On a failure, the creature is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a failed save, the creature begins to turn to stone and is restrained.

Petrification Ray. The targeted creature must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw.

This ray has no effect on constructs and undead. The target awakens if it takes damage or another creature takes an action to wake it.

Sleep Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or fall asleep and remain unconscious for 1 minute.

The beholder can also exert fine control on objects with this ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or opening a door or a container. It is restrained by the ray's telekinetic grip until the start of the beholder's next turn or until the beholder is incapacitated.If the target is an object weighing 300 pounds or less that isn't being worn or carried, it is moved up to 30 feet in any direction.

Telekinetic Ray. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or the beholder moves it up to 30 feet in any direction.Enervation Ray. The targeted creature must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw, taking 36 (8d8) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. In addition, the creature can't take reactions, and it can take either an action or a bonus action on its turn, not both. On a failed save, the target's speed is halved for 1 minute. Slowing Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw.The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Fear Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute.

Paralyzing Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute.Charm Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the beholder for 1 hour, or until the beholder harms the creature.The beholder shoots three of the following magical eye rays at random (reroll duplicates), choosing one to three targets it can see within 120 feet of it: However, this was later proven false when Dancer confirmed that the party was killed by F.C.G. asking Ariks Eshteross specifically about one-eyed monsters. A common fan theory was that Fresh Cut Grass's former party may have been killed by a beholder, due to F.C.G.One adventure hook involves aberrant ' Death Eyes', which sound similar to a nickname for despotic beholders, 'eye tyrants', and an undead type of beholder called a 'death tyrant'. Due to beholders being Product Identity of Wizards of the Coast under the Open Game License, they are replaced with unspecified extraplanar aberrations in the Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting.Taryon Darrington claimed to have killed a small beholder at some point in the past with help from sellswords, who 'took it out into a field and sort of roughed it up' for Taryon, who then dealt the killing blow to the creature.Enxanash is an eccentric beholder living in a hidden valley in the Cyrios Mountains.A beholder-possibly named something pronounced 'Yar-voss,' based on what its kuo-toa servant said as it died -occupied the sunken tomb of Purvan Suul.K'Varn, bearing a Horn of Orcus and metal armor plating, came through a rift from the Far Realm to the ancient underground city of Yug'Voril, where he enslaved a mind flayer colony, expanded his influence to the duergar Emberhold, and began threatening Kraghammer before he was slain by Vox Machina.Legendary Action: A beholder can use one of its eye rays at the end of another character's turn.įan art of K'Varn, by Stephen Oakley.Eye Rays: A beholder has ten different eyes attached to its head, each of which can emit a different magical ray at separately selected targets.Bite: The beholder can bite at a target with its giant, toothy maw.Also negates the effects of its own eye rays within that area.Antimagic Cone: The beholder can negate magic within a 150-ft cone in front of its central eye.Note: This section does not specify the copywritten monster ability details, which are available in the D&D 5th edition Monster Manual.

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