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Interestingly, the neothelid provides some non-canonical evidence that mind flayers did inhabit Golarion at some point.
In D&D lore, neothelid form from mind flayer tadpoles who do not complete their transformation, without the supervision of an elder brain. In theory, the neothelid of Golarion might be the successors of a fallen mind flayer colony, destroyed by any number of competitors.
To Bad Gygax isnt here to have his say ;)
Gygax wouldn't have a say because he wrote off his IP to TSR and it has been so meddled with it won't be in the public domain for at least a century
Perhaps the lack of any mention of mindflayers and their twisted evil society is not due to any mundane copyright concerns, but rather to the ultimate success of their mind-bending campaign of disinformation and obfuscation. Their very existence has become a secret beyond the ken of mortal man. Bwahaha!
I figure I can't be the only person whose personal canon has the Pactmasters of Katapesh as mind flayers. The masks and robes plus the fact that nobody can remember quite how they came to power points at mind flayers. To me, anyway. Why they're there is still an open question. Probably something to do with the Dominion of the Black.
Lots of mercane in my Katapesh, too. Not that my game will ever go there, but still.
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I believe in canon most of the Pactmasters are that four armed race that can catch magic missiles. They're in one of the Bestiaries but I can't remember their name >_<
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I believe in canon most of the Pactmasters are that four armed race that can catch magic missiles. They're in one of the Bestiaries but I can't remember their name >_<
Huh. Missed that one. Thanks.
It's not in Legacy of Fire.
You could always retool Mindflayers as lesser Star Spawn of Cthulhu.