an 18th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save {@dc 20}, {@hit 12} to hit with spell attacks). The lich has the following wizard spells prepared:"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hasFluffImages": true,
  "legendaryGroup": {
    "name": "Illithilich",
    "source": "VGM"
  },
  "conditionImmune": [
    "charmed",
    "exhaustion",
    "frightened",
    "paralyzed",
    "poisoned"
  ],
  "damageTagsSpell": [
    "A",
    "C",
    "F",
    "I",
    "N",
    "O",
    "T"
  ],
  "conditionInflict": [
    "grappled",
    "paralyzed",
    "stunned"
  ],
  "spellcastingTags": [
    "CW",
    "I",
    "P"
  ],
  "savingThrowForced": [
    "constitution",
    "intelligence"
  ],
  "damageTagsLegendary": [
    "N"
  ],
  "conditionInflictSpell": [
    "charmed",
    "invisible",
    "stunned"
  ],
  "savingThrowForcedSpell": [
    "charisma",
    "constitution",
    "dexterity",
    "wisdom"
  ],
  "savingThrowForcedLegendary": [
    "constitution"
  ]
}