... —Pathfinder Bestiary 180. This website uses trademarks and/or copyrights owned by Paizo Inc., which are used under Paizo's Community Use Policy. The intellect devourer can’t be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, except protection from good and evil, and it retains its alignment, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. This foul aberration feeds on the intelligence of sentient creatures, taking over a victim’s body on behalf o its mind aqer masters. Email to friends Share on Facebook - opens in a new window or tab Share on Twitter - opens in a new window or tab Share on Pinterest - opens in a new window or tab

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An intellect devourer is treated as a summoned creature for the purpose of determining how it is affected by a protection from evil spell.

Intellect Devourer Intellect devourers serve as advance scouts and infiltrators for the powerful force of alien beings called the Dominion of the Black. Ravage [three-actions] The intellect devourer makes two talon Strikes against a paralyzed, restrained, or unconscious creature, using the same attack modifier as its highest attack modifier. These monsters roam the Darklands, from which they mount secret invasions of the world above. Four social seasons ago an intellect devourer wore the city’s best and brightest like a dandy going through new suits. XP 4,800. CE Small aberration. Claws. Intellect Devourer Devoid of a head, or any features at all save for four short, clawed legs, this creature’s body looks like a large, glistening brain.

Devoid of a head, or any features at all save for four short, clawed legs, this creature's body looks like a large, glistening brain.
The intellect devourer psionically consumes the brain of a creature it posseses, and replaces it. Body Thief (Su) As a full-round action that provokes an attack of opportunity, an intellect devourer can reduce its size, crawl into the mouth of a helpless or dead creature, and burrow into the victim’s skull to devour its brain. When an intellect devourer infiltrates a society, its first priority is to acquire a body. The intellect devourer makes one attack with its claws and uses Devour Intellect, or may use its Body Thief action against a stunned target. So we’re taking those basics and running with them!

Pathfinder Encounter Idea: Brain Games. The intellect devourer appears at full size in an adjacent space. Lone intellect devourers often dwell in ruins or caves on the edge of a civilized region so they can make periodic forays into town to "shop" for an attractive new body. An intellect devourer is treated as a summoned creature for the purpose of determining how it is affected by a protection from evil spell.

Stories tell of entire cities of these creatures deep underground, where host bodies are worn like clothes to hideous orgies and vile feasts.

Suggested Party: 4 Level 8 characters; Monster Composition: 1 Intellect Devourer; CR of Encounter: 8 Devour Intellect. Intellect Devourer. An intellect devourer is 3 feet long and weighs about 60 pounds. — Pathfinder Bestiary 180 Intellect devourers are definitely a relic from another age of gaming (Eldritch Wizardry, in fact)—another one of those monsters you either love (“It eats brains and possesses bodies!”) or hate (“It’s a brain crossed with a Schnauzer!”), and semi-psionic to boot. Intellect Devourer I Intellect Devourer An intellect devourer resembles a walking brain protected by a crusty covering and set on bestial clawed legs.