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About this mod
Assimilate tadpoles, learn from your fallen foes, acquire new powers.
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Translations
- Mandarin
- Changelogs
Intro
The Illithid parasite is more than a curse—it is a tool of power, a gateway to something greater. Illithid Dominion allows you to take control of your transformation, bending the tadpole’s potential to your will.No longer just a passive passenger, you now have the means to equip, consume, and harvest the power of the Mind Flayers, shaping your evolution as you see fit.
🔹 Equip Symbiotic Tadpoles of Potential – Regular, Astral, and Supreme tadpoles can now be worn as items, granting unique passive enhancements to your Illithid abilities.
🔹 Consume Experienced Tadpoles – Special parasites, harvested from certain True Soul foes, can modify your existing Illithid powers in unique ways.
🔹 Harvest Interesting Potential – Implant a parasite in incapacitated enemies, kill them, and extract the tadpole to claim a piece of their power. These stolen abilities generally focus on psychic, force, control, and raw mental dominance.
Will you wield the powers bestowed upon you to forge your own fate?
Will you embrace the Dominion and reshape your mind into the ultimate weapon?
Note: Native French translation included / traduction française intégrée.
Symbiotic Tadpoles of Potential
Tadpoles of Potential use the Musical Instrument Slot.
One of each can be generated through the game.
Required to use the Interesting Potential Harvest mechanic.
Tadpole of Potential
Tadpoles of Potential use the Musical Instrument Slot.
One of each can be generated through the game.
Required to use the Interesting Potential Harvest mechanic.
Tadpole of Potential
🔹 Illithid Acuity: Whenever you cast an Illithid Power, gain Illithid Acuity for 1 turn
+1 spell attack roll and DC per remaining turn
🔹 Symbiote: When failing an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma Saving Throw, you can use an Illithid Potency Charge✴ to re-roll.
✴: Feature only available with Illithid Powers Overhaul 2
Location: Added to inventory after a character consumes a tadpole (Act 1)
Tadpole of Astral Potential
🔹 Illithid Acuity
🔹 Symbiote
🔹 Astral Ancestry: If the wearer is infested by a mind flayer tadpole, they get their Proficiency Bonus as maximum hit points per 5 Illithid Power obtained.
🔹 Illithid Talent: If the wearer is a Half-Illithid hybrid, they can't roll below 10 on Ability Checks with a Skill they are Proficient in.
Location: Added to inventory afterusing the Astral-Touched Tadpole (Act 3)
Tadpole of Supreme Potential
🔹 Illithid Acuity
🔹 Symbiote
🔹 Astral Ancestry
🔹 Illithid Talent
🔹 Hivemind: Nearby allies who embraced their Illithid potential get +1 to Attack Rolls, Saving Throws, Ability and Skill Checksper affected entity.
🔹 Transcendental Perfection: If the wearer has undergone Ceremorphosis✴, they retain the benefits while using their former selves’ appearance.
✴: Feature only available with Illithid Powers Overhaul 2
Location: Added to inventory afterobtaining the Supreme Tadpole (Act 3)
Experienced Tadpoles
Some NPCs drop an Experienced Tadpole on death.
They are consumables that grant a passive feature improving an Illithid Power.
The wording is voluntarily a bit vague because they work on both vanilla powers and Illithid Powers Overhaul 2 versions.
Gut - Booyahg Expertise
Your life transfering Illithid Power takes half as much hit points. The healed amount remains unchanged.
Vanilla: Life Transfer
Illithid Powers Overhaul 2: Life Punction
Dror Ragzlin - Warchief's Resilience
You take 1 less physical damage from all sources per 5 Illithid Powers obtained.
Nere - Scornwrought Pride
You can use Psionic Overload without any of its self damage.
Z'Rell - Unrelenting Rebuke
Your spell-reactive Illithid Power can be used without consuming a Reaction.
Avery Sonshal - Hyperfocus
Concentrated Blast can be used without breaking your Concentration.
Interesting Potential Harvest
Some NPCs have Interesting Potential.
A character who embraced their Illithid Potential and with a Tadpole of Potentialequipped can plant the tadpole in a livingInteresting Potential target, if the target is immobilized in some way.
The tadpole deals Psychic damage on insertion and each turn, though it won’t kill.
When the target dies, the character can retrieve the tadpole and assimilate the power.
A tadpole can’t be planted on a corpse.
Nere - Psionic Visage
Now an action, once per short rest.
Minthara - Soul Branding
Ch'r'ai W'wargaz - Mindsteal Tempest
Toggle to spare allies on cast, reduced range, once per long rest.
Karniss - Spindleweb Sanctuary
Once per short rest.
Yurgir - Summon Displacer Beast
Uses the same entity as the Displacer Beast Shape, once per long rest.
Ch'r'ai Tska'an - Psychic Rend
Once per turn.
Lorroakan - Empowered Evocation
Scales with your spellcasting ability instead of Intelligence.
Can be used alongside the regular Empowered Evocation.
Raphael - Beguling Subjugation
Stronger Dominate Person.
Target rolls with natural Disadvantage.
Sarevok - Indomitable
Ch'r'ai Har'rak - Aura of Conquest
Enver Gortash - Tyrant's Bindings
Once per long rest.
Orin the Red - Unsettling Visage
Once per combat.
Animations only work for bodytype 2.
Viconia DeVir - Map Heartform / Heartwrench
Streamlined as follows.
Cast Map Heartform for a Bonus Action.
Unlocks Heartwrench for an Action on the target.
Once per long rest.
Some NPCs drop an Experienced Tadpole on death.
They are consumables that grant a passive feature improving an Illithid Power.
The wording is voluntarily a bit vague because they work on both vanilla powers and Illithid Powers Overhaul 2 versions.
Gut - Booyahg Expertise
Your life transfering Illithid Power takes half as much hit points. The healed amount remains unchanged.
Vanilla: Life Transfer
Illithid Powers Overhaul 2: Life Punction
Dror Ragzlin - Warchief's Resilience
You take 1 less physical damage from all sources per 5 Illithid Powers obtained.
Nere - Scornwrought Pride
You can use Psionic Overload without any of its self damage.
Z'Rell - Unrelenting Rebuke
Your spell-reactive Illithid Power can be used without consuming a Reaction.
Avery Sonshal - Hyperfocus
Concentrated Blast can be used without breaking your Concentration.
Interesting Potential Harvest
Some NPCs have Interesting Potential.
A character who embraced their Illithid Potential and with a Tadpole of Potentialequipped can plant the tadpole in a livingInteresting Potential target, if the target is immobilized in some way.
The tadpole deals Psychic damage on insertion and each turn, though it won’t kill.
When the target dies, the character can retrieve the tadpole and assimilate the power.
A tadpole can’t be planted on a corpse.
Nere - Psionic Visage
Now an action, once per short rest.
Minthara - Soul Branding
Ch'r'ai W'wargaz - Mindsteal Tempest
Toggle to spare allies on cast, reduced range, once per long rest.
Karniss - Spindleweb Sanctuary
Once per short rest.
Yurgir - Summon Displacer Beast
Uses the same entity as the Displacer Beast Shape, once per long rest.
Ch'r'ai Tska'an - Psychic Rend
Once per turn.
Lorroakan - Empowered Evocation
Scales with your spellcasting ability instead of Intelligence.
Can be used alongside the regular Empowered Evocation.
Raphael - Beguling Subjugation
Stronger Dominate Person.
Target rolls with natural Disadvantage.
Sarevok - Indomitable
Ch'r'ai Har'rak - Aura of Conquest
Enver Gortash - Tyrant's Bindings
Once per long rest.
Orin the Red - Unsettling Visage
Once per combat.
Animations only work for bodytype 2.
Viconia DeVir - Map Heartform / Heartwrench
Streamlined as follows.
Cast Map Heartform for a Bonus Action.
Unlocks Heartwrench for an Action on the target.
Once per long rest.
Load Order recommendation for smooth operations
- ... (other mods)
- Dread Overlord (see its page for more info with other mods)
- Interesting Origins
- Deathsong Set
- Illithid Powers Overhaul
- Illithid Emporium
- Awakened Blood of Lathander
- Path of Undeath
- Illithid Dominion
- Compatibility Framework
Credits and Thanks
Neonkun, for patiently testing and reporting bugs
Neonkun, for patiently testing and reporting bugs