Re: Mind flayers

why not different clans/breeds/families

they could specialize in differnt psionic schools. then it would make sense
that they would be differentiated. But how about ritual scarring or branding.
tattooing is just too, '90s.

--- Danton May <coyotedkm@???????.com> wrote:
> >About tatooing: Illithid communicate via telepathy, so they don't need a
> >visual mean of recognition, IMO they just "peep" at other flayers' minds to
> >know their rank.
> >
>
> I was thinking of the tatoos not being there for visual recognition between
> illithids, but rather as a way of magically enhancing the abilities of the
> ones that were tatooed.  The tatoos would create a spelllike effect,
> creating different abilities that only certain castes are allowed to have.
> And of course a useful side effect would be that non-illithids in the know
> would be able to tell the difference between the castes.
>
> - Coyote, the Desert Dog
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