Re: Lots of questions

In a message dated 11/14/01 10:30:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
karpa@?????.???.il writes:

<< 1. Do Illithid feed on something else except brains? I mean, h**l, a human
brain is quite small compared with most food items. Assuming a squidhead
needs one per day, an average illithid city (about 1100 heads) would munch
down two or three villages (not villageRs, villages) quickly. And they live
in the Underdark, with very few sources of food. And the'yve got to feed the
Elder Brain and the tadpoles. Is there an alternate solution to the food
problem? >>

Ok now I recall reading in one of the legend of the spelljammer books that
the illithid had found a moss that they can use in place of their brain
needs. Ablit not a filling as a good brain, but it at least satisfies their
need for food.