One-Shot Info
This one-shot is for level 9 characters.
Background
A gang war between the Red Coin gang and the Giants gang
has erupted onto the city streets, propaganda from both
gangs is spread across the city as well as rumors and terror.
The Red Coin gang is known for its specialty in creating the
drug known as sastil. The Giants gang was only founded
recently and plans to take over the drug trade in the city and
create a monopoly.
Because of the uncertainty and propaganda from the Giants
gang the king has had several assassination attempts on him
throughout the week, so now he calls the players, a group of
famous heroes who have set their name in history because of
the feats they have accomplished for the city.
If your running this with your homebrew game you can
include the past adventures as what got them famous or if
you're running this as a one-shot you could link a character's
backstory to saving the king which gives them a bond.
Important Groups/NPCs
The Red Coin gang:
The Red Coin gang once was large but after their crimes
were found out a large amount of the gang was arrested and
the gang had to find a new spot to hide and rebuild their drug
empire from the ground up.
Signet: A gold coin that has been stained with blood.
Leader: The gang's previous leader has sadly deceased and
replaced with their distant cousin Valdrol, a red Dragonborn
who invented a new recipe for sastil that keeps the price to
sell up but the cost to make low.
Goals: The Red Coin gang plans to rebuild their drug empire
and takedown or over the opposition and restore it to its glory
days.
The Giants gang:
The gang was only formed recently and had only become
popular and known because of the propaganda they released
into the city streets, rumours were spread across the city
making their name, goals, and 2nd in command well known.
Signet: A large fist with a burn scar across its dorsal side.
Leader: The leader of the gang is unknown to the public,
however, the second in command has been identified from
the Giant gang's propaganda. A previous knight under the
king, Sir Anthony the second.
Goals: To overtake the Red Coin gang and become the new
owner of the drug empire throughout the city.
The King:
Although most people think kings are honest and kind souls
this one is not. When he was young one night after becoming
bored with his prince duties he snuck out into the city streets
and ended up becoming friends with a group of street kids,
the kids then pressured him to try some of the sastil they
stole from a group of gang members. After trying it out for the
first time the king became addicted and since then he has
had close relations with the Red Coin gang and plans to keep
them as his main supplier.
Looks/Personality: A king is a large man who has natural
dirty blond hair and a large greying beard. He often wears
colors of royalty such as blue or purple. Although his face is
wrinkled he is a very joyful man even during times of crisis he
can still crack a joke or two.
Meeting the king
You have been called to meet the king. Recently the city
streets have been filled with propaganda and rumors on what's
to come. The drug war has started between two gangs trying
to become the only seller of sastil. The propaganda speaks ill
of the king stating that he's hooked on sastil and only allows
the drug empire the Red Coin gang created to exist because
he's a consumer. Because of this multiple assassins have gone
after the king but none have been successful.
As you are brought into the king's dining room, the chandler
on the king's wrinkled face and greying hair. I ask you brave
heroes to help me take down the Giants gang they have
caused trouble in the city and I cannot handle it alone. You
must collect information on the gang and report it to the Red
Coin gang. In return, I shall knight you and gift you my father's
spear.
The rumors about the king's sastil addiction are true however
he denies it to the public. If the players ask they will need to
pass a DC 16 Charisma (Persuasion) check.
If the players accept the quest they will gift the spear
immediately however if they don't complete the quest they
will be hunted down for the spear. If the players don't accept
you can bring them into the story by moving to the Gathering
Information and hooking them on hearing members of the
Giants gang talking about an interesting bit of information on
the gang.
After accepting the quest the king hands calls his knights in
who hold a large spear with a gold tip wrapped in red silk, but
before they reach the table the sound of a blowgun shoots
across the room, the knights fall to the ground. Three men
with hoods covering their faces enter the room daggers up, it
seems they're aiming for the king's head. What do you do?
Two of the men are illusions while one is real. (look at
assassin information).
After dealing with the assassin the players will be thanked by
the king and asked to move quickly before the gang gets more
out of hand.
Gathering information
As the players go to the city streets to investigate a random
encounter will occur. If the players decided to split up in their
search then only roll 2 different encounters.
City Encounters
Roll(1d4) Encounter
1 Gang symbols
2 Local pests
3 Blood trail
4 Laterns
Gang symbols. As the players are exploring the city they
pass an ally with multiple symbols of a fist with a burn scar
across its dorsal side. These gan symbols are related to the
Giants gang, this might be a meeting area for some members
of the gang.
DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) to notice the symbols have
small writing scratched into the stone reading "Meet here
when the moon is at its highest".
If players wait until the moon is at its highest (midnight) four
giant gang members will approach the alleyway. If players
attack right away they will quickly try to escape, if the players
listen in from not far they will retain information from rolls 1-
6 on the investigation chart.
Local pests. Recently blue back hornets have become a pest
throughout the city. A shop owner who has a nest growing
outside their shop tries to take one down but just makes the
hornets angry attacking anything near. The players are
passing by at the right moment to see what's happened. Will
they help?
Blood trail. A fresh trail of blood goes through the city streets
however no one seems to notice the fresh blood. If players
follow the trail they will find out it's caused by a farmer
moving his recently slaughtered sheep to the market to sell.
The meat is being moved by a cart and hasn't been washed
yet causing the blood trail.
Laterns. Five lanterns float in the air the players. The
lanterns look normal from afar but are armed with bombs
that have been magically enhanced to land on the players.
When the bombs drop the players will need to roll a DC 16
Dexterity saving throw or take 10 (4d4) damage per failed to
save. The lanterns were sent by the assassin's friends who
wanted revenge for his death.
After the players have gone through an encounter if they are
sticking together the players can choose one person to search
with advantage or if the players are split up they can roll
separately.
Investigation Chart
Roll(1d20) Rumour/Information
1-2 Information1
3-4 Rumour1
5-6 Information2
7-8 Rumour2
9-10 Information3
11-12 Rumour3
13-14 Information4
15-16 Rumour4
17-18 Information5
19-20 Information6
Information1. The Giants gang second in command was
once a knight to the king.
Rumour1. A local shopkeep heard a group of gang members
meet at the alleyway next to his store. He didn't hear much
but apparently, their boss once worked for the Red Coin gang.
Information2. A piece of paper with Giants gang propaganda
scribed across it. The propaganda talks about how to king
should be exterminated and replaced because of his sastil
addiction. It also has a location and meeting time however it's
already been a day since the meet time. Nothing can be found
at the location except for two men who are gang members
belonging to the Red Coin gang who are looking for clues to
take down the Giants gang.
Rumour2. The players pass by a group of a half-elf, human
and Dragonborn adults talking about the recent issues in the
city. They overhear only a few words. Sastil, monster, king,
and evil. If the players try and get close to the adults or
socialize they will go quiet immediately and try to leave.
Information3. The Red Coin gang invented sastil however
the inventor of the drug soon left the group after they had
been attacked and now they use a new recipe.
Rumour3. A group of the king's guards can be heard talking.
The knight who became the second in command to the king
died ten years ago in a battle defending the king.
Information4. The Local pests the blue back hornets started
to infest at the same time the Giants gang became well
known throughout the city.
Rumour4. The players are approached by a scruffy-looking
man with soot. The man begs the players to believe him only
managing to get the words dragon before a blow dart strikes
him in the head killing him. DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation)
to find the person who shot it.
If the players do manage to find the shooter and chase her
down it will only end in her taking her own life. She only has
a set of poisoned darts, a blowgun and the Giants gang signet
burned into her back.
Information5. The knight who became second in command
to the Giant's gang died in front of the king's eyes. This
means that the second in command is either not who he says
he is or something darker.
Information6. As the players are taking a shortcut through
an ally one of them accidentally nudges a brick causing it to
fall out and reveal the middle has been dug into to hide a slip
of paper. The paper is a map to the Giants gang lair which is
located at the Red Coin gang's old hideout.
The Red Coin Gangs Lair
With the information, the players have collected the players
must now bring it to the Red Coin gang. To do so usually
would need to spend weeks or months searching throughout
the city however the king has already prepared a way for the
players to find the gang's lair.
After the players have gathered information a few minutes
will pass by till they are approached by two Red Coin gang
members. The members will lead them to their lair.
You are led to the sewers. A stench swells in your throat. After
rounding a few corners you are brought to a large room with
multiple brick tunnels along its roof. Here only eight gang
members remain. The room is lit with multiple candles and the
west wall has stacks of sastil in brown bags making a wall. The
gang seems desperate for resources and help, you could be
their last hope.
The eight gang members are the only remaining members
the rest have either left the gang or been arrested. The gang
has no more resources to create sastil.
Once the players have spilled their information to the gang
they should decide to plan an invasion and take down the
gang from the inside. However they don't have enough
members to attack so the players will need to help, six gang
members will join the players during the invasion. If the
players don't want to help the gang you can throw in the
reward of owning some of the gang and getting a percent of
the revenue earned.
If the players haven't found the map to the Giants gang then
run the encounter below. Otherwise, they can go straight to
the invasion.
As you plan out your search six Giants gang members enter
the room ready to kill, it either them who dont get out alive or
you.
One of the gang members have a map to Giants gang hideout
on their body which can be found during battle or on their
body after.
Invasion
The Giants gang lair was once home to a large red dragon
and the Red Coin gang, but now ever since they took over it
has been carved into a large factory with mines and farms for
each sastil ingredient in their recipe.
Rooms
Room No. Name
1 Stairway up
2 Entrance
3 Fire pit
4 Blue back hornet hive
5 Captured dragonborn
6 Bunkers
7 Plucking chamber
8 The furnace
9 Wagon tunnels
10 Slave chambers
11 Dragon corpse
12 Sastil storage
13 Office (were the 2nd feasts on brains)
14 The meeting room (Boss room)
Stairway up. The Giants gang's hideout is located on a large
hill. To protect the drugs and members of the gang when
descending the hill they have built two wooden paths along
the side of the hill. One is meant for people on the north side
of the hill and is in a zig-zag shape using stairs. The other
wraps around the mountain to create a flat slope and are
used for large carts and horses.
The stairways are supported with large beams of recently
harvested wood. The players have two options they can either
take the walking path which leads to the heavily guarded
entrance and tear their way through or they can take a
stairway used for horses and sneak their way into the wagon
tunnels.
DC 15 Dexteirty (Stealth) to sneak through.
Entrance. The entrance is heavily guarded with giant gang
members cooped up inside 10ft wooden towers on the west
and east side of the locked steel doors inside. If players run in
they could be hurt badly because of the jars of blue hornets
they throw at intruders when they approach. Theirs also the
door which has a riddle inscribed on it.
The players will need to sneak past the guards or kill them
before they can open the doors. DC 17 Dexterity (Stealth) to
pass by. The door is made from strong steel that has been
mined recently. The door looks poorly made and could be
opened with enough force. DC 20 Strength (Athletics) or DC
15 Strength (Athletics) if they enhance themself with a spell.
The steel door can also be opened by solving the riddle
inscribed on it. The riddle reads "A knight only stops when he
__" The answer to the riddle is dies. Players should be able to
tell by the information they collected and how the sentence is
structured. If players cant answer the riddle they can take the
other stairway to the wagon tunnels.
Behind the entrance doors a stone cave, with its back wall
destroyed reveals a large steel bridge that oversees a large fire
contained in a steel circle, chained slaves working to feed the
fire, and the sounds of clanking metal covered by the screams
of the tortured erupt in your ears. The room is full of smoke
from the fire below and the bridge ahead is thin and leads to a
cave room with a polished door. to the side of the bridge is a
steel ladder descending below, what do you do?
Fire pit. This large room is located under the steel bridge in
the entrance room. The room is 50ft by 50ft and the ceiling
200ft up (the bridge is 50ft up from the fire) has multiple
tunnels to funnel the smoke into rooms and outside. The
room has two cave tunnels on its west and southeast walls.
The center of the room has a 25ft by 25ft circular steel ring
surrounding a large fire. Slaves that have their ankles
chained together and are ordered to chip at the surrounding
walls for coal or bring in wood collected by the wagons.
This room was built to keep the large fire in the center
running. The purpose is for one ingredient, ash. The ash is a
key ingredient in the making of sastil, so the Giants gang
bought slaves and uses their members to keep this fire going
for ash harvesting. This room has 19 slaves in total that work
day in night, If the number of slaves gets too little because of
their mortality their bodies are shoveled in by the next back of
slaves. There are 10 giant gang members in this room.
If players want to avoid combat and sneak through it
requires a DC 15 Dexterity (Stealth) check.
Blue back hornet hive. Blueback hornets are a rare breed no
one had heard of them until recently. This is because they
weren't real creatures until they were made with the power of
magic and necromancy. This room is connected to the north
door in the furnace room. The hornets can be put to sleep
using the smoke from the fire pit which is funneled through
tunnels in the ceiling and blocked using the spell mage hand
and a basket weave.
Inside this room, the walls are coated in a grey hornet hive
comb. The middle of the ceiling has a large collection of
hornet hive cones where the queen lives. However, the queen
is not a normal hornet queen but in fact, the blue back
hornets summoning spell scroll. On the bottom of the north
wall is the vent used to put the hornets to sleep and collect
their eggs. Roll a 1d2 or flip a coin to decide if the players
enter when the vent is open or closed.
If players enter when it's open they will be immediately
attacked by a swarm of blue back hornets, the only way to
stop more from coming in is to shut the door and block the
crevasses or find the summoning spell scroll and break it. If
players spend more than 3 rounds trying to block or tear the
scroll +2 more swarms will attack.
Captured Dragonborn. This room is connected to the west
cave tunnel in the fire pit room. This room is a 30ft long hall
with large cages along its west and east wall. The cages are
30ft long and 5ft wide. The metal along the cages is rusted
and stained with dry blood. Inside the cages are multiple
Dragonborn with a few scales plucked out from their skin.
This room is used to store the Dragonborn slaves which are
used to harvest Dragonborn scales. Most of the Dragonborn
has only 1-6 scales pulled out however one has very little left.
This Dragonborn is pushed by the others to sacrifice their
scales for theirs.
If the players let the Dragonborn out they will most likely be
caught again by the guards and killed. The cages are locked
but can be open with a DC 19 Strength (Athletics) check or
with the key.
Bunkers. This room is attached to the southeast cave tunnel.
The room is attached to the west and east sides of the cave
tunnel. On each side is a 20ft long 5ft wide room that holds
multiple bunkers attached to the wall and small sacks
underneath for the guard's storage. Inside each sack is
nothing interesting just personal clothes and items of the
guards. The cave tunnel continues for 30ft past the room to
the wagon tunnels.
Plucking chamber. This room is attached to the cave tunnel
passing by the captured Dragonborn. The square room is
30ft by 30ft, the walls and ceiling have been reinforced with a
steel that has become rusted and chared. In the middle of the
room is an old wooden chair with multiple steel locked on the
ankles, neck, and wrists. A steel table sits next to the chair
with multiple steel pliers of different shapes and sizes.
Around the chair and table is dried Dragonborn blood that
has yet to be cleaned up.
The furnace. This room connects to the other side of the
steel bridge. The room is a simple 30ft by 30ft square room
with multiple brick pipes through the ceiling that lead to a
large pipe in the middle of the room that is attached to a glass
circle. Inside the circle is unknown because of smoke being
pumped inside by the pipes. The room has three doors, two
of the doors are oak polished and the other is a large stone
door that has been reinforced with oak wood. The two oak
doors are on the north and east sides of the room and the
sealed door is located on the west.
Inside the glass is multiple Dragonborn scales that are
smoked down until they become a soft sand texture and then
used to create sastil, the other ingredients are then thrown
inside and mixed to create the Giants gang off-brand sastil.
Wagon tunnels. The wagon tunnels are a set of three tunnels
that are 30ft long and leave the mountain going down a
stairway built by the Giants gang. This area has two guards to
take care of the wagons and horses. This room is a large 30ft
by 30ft room with wagon tunnels along its east wall. The
wagon's horse is located in a small 10ft by 10ft stone pen in
the southeast corner, the horse has been chained to the wall
so it doesn't escape.
Along the rooms west wall is a cave tunnel that is 30ft long.
Slave chambers. At the end of the west cave tunnel in the
wagon, tunnels are a large rusted cage that has been fitted to
store 30 slaves. The cage is full of rotting corpses from slaves
fighting with each other or dying from exhaustion.
Dragon corpse. This large room was once home to a dragon
but has since been filled in and sealed off. The room was
once 100ft by 100ft but using the spell move earth spell
multiple times it has since been confined to 10ft by 10ft. The
dragon's corpse was sealed inside the earth however the front
of its jaw is still exposed. The room connects to the sealed
door in the furnace room.
Sastil storage. Along the west tunnel in the wagon tunnels is
an oak door on the east wall. This door contains the giant's
gang's off-brand sastil. The walk-in cupboard is 10ft long by
5ft wide.
Office. This room is the 2nd in commands office, however,
it's not like any normal office. The room has multiple large
veins around its walls that feel like a heartbeat. The floor is
slippery so moving across the room requires a DC 15
Dexterity (Acrobatics) saving throw. The room's ceiling has
strange bloodstains that look as if it was caused by a
strangely shaped tooth.
The knight that once worked for the king did indeed die but
what happened to his body is more sinister for it was taken
away by a mind flayer and had a worm planted inside. This
worm then evolved into a mind flayer and became an ally to
the leader of the Giants gang who offered food in return for
protection from it and its ideas.
The meeting room. This large 40ft by 40ft room has a long
red carpet through the middle of it that sits under an oak
table with two chairs at each end. A candle sits on the table
being the only source of light.
The room is dark its only source of light is a candle that sits on
an oak table. The room is quiet. A red carpet through the
middle of the room and the smell of blood chokes your nose.
The 2nd and 1st in command will attack the players in the
dark giving them a surprise round. To make it harder for the
players they will try to push them into the office so they cant
move around as well.
Conclusion
Once the players have taken down the leaders of the Giants
gang their mission has finished and the city is now at peace
again. However, there are still some suspicious of the king.
Assassin
Medium humanoid (elf), any non-good alignment
Armor Class 15 (Studded Leather)
Hit Points 78 (12d8+24)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
11 (+0) 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 13 (+1) 11 (+0) 10 (+0)
Saving Throws Dex +6, Int +4
Skills Acrobatics +6, Deception +3, Perception +3,
Stealth +9
Damage Resistance Poison
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages Thieves' Cant, Common
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Assassinate. During its first turn, the assassin has
advantage on attack rolls against any creature that
hasn't taken a turn. Any hit the assassin scores
against a surprised creature is a critical hit.
Evasion. If the assassin is subjected to an effect that
allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take
only half damage, the assassin instead takes no
damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only
half damage if it fails.
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The assassin deals an extra
13 (4d6) damage when it hits a target with a
weapon attack and has advantage on the attack roll,
or when the target is within 5 ft. of an ally of the
assassin that isn't incapacitated and the assassin
doesn't have disadvantage on the attack roll.
Assassins Illusions The Assassin creates two
illusions of its self that it can move with its mind
on bonus actions. The illusions cant do damage and
once hit they must be re summoned which takes 1
action to do.
Actions
Multiattack. The assassin makes two shortsword
attacks.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach
5ft., one target. Hit (1d6 + 3) piercing damage plus
(7d6)poison damage. The target must make a DC
15 Constitution saving throw, taking the poison
damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on
a successful one.
Sastil.
wondrous items, rare Blue Back Hornet
Sastil is a red powder that can be created in many different
ways and give off different effects, from colors becoming
brighter calming the mind to not making the user stop
Swarm
Medium swarm of tiny beasts, unaligned
moving. The giant's brand of sastil causes the user to have
lucid dreams however when they wake up a splitting Armor Class 12
headache that will for 1d4 hours haunt them. Hit Points 22(5d8)
Speed 5ft,fly 30ft.
Kings spear
melee weapon, rare
The king's spear has been handed down through 2 STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
generations of kings. It was forged by a king and the magic 3 (-4) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 1 (-5) 7(-2) 1 (-5)
was carved inside designed for a king's use. This spear on its
own does 1d6 + 4 damage however when the spear is thrown Condition Immunities Charmed, Frightened,
it accelerates its self at a speed meant to travel oceans only to Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Prone, Restrained,
be stopped when it goes through an enemy becomes stuck Stunned
into a wall. The spear was meant to send messages to other Senses Blindsight 10 Ft., passive Perception 8
kings but was found to be rather dangerous. When thrown Damage Resistance Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing
the spear does 3d6+3 damage and can go any distance as Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
long as theirs no obstacles to get in the way.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature's
space and vice versa, and the swarm can move
through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect.
Giants Gang Member The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary
meduim humanoid(any), lawful evil hit points.

Armor Class 16 Actions

Hit Points 30(3d6+ 21)
Speed 30ft. Bites (swarm has more than half HP). Melee Weapon
Attack: +3 to hit, reach 0ft., one target. Hit 4 (4d4)

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA Bites (swarm has half HP or less). Melee Weapon
Attack: +3 to hit, reach 0ft., one target. Hit 2 (2d4)
11 (+0) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)

Senses passive Perception 10

Languages Common
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)

Actions
Knife. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5ft.,
one target. Hit 5 (1d6 + 4)

Light Crossbow Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit,

reach 80/320ft., one target. Hit 5 (2d8 + 2)
 1st In Command 2nd In Command (mind
Medium human, lawful evil
flayer)
Armor Class 12 Medium aberration, lawful evil
Hit Points 110(19d8 + 28)
Speed 30ft. Armor Class 15 (breastplate)
Hit Points 71(13d8 + 13)
Speed 30ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
9 (-1) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 20 (+5) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
11 (+0) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 19 (+4) 17 (+3) 17 (+3)
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages Common
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Saving Throws lnt +7, Wis +6, Cha +6
SkillsArcana +7, Deception +6, Insight +6,
Perception +6, Persuasion +6, Stealth +4
Crazied The scientist has become crazied and
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16
insane from the amount of sastil fumes he has
Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon, telepathy
unknowly consumed. No acts of mercy or talking
120ft.
will get through to him.
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
Actions Magic Resistance. The 2nd in command has
Sastil throw The 1st in command throws sastil into advantage on saving throws against spells and other
1 targets eyes. The person must make a DC 14 magical effects.
consituation saving throw or be blinded for 1d4
rounds. Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The 2nd in commands
innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save
Boiling water The scientist throws a vile of boiling DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells,
water towards you dealing 2d6 + 2 damage. requiring no components:
At will: detect thoughts, levitate
1/day each: dominate monster, plane shift (self
Background: The first in command was originally the only)
creator of sastil for the red coin gang. However, he was
treated unfairly and unpaid so he left planning to take down Innate Spellcasting (Psionics, suggested). The 2nd in
the red coin gang and rule over his new drug empire with an commands innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence
iron foot. (spell save DC 19, add 4 to the DC due to the 2nd
in commands mental prowess). It can innately cast
the following spells, requiring no components:
Credits: At will: astral projection, detect thoughts, dominate
Written by, Jacob Scott. monster, levitate, plane shift (self only), suggestion,
Cover image, Dmsguild.
Image on page 3, Dmsguild. Actions
Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5
ft., one creature. Hit: 15 (2dl0 + 4) psychic
damage. If the target is Medium or smaller, it is
grappled (escape DC 15) and must succeed on a
DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or be stunned until
this grapple ends.
Extract Brain (Recharge 5-6) Melee Weapon Attack:
+7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one incapacitated humanoid
grappled by the mind flayer. Hit: The target takes
55 (10d10) piercing damage. If this damage
reduces the target to 0 hit points, the mind flayer
kills the target by extracting and devouring its brain.
Mind Blast (Recharge 7-8). The mind flayer magically
emits psychic energy in a 60-foot cone. Each
creature in that area must succeed on a DC 15
Intelligence saving throw or take 22 (4d8 + 4)
psychic damage and be stunned for 1 minute. A
creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of
each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a
success.