Beholder (5e)

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Beholder Overview

[1] A Beholder is an aberration comprising a floating spheroid body with a large fanged mouth and single eye on the front and many flexible eyestalks on the top.

A beholder's eyes each possess a different magical ability; the main eye projects an anti-magical cone, and the other eyes have different spell-like abilities (disintegrate objects, transmute flesh to stone, cause sleep, slow the motion of objects or beings, charm animals, charm humans, cause death, induce fear, levitate objects, and inflict serious wounds).

Many variant beholder species (beholderkin[2]) exist, such as "observers", "spectators", "eyes of the deep", "elder orbs", "hive mothers", and "death tyrants". In addition, some rare beholders can use their eyes for non-standard spell-like abilities; these mutant beholders are often killed or exiled by their peers.

In Other Settings[edit]

In Eberron[edit]

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Setting
[3] Beholders served… the daelkyr forces… When the Gatekeepers drove back and imprisoned the daelkyr, most of the beholders were driven into Khyber along with their creators.

Today, beholders are solitary, egocentric creatures. Some have remained among the daelkyr and dolgaunts, while others have accumulated their own followings among the Cults of the Dragon Below. A few have abandoned the path of aggression in favor of solitary philosophy and reflection…

List of Beholders[edit]

(10 official and unofficial Beholders)

Name Type Subtype Size HP CR (XP) Alignment Habitat Source
Beholder Overview Overview Aberration, Beholder Varied
Beholder Common Aberration Beholder Large 180 13 (10,000) Lawful Evil Underdark, Underground Monster Manual (5e)
Death Kiss Aberration Beholder Large 161 10 (5,900) Neutral Evil Underdark VGtM, MotM, varied
Death Tyrant Undead Beholder Large 187 14 (11,500) Lawful Evil Underdark, Underground Monster Manual (5e)
Eyedrake Aberration Beholder Large 119 8 (3,900) Lawful Evil Underdark, Underground Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Gauth Aberration Beholder Medium 67/52 6 (2,300) Lawful Evil Underdark VGtM, MotM
Gazer Aberration Beholder Tiny 13 1/2 (100) Neutral Evil Underdark VGtM, MotM
Mindwitness Aberration Beholder Large 75 5 (1,800) Lawful Evil Underdark, Underground Volo's Guide to Monsters
Spectator Aberration Beholder Medium 39 3 (700) Lawful Neutral Underdark, Underground Monster Manual (5e)
Beholder Zombie Undead Beholder, Zombie Large 93 5 (1,800) Neutral Evil Underdark, Underground Monster Manual (5e)

Sources and Notes[edit]

  1. Wikipedia - Beholder (accessed 2020-03-10). Licensed CC-BY-SA.
  2. et. al., Mike Mearls (November 2016). Volo's Guide to Monsters. (5e 2014) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 978-0-7869-6601-1. p. 7.
  3. Keith Baker, James Wyatt, Jeremy Crawford (19 November 2019). Eberron Rising from the Last War. (5e 2014) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 978-0-7869-6689-9. p. 284. Licensed: © Wizards of the Coast (used under 'fair use' clause).

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