Īlthough somewhat similar to a zombie, a death tyrant was a much more powerful creature, that continued to lord over others the same way beholders did. A death tyrant held much of the powers of the original beholder, now fueled by the power of Undeath. On the rare occasion in which such dreams took hold of a live beholder, its flesh rotted away, and a naked skull with spectral points of red light for eyes would emerge. The beholder also defeated the gelatinous cube, mimic, and the dragon goddess Tiamat.A death tyrant was the result of a beholder's mad dreams of existing beyond death. In 2019, a tournament of Twitter polls identified the Beholder as the greatest of all D&D creatures, narrowly defeating the lich 53% to 47%. The beholder is one of the most popular of all Dungeons & Dragons creatures.
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It is one of eleven creatures in the Monster Manual (3.5) (2003) omitted from the SRD as Wizards of the Coast product identity, along with the alternate gauth beholder. The beholder is one of the earliest D&D creatures for which Wizards of the Coast holds copyright. Terry Kuntz had been a player in D&D creator Gary Gygax's campaign for two months when he invented the creature, which Gygax made minor changes to before including it in Greyhawk (Supplement 1) (1975). The beholder was invented by Terry Kuntz, brother of Rob Kuntz, in 1974. Pages 26-30 describe the beholder along with the undead death tyrant and lesser spectator. Numerous variants appeared in sourcebooks and Dungeon and Dragon magazines, including the level 5 gauth, level 29 ultimate tyrant, and level 30 voidsphere beholder.Ī beholder appears on the cover of the Monster Manual (5e) (2014). The beholder appeared in the Monster Manual (4e) (2008), p.32-33 with the Beholder Eye Tyrant and Beholder Eye of Flame, with full-page artwork depicting two beholders. Additional beholder lore appeared in Dragon Magazine #296's Worshipers of the Forbidden and Dragon #313's Eye Wares: Potent Powers of the Beholders. The beholder appears in the Monster Manual (3.0) (2000) and Monster Manual (3.5) (2003), the covers of which are decorated with a single central eye and decorated as if bound in beholder hide.īy far the most detailed sourcebook on beholders is Lords of Madness (2005), which dedicates an entire twenty-page chapter to the creature. The creature was further detailed in Dragon #76 (Aug 1983)'s Ecology of the Beholder. The beholder first appeared in Greyhawk (Supplement 1) (1975), p.37-38), and also appears on the cover of that book. Related creatures Variant beholders Publication history Original D&D
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Abilities and traits Ecology Environment Life cycle Diet Society and culture Relationships and family Organization Enemies Allies and minions Religion Language Treasure History Origins Ancient history Recent history Notable beholders įor a full list of beholders, see Category:Beholders. Protruding off of the beholders body are many eye stalks, which flail in every direction. Beholders are a large floating sphere with a large eye in the center of its face, and a large toothy mouth below it.
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