Hah, Mind Flayers, Illithids, they never were much of a problem for me, even with a low level party. Ok, so here's my strategy: have a cleric cast Chaotic Commands on a tank (this protects you from their psionics) and maybe Negative Level Protection (i know it works against vampires, but i don't think it works against Mind Flayers, but it always gave me more time against these critters) then try and kill as many as you can with a single tank without your intelligence dropping below 5. If it does, run and close the door so they can't follow you
. Then do it again and again and again 'till all bloody brain suckas dead [img]graemlins/evillaughter1.gif[/img] . Or you can try going to the door and make only one Mind Flayer/Illithid follow you, then go to your party and have archers waiting in the back. You can move all over, back and forth with a character and the flayers can't catch you and suck your brain (try using the Boots of Speed). Then put your archers to hit it hard and good. So that's all folks! Today we're having Stuffed Mind Flayer Surprise.