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Returning 35 results for 'beholder'.
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Antimagic Cone. The beholder’s central eye creates an area of antimagic, as in the antimagic field spell, in a 150-foot-cone. At the start of each of its turns, the beholder decides which way
the cone faces and whether the cone is active. The area works against the beholder’s own eye rays.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite
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Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a
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This symbiotic crown is carved from dark purple and mauve stone, with ten points like stalks set with gemstones resembling the eyestalks of a beholder. To attune to this item, you must wear it on
Compendium
- Sources->Monster Manual
Beholder Beholder
Large aberration, lawful evil
Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
Hit Points 180 (19d10 + 76)
Speed 0 ft., fly 20 ft. (hover)
STR
10 (+0)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
-foot cone. At the start of each of its turns, the beholder decides which way the cone faces and whether the cone is active. The area works against the beholder’s own eye rays.
Actions
Bite. Melee
Compendium
- Sources->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Beholder Names A beholder picks its own name, piecing together sounds and syllables that have significance and meaning to it. Beholder Names d20 Name 1 Barixis 2 Chelm 3 Derukoskai 4 Eddalx 5
Compendium
- Sources->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Beholder Lairs The lair of a beholder is a reflection of the creature’s mind-set — designed to anticipate, and thwart, any plan that would-be invaders might devise. Each of its chambers is isolated
, accessible from only one or two other areas, giving the beholder control over the route that enemies must take to reach the sanctum where the owner of the place lies in wait. A beholder usually
Compendium
- Sources->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Roleplaying a Beholder When you’re roleplaying a beholder, the following tables contain possible inspiration. They suggest characteristics that a beholder might possess. Until ye’ve come to know a
beholder — not an easy thing to do, I’ll grant — ye don’t know true paranoia.
— Elminster
Beholder Personality Traits d8 Personality Trait 1 I enjoy lording my superiority over others. 2 Cold
Compendium
- Sources->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Belashyrra’s Beholder Crown Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement) This symbiotic crown is carved from dark purple and mauve stone, with ten points like stalks set with gemstones resembling
the eyestalks of a beholder. To attune to this item, you must wear it on your head for the entire attunement period, during which the crown’s hidden tendrils burrow into your scalp to bond with your
Compendium
- Sources->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Birth of a Beholder Beholders can produce others of their own kind, but the process has nothing to do with biology and everything to do with psychology. When a beholder sleeps, its body goes briefly
images of itself or of other beholders (which might or might not actually exist). On extremely rare occasions when a beholder dreams of another beholder, the act creates a warp in reality — from which
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A mechanical beholder takes the form of an oversized eye tyrant whose central eye is a viewport window.
Compendium
- Sources->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Eye of the Beholder Difficulty: Medium This map puzzle is designed to lead a party through a dungeon where a roaming beholder doesn’t wish to be disturbed. A series of clues tie to the word “eye
Compendium
- Sources->Tomb of Annihilation
44. Vault of the Beholder An invisible beholder lairs in this circular chamber. To enter, adventurers must pass through a locked door. 44A. Eyes of the Beholder The corridor ends in a large door with
the walls. In the middle of the chamber, a large spherical object hovers under a black silk drape twenty feet above the floor.
The beholder, Belchorzh (pronounced BEL-korj), floats at the top of the
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Antimagic Cone. The beholder's central eye creates an area of antimagic, as in the antimagic field spell, in a 150-foot-cone. At the start of each of its turns, the beholder decides which way the
5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Eye Rays. The beholder shoots three of the following
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Drain", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage, and the death kiss regains half as many hit points.A death kiss is a lesser beholder that can come into being when a true beholder has a vivid
nightmare about losing blood. Its coloration and shape resemble those of the beholder that dreamed it into existence, but its hue is more muted, and instead of magical eye rays, it has ten long
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take only one legendary action at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The beholder regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Eye Ray. Thaxalia uses one random
eye ray.Thaxalia is a reduced-threat beholder crippled by Thayan magic.
Thaxalia’s central eye and two of its eyestalks have been maimed by the Red Wizards, rendering those eye rays (death ray and disintegration) powerless.
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Constructs and Undead.A gauth is a hungry, tyrannical creature similar to a beholder that eats magic and tries to exact tribute from anything weaker than itself. Its body is about 4 feet in diameter, with
six eyestalks, a central eye (sometimes surrounded by multiple smaller eyes), and four small grasping tentacles near its mouth. It has color and texture variations similar to a true beholder.
A gauth
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container.A gazer is a tiny manifestation of the dreams of a beholder. It resembles the beholder who dreamed it into existence, but its body is only 8 inches wide and it has only four eyestalks. It
beholders with wizard minions insist they take a gazer as a familiar because the beholders can see through the eyes of these creatures.
A wild gazer (one living separately from a beholder) is
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creature makes its own save. If the spell was an attack, the attack roll is rerolled against the chosen creature.A spectator is a lesser type of beholder—a foul and deadly aberration. It resembles
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opening a container.A gazer is a tiny manifestation of the dreams of a beholder. It resembles the beholder who dreamed it into existence, but its body is only 8 inches wide and it has only four
pets. Some beholders with wizard minions insist they take a gazer as a familiar because the beholders can see through the eyes of these creatures.
A wild gazer (one living separately from a beholder
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within 120 feet of it:
Charm Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the tyrant for 1 hour, or until the beholder harms the creature
legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Eye Ray. The death tyrant uses one random eye ray.A Death Tyrant’s Lair
A death tyrant’s lair is usually the same site it held as a beholder, but
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":"damage", "rollAction":"Obsessive Rebuke", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Many oculorbs are dreamed into existence by beholder
;beholders. The Far Realm’s strange power can pervade a beholder’s dreams, resulting in the birth of an oculorb.
Oculorbs resemble a slimy conglomeration of eyes in many sizes and shapes
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"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The target dies if the ray reduces it to 0 hit points.When a beholder contends with a dragon for power and wealth, its
thoughts of its dragon rival can become deeply obsessive, eventually pervading the beholder;beholder's dreams. If the rivalry lasts long enough, these fevered dreams can manifest as an eyedrake—a
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cultivates mushrooms, spores, and molds. He wears a leather skullcap stitched with fake beholder eyestalks.Poison
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pile of fine violet dust.Gzemnid is a beholder god of deception, gases, and obscurement.
The realm of the beholder deity Gzemnid lies beneath the Outlands. Most entrances into these mysterious, gas
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has ten small eyes tattooed on his bald head that allow him to see invisible creatures and objects as if they were visible.
Shedrak carries a nonmagical staff topped with a varnished beholder eye
. Karazikar (the beholder) can see through this eye and treats it as one of its own eyes for the purpose of using its eye rays. Breaking the staff renders the eye inert and prevents Karazikar from using
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Eerie Resemblance. The gas spore resembles a beholder. A creature that can see the gas spore can discern its true nature with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check.Touch. Melee Weapon Attack
Gauth
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Stunning Gaze. When a creature that can see the gauth’s central eye starts its turn within 30 feet of the gauth, the gauth can force it to make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw if the gauth isn&rsquo
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telekinetically moved up to 30 feet in any direction. The mindwitness can also exert fine control on objects with this ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or opening a door or a container.If a beholder is
stunned and brought to the brine pool of an elder brain, the beholder can be converted into a mindwitness. This alters some of its eye rays and transforms four of its eyestalks into tentacles similar
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, sendingAartuks are baleful plant creatures that live to wage war. Beholder;Beholders destroyed their original home world and scattered the survivors across the Material Plane.
Aartuk cells can be found throughout
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items that belonged to the creatures it swallowed.
Although an eye monger doesn’t project an antimagic cone from its eye as a beholder does, magic is suppressed inside its gullet, which prevents a swallowed creature from using magic to escape.
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","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.Aartuks are baleful plant creatures that live to wage war. Beholder;Beholders destroyed their original home world and scattered the survivors across the Material Plane
Gazer
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Aggressive. As a bonus action, the gazer can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see.
Mimicry. The gazer can mimic simple sounds of speech it has heard, in any language. A
Gazer Familiar
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Aggressive. As a bonus action, the gazer can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see.
Mimicry. The gazer can mimic simple sounds of speech it has heard, in any language. A
Mindwitness
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Telepathic Hub. When the mindwitness receives a telepathic message, it can telepathically share that message with up to seven other creatures within 600 feet of it that it can see.Multiattack. The
Death Kiss
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Lightning Blood. A creature within 5 feet of the death kiss takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lightning Blood","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage