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[[category:Aberration]][[Category:Lawful Evil]][[Category:Monster Manual (3.5)]] | {{canon}} | ||
The beholder, also known as the [[eye tyrant]], is an [[evil]] [[aberration]] with spheroid bodies and no [[arm]]s or [[leg]]s. However, the beholder body has a number of small [[eye]] stalks, a gigantic central eye, and a great maw. Although the beholder's mouth can chew its prey apart, the beholder's magical eyes are its greatest weapon. Its eye stalks can fire a number of magical rays independently, and its central eye emits a cone of magical energy, usually duplicating an [[antimagic shell]]. A beholder movies by the locomotion of flight.<ref name="MM 2e">[[Monstrous Manual]]</ref><ref name="MM 3.5">[[Monster Manual (3.5)]]</ref> | |||
==Psychology== | |||
Beholders are usually [[:category:xenophobic|highly xenophobic]] and solitary, save for possible [[slave]]s and other subjugated creatures. This xenophobia even extends to others of their kind, for which they can have particular loathing for. A beholder thinks of itself as the most glorious embodiment of its [[race]], viewing other beholders bearing the slightest differences as blasphemous mockeries.<ref name="MM 2e">[[Monstrous Manual]]</ref><ref name="MM 3.5">[[Monster Manual (3.5)]]</ref> | |||
==Beholders in Ravenloft== | |||
According to [[I, Tyrant]], a [[2nd Edition]] [[sourcebook]] on beholders, [[Ravenloft]] has its own beholders. The beholders of [[Ravenloft]] are black in color, their skin marked with silver patterns. The interiors of a beholder's eyes resemble swirling [[mist]] and may, along with the silver markings on the beholder's body, flash with light when the beholder is provoked.<ref>[[I, Tyrant]] p. 67</ref> | |||
Despite mention of Ravenloft beholders in ''I, Tyrant'', official Ravenloft products have made scant mention of beholders barring a few special cases. The beholder does not appear in the Ravenloft appropriate monster lists in the [[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix I & II]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix I & II]] p. 70-71</ref> nor in the [[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III]] p. 8</ref> Beholders do not appear on the native monster list for any [[domain]]s in the various campaign settings or [[Ravenloft Gazetteers]]. | |||
Special cases of beholders existing in Ravenloft: | |||
*The [[Living Armor]] is a [[dread flesh golem]] resembling a beholder, though constructed of nonbeholder [[body part]]s. It was created by [[Janos]].<ref>[[Children of the Night: The Created]] p. 64-66</ref> | |||
*[[Ndrionohary (Beholder)]] is a [[beholder]] in [[Africa]] pretending to be a [[god]]. Beholders are otherwise unknown on [[Gothic Earth]].<ref name=p116>[[Villains of Gothic Earth]], [[Dragon Magazine]] Annual 2 p. 116</ref> | |||
*Three [[beholder]]s, known as [[the Last to Leave]], followed [[the Headless Horseman]] in fighting [[adventurer]]s during [[the Grand Conjunction]].<ref>[[From the Shadows]] p. 8</ref> | |||
*[[Tashlai]] was formerly a [[human]] before being [[transformed]] into a [[gauth]] ([[:category:Beholderkin|beholderkin]]) by fell energies. Tashlai lairs in the [[Old Markov House]].<ref>[[Fair Barovia]], [[Dungeon #207]] p. 53-55</ref> | |||
==Other Information== | |||
Beholders have an [[Outcast Rating]] of 8.<ref>[[Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide]]</ref> | |||
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The beholder, also known as the eye tyrant, is an evil aberration with spheroid bodies and no arms or legs. However, the beholder body has a number of small eye stalks, a gigantic central eye, and a great maw. Although the beholder's mouth can chew its prey apart, the beholder's magical eyes are its greatest weapon. Its eye stalks can fire a number of magical rays independently, and its central eye emits a cone of magical energy, usually duplicating an antimagic shell. A beholder movies by the locomotion of flight.[1][2]
Psychology
Beholders are usually highly xenophobic and solitary, save for possible slaves and other subjugated creatures. This xenophobia even extends to others of their kind, for which they can have particular loathing for. A beholder thinks of itself as the most glorious embodiment of its race, viewing other beholders bearing the slightest differences as blasphemous mockeries.[1][2]
Beholders in Ravenloft
According to I, Tyrant, a 2nd Edition sourcebook on beholders, Ravenloft has its own beholders. The beholders of Ravenloft are black in color, their skin marked with silver patterns. The interiors of a beholder's eyes resemble swirling mist and may, along with the silver markings on the beholder's body, flash with light when the beholder is provoked.[3]
Despite mention of Ravenloft beholders in I, Tyrant, official Ravenloft products have made scant mention of beholders barring a few special cases. The beholder does not appear in the Ravenloft appropriate monster lists in the Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix I & II[4] nor in the Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III[5] Beholders do not appear on the native monster list for any domains in the various campaign settings or Ravenloft Gazetteers.
Special cases of beholders existing in Ravenloft:
- The Living Armor is a dread flesh golem resembling a beholder, though constructed of nonbeholder body parts. It was created by Janos.[6]
- Ndrionohary (Beholder) is a beholder in Africa pretending to be a god. Beholders are otherwise unknown on Gothic Earth.[7]
- Three beholders, known as the Last to Leave, followed the Headless Horseman in fighting adventurers during the Grand Conjunction.[8]
- Tashlai was formerly a human before being transformed into a gauth (beholderkin) by fell energies. Tashlai lairs in the Old Markov House.[9]
Other Information
Beholders have an Outcast Rating of 8.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monstrous Manual
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Monster Manual (3.5)
- ↑ I, Tyrant p. 67
- ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix I & II p. 70-71
- ↑ Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III p. 8
- ↑ Children of the Night: The Created p. 64-66
- ↑ Villains of Gothic Earth, Dragon Magazine Annual 2 p. 116
- ↑ From the Shadows p. 8
- ↑ Fair Barovia, Dungeon #207 p. 53-55
- ↑ Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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- Beholder Vampire (1 P)
- Beholder Zombie (empty)
Pages in category "Beholder"
The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
