Editing Illithid (section)

=== In ''Ravenloft'' ===
Illithids are the rulers of a domain in the ''[[Ravenloft]]'' campaign setting called Bluetspur, where their God-Brain is the [[Darklord (Ravenloft)|darklord]]. In the 5th Edition campaign guide ''[[Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft]]'', it is revealed that an elder brain became diseased by discovering a "malignant truth" and it began to prey "upon its peers [...]. Horrified by an affliction that infected only them, the other elder brains united and psionically expelled the diseased brain from existence. Or so they thought. From a place without time or reality, the Dark Powers plucked the dying elder brain and planted it upon a tormented world".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1238191930|title=Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft|date=2021|isbn=978-0-7869-6725-4|location=Renton, WA|pages=73|oclc=1238191930|last1=Dragons |first1=Dungeons }}</ref> [[Polygon (website)|''Polygon'']] highlighted that Bluetspur is "a world of cosmic horror populated by malevolent mind flayers that will make your heroes question their own memories".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=2021-05-12|title=Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft is the biggest, best D&D book of this generation|url=https://www.polygon.com/22430494/dungeons-dragons-van-richtens-guide-to-ravenloft-review|access-date=2021-05-23|website=Polygon|language=en}}</ref>