Liv, Art Harlot @photophoregirl@octodon.social

The subterranean ones -have- retained the larval ability to parasitize larger sapient organisms as a stage in their life cycle, but it’s not required for them to mature to adulthood, and some populations end up with a handful of little axolotl types that stay smaller sized and almost fully aquatic for a really long portion of their lives :3

subterranean ones are mostly the isolated pocket remnants of their empire’s aristocracy, whose planeships were shunted into the planets’ crust and have basically become a bunch of snobby, paranoid psychic cave salamanders. meanwhile, the survivors who crashed on the surface of this planet, into or near its very large oceans, adapted to a semiaquatic lifestyle without parasitic reproduction

if you want to play as
A. funny octopus person with many cool talents
B. basically a regular mindflayer, but most people won’t scream and try to kill you on sight
C. Octodad, from the hit game Octodad

do I have the homebrew for you

unreasonably proud of my silly little homebrew illithid rework I’m writing

l am that bitch who will bury their face in a big fluffy cat and making kissy noises, knowing full well that i will be sneezing and itching and swelling up in the upcoming 45 seconds

eternally grateful for everyone who posts their cats on line so me, a cat-allergic, can vicariously enjoy them