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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, illithids (commonly known as mind flayers) are monstrous humanoid aberrations with psionic powers. In a typical Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, they live in the moist caverns and cities of the enormous Underdark.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illithid | Alignment | Almost always Lawful Evil | 1.00 | infobox |
| Illithid | First appearance | "The Strategic Review #1 (Spring 1975)" | 1.00 | infobox |
| Illithid | First appearance | Eldritch Wizardry (1976) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Illithid | Last appearance | Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk (2023) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Illithid | Other name | Mind flayer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Illithid | Type | Aberration | 1.00 | infobox |
| Illithid | related to Activities | Currently | 0.60 | section |
| Illithid | related to Activities | They | 0.60 | section |
| Illithid | related to Activities | Illithids | 0.60 | section |
| Illithid | related to Alhoon | Alhoons | 0.60 | section |
| Illithid | related to Alhoon | Elder Brain | 0.60 | section |
| Illithid | related to Alhoon | When | 0.60 | section |
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