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omera
Acolyte
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 Posted - 07 Nov 2007 : 01:12:41
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Do Illithids have the ability to communicate with the other races?
Mod Edit: Moved this scroll from the ether.
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Edited by - The Sage on 07 Nov 2007 02:07:48
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turox
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 07 Nov 2007 : 03:26:21
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| From the bottom of page 186 of Monster Manual 1: "Mind Flayers speak Undercommon but perfer to communicate telepathically." |
Turox Antas Dragonslayer -
"People will believe anything they want to believe, or fear to believe."
Wizard's First Rule: Chapter 36, Page #397, US Hard Cover (revealed by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander).
Explanation by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
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omera
Acolyte
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Posted - 07 Nov 2007 : 12:15:34
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
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Posted - 07 Nov 2007 : 13:26:54
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Check out this site: System Reference Document v3.5. There you will find lots of info about special abilities but also an other things that are rules related, e.g. spells, feats, skills, ect. Unfortunatelly it does not explain telepathy, as I just found out myself. Well, I found the info none the less, in the Monster Manual I on p. 136 does.
Telepathy (Su): Mind Flayers can communicate telepathically with any creature within 100 feet that has a language.
Telepathy is not a real language but more a transmitting of thoughts. Therefore communication is not bound by a specific language. As long as the creature communicated with knows a word for the thought transmitted, communication can be achieved. Kind of like that, I imagine...
Edit note: Tt is diffenent than an empathic link, as a sorcerer has with his familiar for example. With such a link only feeligs can be shared but real communication is not possible. Telepathy is far more complex, thus allowing complex conversations to take place as long as the creature conversed with speaks at least any single one language.
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Edited by - Ergdusch on 07 Nov 2007 13:32:42 |
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An illithid question
