Baldur's Gate 3 is almost upon us in all of its Dungeons & Dragons glory, as the release date set for the RPG game arrives later this week. Larian Studios has been hard at work perfecting Baldur's ...

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In Baldur's Gate 3, Illithid Powers is a set of exclusive abilities you can obtain by sticking close to the Mind Flayer. At first, this might appear counter-intuitive as you're trying to escape from ...

GamesBeat: While mind flayers do have gods, they don’t really “pray” or “worship” these beings, right? Perkins: Mind flayer “gods” exist. What they are exactly remains ambiguous. They might be elder ...

Baldur's Gate 3's gameplay relies heavily on your decision-making skills. A moment where those are required comes pretty early in the game and concerns Illithid powers. To explain, these special ...

What’s more, these mind flayers have a goal somewhat similar to one of the central threats faced by players in Baldur’s Gate 3 – ceremorphosis, the process of becoming a mind flayer. While ...

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GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Baldur’s Gate 3 stars a protagonist with what’s essentially an alien ...

In a new video discussion focused on the upcoming campaign book Phandelver & Below: The Shattered Obelisk, Dungeons & Dragons developers chat about the adventure's antagonists, mind flayers, and ...

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