Ulitharid

The nobles of the Ithillid society, the ulitharid are treated as minor godly beings by their normal mind flayer brethren.

Ulitharid are also extremely rare within mind flayer enclaves; less than one in a hundred illithid tadpoles would develop into an ulitharid. Their rarity supports the reverence they receive from other illithid, who view them as a blessing and second only to the Elder Brain. Their ego reflects their privileged position, as they view the common mind flayer as a lesser being.

Combat
Ulitharid are effectively a more powerful version of Ithillids. While they posses the same mind-affecting spells such as Confusion and Chaos and drain Intelligence points on hit in melee, they do posses a larger array of spells. Ulitharids also have better stats - higher hit dice,better THAC0 and AC and are resistant to missile attacks. However, they lack any elemental resistances and are thus vulnerable to AoE spells like Fireball, Cone of Cold, Cloudkill, etc.

Locations
Ulitharid typically inhabit Mind Flayer lairs in various dungeons like the Underdark, Athkatla Sewers, Sendai's Enclave and Watcher's Keep. They are usually accompanied by regular Mind Flayers and Umber Hulks.

Strategy
Please refer to the strategy section for Mind Flayers.