Summary

• Creatures like Fraz-Urb'luu and Zariel are highly intelligent, using their minds to deceive and manipulate in D&D campaigns.
• Entities such as Solar and Elder Oblex possess superior intellect, allowing them to outsmart and outmaneuver foes.
• Monsters like the Elder Brain have vast knowledge and intricate plans, controlling allies and enemies with ease in the game.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dungeons & Dragons tends to be filled with mindless monsters acting💝 on instinct and terrorizing whatever nearby town they happen to be close to. While others have a base level human intelligence and can be reasoned with, few have Intelligence scores over 20ꩵ with access to immense knowledge and power.

These kinds of ♏creatures tend to be singular, named characters in the lore of Faerûn and actively participate in the politics, magic, and major events of their respective planes. Others are rare and rꩵeclusive, using their vast intellect to control those they deem lesser from the shadows with their complex plans.

9 Fraz-Urb'luu

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Known as the Prince of Deception and Demon Lord of Illusions, Fraz-Urb'luu is a demon tied for the highest Intelligence score among all monsters in Fifth Edition. Fraz-Urb'luu is such a terrifyingly powerful caster and deceiver that even his own servants do not know who they truly serve.

While in his lair, Fraz-Urb'luu is nearly unbeatable without the help of antimagic effects and resistance to charm and fear spells due to his accessibility of mind-altering magic. Unlike devils, Fraz-Urb'luu prefers to use illusory magic to deceive, cheat, lie, and steal rather than with words, making him especially difficult to understand.

8 Zariel

Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus

Once an angel turned 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:archdevil of Avernus, Zariel is more than just a deadly warrior but a deceiver of the highest rank,🐭 especially when crafting unbreakable pacts with mortals. Either through arrogance or confidence in her intelligence, Zariel seeks the strongest and most fearsome heroes in all of Faerûn to craft Lemures for the Blood War.

Where her intelligence really shines, however, is in her battle tactics and ability to inspire loyalty thr🌼ough all kinds of inventive 𝔍and tortuous methods. Mechanically, Zariel has access to high-level spells and a ridiculously high spell save DC that makes her dangerous in every possible way.

7 Solar

Monster Manual

A celestial being ranked high on the divine, cosmological hierarchy, a Solar is a servant of good-aligned deities and actꦇs as a blinding light of justice. Solars have no tolerance f⛄or evil and deception, and have a passive ability called Divine Awareness that allows them to permanently detect all lies.

Ot🔯her than just high-level spellcasting, the ability to communicate telepathically, and 120 feet of true sight, a Solar represents the collective will of the divine and the ability to see everything as it truly is. The only problem is this can make roleplaying a Solar extremely difficult without sounding at least a little corny.

According to lore, only 24 Solar are said to e🅘xist at all.

6 Sibriex

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As disgusting as they are cunning, a Sibriex is a levitating mass of flesh, bile, and blood. Home to the abyss, these demons seek to hoard information, especially ancient 🅘lore, while creating new abominations out of those foolish enough to grant it n🌠ew knowledge.

Although it has access to some low-level spells, the Sibriex's main ability is Warp Creature, which slowly exhausts the target until they become a fleshy abomination themselves. Although a Sibriex has relatively low hit points compared to other DC 18 creatures, their cunning and constant planning is what makes them both valuable asset and a deadly foe.

5 Titivilus

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Another devil of the Nine Hells, Titivilus is the advisor to the Lord of Dis and master politician who is always scheming and plotting against stronger devils. Using his limited position of power, Titivilus negotiates demonic pacts and eliminates rivals through deception and💫 guile.

Mechanically, Titivilus is given all of these skills in the form of unique abilities like Corrupting Guidance and Twisting Words, which allow him to control the percepti༒on of his enemies. Even just being able to throw his voice up to 60 feet away gives Titivilus all the tools in the Nine Hells to become an apex trickster.

4 Nagpa

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Cursed by the Raven Queen to forever and only seek ancient knowledge, a Nagpa is a highly intelligent monstrosity that convinces unsuspecting victims to become accomplices in their res♍earch of destruction. Since all Nagpas were once powerful wizards, they have access to high-level spells and knowledge of the arcane.

Also being shrewd and cowardly, Nagpas rely on their intelligence and plotting to bring about their plans, waiting for when their opponents are at their weakest before they strike a blow. Nagpas can also w𝓰ork together, filling in the missing pieces of their vast knowledge.

3 Star Spawn Seer ಌ

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Capable of glimpsing the infinite horrors of their Elder Evil masters, a Star Spawn Seer is the spiritual and functional leader of these nightmarish cults. After the fleshy mass h🤡as claimed a humanoid victim, it becomes a Seer with access to incredibly powerful gravity-based magic and psychic abilities.

What makes their intelligence unique is that they are entirely alien to the material plane and rely on the knowledge given to them from Elder Evils in their realms of chaos. However, this knowledge runs deep into their distorted psyche and encompasses all kinds of eld🦄ritch horrors.

2 Elder Oblex ꦅ

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An ooze with the ability to steal the bodies of its victims, Elder Oblex also consumes the memories and intelligence of these humanoids, leading them to target wizards, scholars, and philosoph🍌ers. With each victim, the Elder Oblex increases their awareness of the outside world, becoming infinitely more dangerous.

This can allow you to determine what kind of knowledge an Elder Oblex would have that varies greatly 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:between each ooze depending on what meals they happen to have access to. Regard🍷less of their material knowledge, Oblex are cunning liars and can perfectly🃏 simulate any humanoid they consume.

1 ✅ Elder Brain

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A powerful illithid creature that dominates the minds of all who enter its domain, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:including allied mind flayers, an Elder Brain has a near-infinite well of knowledge, able to concoct plans within plans within plans. An Elder Brain's role in an illithid colony is to control every element possible at all times.

What would be a taxing, mental load for any being, an Elder Brain only gets stronger the more minds it has under i🍷ts control. This is represented by its Psychic Link skill, which gives it access to multiple abilities that can weaken its enemies with just a thought.