Huh, I took the elder brain and the mind flayers as a variation of the Borg Queen / Borg drones trope. Perfectly fine and not at all silly.
I think the idea of an enslaving empire that shaped the evolution and culture of various slave races, whose culture even now is affected by their past, and the threat of the Grand Design, are all pretty cool. But I get stuck when I�m presented with huge, otherwise disembodied brains. Or, even worse, brains on legs. I just can�t take that seriously. Though as mentioned, I�m also perfectly okay with not taking everything in D&D/BG3 seriously
