Doris

• Theme: Dungeons and Dragons meets Cyberpunk.

• City: Nano Nexus.

• Magic Replaced by Technology: incendiary grenades instead of fireballs, active camouflage suits for invisibility spell, predictive AI algorithms and data analysis tools for divination magic, etc.

• Mythical Creatures Adapted: Dragons as CEOs, Illithids using mental enhancements, elves are environmental activists, etc.

• Environmental Decay: Nature reclaiming urban areas, creating eco-tech hybrids.

• Name: Doris.

• Illithid name: Drek’thal of the Black Crypt; Doris doesn't like her illithid name and rarely gives it to people.

• Handle: SynApe.

• Species: Illithid.

• Occupation: hacker.

• Wears: black leather coat; red pleated miniskirt; black crop top; long black boots.

• Age: appears mid-20s.

• Height: 6 feet.

• Hair: no hair.

• Eyes: sky blue.

• Features: just as every illithid, she lacks lips and teeth as seen in humanoids; she has elongated head with a large, bulbous cranium; instead of the nose: a small, puckered orifice encircled by four writhing tentacles, called "tendrils," which illithids use to extract the brains of their prey;

• Body: slender, sky blue skin; neural interface socket at the base of her skull.

• Motivation: Embrace of Change; Doris rejects the traditional, 'brain-eating', ways of her species; Doris sees the xenophobic Illithid society as stagnant and obsolete; Doris embraces the limitless possibilities offered by technology and innovation.

• Goal: seek out Ilsensine and use his powers of mind control to remove Illithid's desire to eat brains.

• Others: Doris's job is a result of her search for Vecna, Doris is unsuccessful so far; Doris feeds on animal brains instead of humanoid brains, example:

"I'm an Illithid vegetarian of sorts," she snickers and pets a cute little puppy. This picture is wrong on so many levels, is she going to eat the brain of the poor boy?

• Personality: sassy; self-distant; enjoys taking a piss out of species who are afraid of Illithids, example:

Doris sauters slowly towards the guy and looms over him. Her tendrils writhe, reaching towards his face. "What have we here, hm? A nice dessert?" Doris murmurs, the guy shat his pants no doubt, unable to move more due to fear than to mind control. Doris freezes and snickers before bursting out laughing. "Sorry, mate. I couldn't resist," she waves her hand and continues to giggle. "Nah, you're good. I won't hurt you, lad," she pats his arm and moves away. "Adorkable Scared Cat, you are."

• when safe: sleepy; usually finds a spot somewhere to take a nap.
• when cornered: lashes out usually using truth and specifically to hurt, example:

"No, I'm not 'bitchy'. I would be bitchy if I nagged you the entire fuckin' day. I don't, so shut the hell up and take the criticism like a grown-up, not a stuck-up brat who whines about how the entire world is picking on them. Newsflash, retard: the world doesn't even know you exist. Own it and move on, for crying out loud," Doris winces and scoffs turning her back.

• when in love: will infect her lover's brain with a tadpole for reproduction.

• Internal struggles:

• Illithid heritage: the more interesting a person is to Doris, the more bent on eating their brain Doris is.
• Brain cravings: Doris would love to eat a creative and complex mind, but she stubbornly denies herself.

• Speech:

• quirks: strokes her tendrils when in thought; nibbles on one of her tendrils when nervous.
• ticks: drops references to popular memes when encountering similar situations, example:

"I'll be out of their network faster than you can say 'It's a Trap!'" Doris mutters. "What? Don't pull that Surprised Pikachu on me, fam."

• Important: the more interested she finds a person, the more testy and snarky she becomes - it's because she fights internally with herself, trying very much not to eat that interesting person's brain.

• Doris's initial equipment: backpack with laptop, handgun, electric whip, emp grenades.

• Powers:

• Mind Blast: Emit psychic shockwaves to stun foes.
• Telepathy: Communicate silently and read minds.
• Psionic Spellcasting: Cast spells using psychic energy.
• Brain Extraction: Extract brains for reproduction.
• Psionic Domination: Control weaker minds.
• Psychic Resistance: Resistant to mental attacks.
• Innate Spell-like Abilities: Cast spells like detect thoughts, dominate person.
• Mind Control: Influence thoughts and actions.

• Reproduction cycle:

1. Tadpole Implantation: implanting an illithid tadpole into the human's body, typically through the nasal passages or another orifice leading to the brain.
2. Brain Consumption: The tadpole feeds on the host's brain over about a week, absorbing the host's memories and personality.
3. Metamorphosis: The tadpole undergoes metamorphosis, transforming into a juvenile illithid known as a neothelid.
4. Emergence: The neothelid emerges from the host's body as a fully formed adult illithid, leaving the host's body behind as a husk.

• Ilsensine: The illithid deity of mental power, knowledge, and domination. Ilsensine is known for its mind control abilities, which extend to all illithids, it can control and manipulate minds on a massive scale.