Stories and speculation say that Beholders can alter the physical world through dreams, but their fears, xenophobia, and overall hatred of other lifeforms give birth to horrendous creations that either serve to sate their fear, or bolster it. Beholders reproduce by dreaming about other Beholders, their subconscious mind often amplifying the normal fears of meeting ones self into a twisted hatred, making each new generation of Beholder more fear driven and hateful than the last. But sometimes, Beholders do not dream about themselves, their demise, vampirism, or death, sometimes...they dream of the Mortals they have interacted with. The other races they have come to despise, or employ. But these dreams are far from regular, and like all dreams, they have a chance of spawning new life from it. The Beholden, or sometimes, Beholder Born, manifest from the dreams of Beholders as they dream of other races they've made contact with.

These beings can manifest as different races, copying their initial abilities to a tee, but there is always something off about them. Perhaps their ears a bit too long, or maybe they're a bit disproportionate, but they all share the same overwhelming dislike for their Beholder Parent, be it hatred, or fear. They know they are born of the dreams of the Beholder, and often have a hard time grappling with the fact that they suddenly came into existence one day, fully aware and conscious. The Beholden wander the world, initially indistinguishable from whatever intended race they may borrow from, but they are always outcasted and alone. They desire to belong more than anything.

Skill Proficiencies: Being thrust into a world where the first living being you see wants to kill you, it creates a need to survive. You have proficiency in the Survival and Insight skills.

Tool Proficiencies: Beholden have no initial trade to go off of when first manifested. They often pick up and learn the tool of the first same race creature they meet. This has lead to them having a variety of skills. You are proficient in one type of Artisan's tools.

Languages: Beholden have ingrained knowledge passed down via the dreams of their parent beholder, and often intrinsically know at least one language their parent knew. Choose either Deep Speech, or Undercommon

Equipment: set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 5 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

 Although on every physical level, they are whatever race they seemed to manifest as, they have quirks and traits that tend to exaggerate those of their imitated species, Like an Orc's desire for violence, or a Gnome's hunger for ingenuity. Beholden are normally outcasts of their race, as the regular folk around them can feel their Aberrant nature in their soul. But this need to fit in also causes a violent rejection of their aberrant origin, leading to extreme paranoia in regards to any potential sign of aberrations, be it art, summoned creatures, or even potential lairs for these beings.

d6	Personality Trait
1	I am extremely paranoid of caves and dark areas
2	My sense of what is real and what is perceived by my Aberrant Parent causes me to become confused often
3	I naturally trust another being of my intended race, and take everything they say into account as how to better blend in to their society
4	I am aloof and quiet with races I am not familiar with, and tend to remain that way regardless of their attitude towards me
5	I am enamored by the culture of my intended race, and tend to engross myself in the local traditions to an almost obnoxious degree.
6	The idea of belonging is a hunger I will never overcome.

d6	Ideal
1	Beholders. I despise them, they must be eradicated, regardless of their alignment. (Chaotic)
2	I must help those I identify with grow stronger to face off against the Aberrant monsters of my Parent's plane. (Good)
3	I just want to be left alone. In peace. (Any)
4	I must know what it means to be part of the Race I was created as. I MUST. (Any)
5	While I do hate my Beholder Parent, My manifestation clearly means that I am perceived as the perfect version of my intended race. I will do anything to enforce that supremacy. (Evil)
6	I desire to make the world more like me, a perfect amalgam of the Material Plane and the Far Realm, and I'll kill who I must to make it so. (Evil)

d6	Bond
1	My Beholder parent is still out there somewhere, and they know I exist. I must do anything I can to keep them from finding me.
2	My need to belong has allowed me to become fiercely protective of those who ally with me. They are the greatest treasures I have ever acquired.
3	I desire peace of mind. I will do what I can, and ally with whoever I need to achieve that.
4	I know I am not the only one of my type. I must do my best to aid those who are in the same predicament as me.
5	My Aberrant origin disgusts me. I desire to become the real version of what I am, not an exaggerated imitation.
6	Everything I do is secretly for the bidding of my Beholder parent. No one must find out.

d6	Flaw
1	My fear of Aberrations is Blind and Unreasoning.
2	Eye Motifs bring out my Paranoia to an extreme degree.
3	I over exaggerate my emotions to such a degree that those around me think I am mocking them. I am not.
4	While I myself am not a Beholder, I hold a deep seeded paranoia that my dreams could affect the waking world, therefore I put off sleep as long as possible, regardless of the detriment it may have on me.
5	My interpretation of what is normal compared to what actually is for my intended race is so alien that I often offend most others I meet.
6	I perceive any potential slights on another individual of my intended race as a slight on myself, and take immense offense to them.