Bring back the Illithid/Mindflayer wizard varient!

[Dachshundofdoom]

Head tentacles and the ability to use brains in spellcasting? Like eating them to refresh your cooldown, but extracting them takes a lot more time than shocking grasping a dude.

Yeah, if Illithid was a spellbook option, the wizard should get that (I guess it would work like Absorb DNA), plus maybe a slow-recharging Psionic Blast power that's functionally identical to the Vampire's hypnotic stare.

The head tentacles could let the wizard place any small item on their "mask" slot, giving them what amounts to a third pocket, but they'd have to remove it to eat a brain.

Maybe it should cause all your spells to recharge a little slower, just to balance it out and to encourage brain-eating? Then again, you have to keep in mind the major disadvantage: you're no longer human and the AI will be out for your blood even more than usual.