--- The [[mindflayer]] locks eyes with you and your head erupts in agony, unseeable tendrils wriggling into your brain. One of the creepiest damage types in DnD, psychic damage refers to damaging effects that alter or harm your very mind. Inflicted by some of the spookiest monsters like the [[banshee]] or [mind flayer 5e](https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/mind-flayer-5e), psychic damage presumably feels like the mother of all migraines. If DnD had a sanity stat, this is the damage type that would deplete it. Psychic is another very reliable damage type, with few monsters resisting spells like the [5e Bard’s](https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/bard-5e-class-guide) Vicious Mockery. There are some creatures, such as mindless beings like [[constructs]], that will be completely immune however.