Beholder (5e)
5th edition Varied
See Sources and Notes
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]
| Eberron |
| Setting |
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]
- ↑ Wikipedia - Beholder (accessed 2020-03-10). Licensed CC-BY-SA.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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