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{{monster
|name=beholder
|symbol={{brown|e}}
|tile=
|difficulty=11
|level=6
|experience=?
|speed=3
|AC=4
|MR=0
|align=−10
|frequency=2
|genocidable=Yes
|attacks=Gaze 0d0 [[slow]], Gaze 2d25 [[sleep]], Gaze 0d0 [[disintegrate]], Gaze 0d0 [[petrification]], Gaze 2d4 [[cancellation]], Bite 2d4 [[physical]]
|weight=800
|nutr=200
|size=medium
|resistances=[[cold]], [[shock]], [[poison]]
|resistances conveyed=[[poison resistance]]
|attributes={{attributes|A beholder|fly=1|breathless=1|mindless=1|nasty=1|nohands=1|nolimbs=1|nohead=1|nopoly=1|neuter=1|hostile=1|infravisible=1}}
|refline=
}}

A '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]]. The beholder is a large, [[mindless]] [[Eye or sphere|eye]] creature that can [[fly]], and can be seen via [[infravision]].

A beholder has a [[slowing]] [[gaze attack]], a [[sleep]]-inducing gaze, a [[disintegration]] gaze, a gaze that inflicts [[stoning]], a [[cancellation]] gaze, and a bite attack. Beholders possess [[cold resistance]], [[shock resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].

[[Eating]] a beholder [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a chance of conveying poison resistance.

==Generation==
Randomly generated beholders are always created hostile, and are not a valid form for [[polymorph]]. A randomly generated beholder will be created asleep {{frac|4|5}} of the time unless your character currently has the [[Amulet of Yendor]].

==Strategy==
Beholders pose a significant threat from the time they can generate randomly: most beholders will generate asleep, but an awakened one will direct its many deadly gazes at you, which can turn you to stone instantly, disintegrate you, or cancel your inventory among other undesirable effects - [[reflection]] has no effect on any of them. Thankfully, [[blind]]ing yourself or the beholder will disable its gaze attacks, leaving the much weaker bite to contend with - blindness unfortunately cannot be used to detect one via [[telepathy]], as beholders are mindless, making [[warning]] the ideal means of possibly detecting one. Beholders' multiple [[instadeath]] threats make them an enticing [[genocide]] target.

==Origin==
The beholder is a well-known creature from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', and is one of the franchise's most iconic original creations. Beholders have spherical bodies with a single large eye, ten smaller eyes on stalks above it, and a mouth full of teeth. The smaller eyes are used for offense or defense; each one has a different magical ability. Beholders are typically hostile to other creatures, and often hostile to one another.
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   |frequency=2
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Gaze 0d0 [[slow]], Gaze 2d25 [[sleep]], Gaze 0d0 [[disintegrate]], Gaze 0d0 [[petrification]], Gaze 2d4 [[cancellation]], Bite 2d4 physical
+  |attacks=[[Gaze]] 0d0 [[slow]], Gaze 2d25 [[sleep]], Gaze 0d0 [[disintegrate]], Gaze 0d0 [[petrification]], Gaze 2d4 [[cancellation]], [[Bite attack|Bite]] 2d4 [[Physical damage|physical]]
   |weight=800
   |nutr=200
   |size=medium
-  |resistances=[[cold]], [[shock]], [[poison]]
+  |resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[shock resistance]], [[poison resistance]]
   |resistances conveyed=[[poison resistance]]
   |attributes={{attributes|A beholder|fly=1|breathless=1|mindless=1|nasty=1|nohands=1|nolimbs=1|nohead=1|nopoly=1|neuter=1|hostile=1|infravisible=1}}
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 {{for|other implementations of the monster|beholder}}
-A '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[GruntHack]]. The beholder is a large, [[mindless]] [[Eye or sphere|eye]] creature that can [[fly]], and can be seen via [[infravision]].
+A '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[GruntHack]]. The beholder is a large, [[mindless]] [[Eye or sphere|eye creature]] that is capable of [[flight]] and can be seen via [[infravision]].
-A beholder has a [[slowing]] [[gaze attack]], a [[sleep]]-inducing gaze, a [[disintegration]] gaze, a gaze that inflicts [[stoning]], a [[cancellation]] gaze, and a bite attack. Beholders possess [[cold resistance]], [[shock resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].
+A beholder has a [[slowing]] [[gaze attack]], a [[sleep]]-inducing gaze, a [[disintegration]] gaze, a gaze that inflicts [[stoning]], a [[cancellation]] gaze, and a [[bite attack]]. Beholders possess [[cold resistance]], [[shock resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].
-[[Eating]] a beholder [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a chance of conveying poison resistance.
+[[Eating]] a beholder [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a chance of granting poison resistance.
 ==Generation==
-Randomly generated beholders are always created hostile, and are not a valid form for [[polymorph]]. A randomly generated beholder will be created asleep {{frac|4|5}} of the time unless your character has the [[Amulet of Yendor]] at the time of its generation.
+Randomly generated beholders are always created hostile. They are not a valid polymorph form.
 ==Strategy==
-Beholders pose a significant threat from the time they can generate randomly: most beholders will generate asleep, but an awakened one will direct its many deadly gazes at you, which can turn you to stone instantly, disintegrate you, or cancel your inventory among other undesirable effects - [[reflection]] has no effect on any of them. Thankfully, [[blind]]ing yourself or the beholder will disable its gaze attacks, leaving the much weaker bite to contend with - blindness unfortunately cannot be used to detect one via [[telepathy]], as beholders are mindless, making [[warning]] the ideal means of possibly detecting one. The beholder's multiple methods of inflicting [[instadeath]] makes them an enticing [[genocide]] target.
+Beholders pose a significant threat from the time they can generate randomly: most beholders will generate asleep, but an awakened one will direct its many deadly gazes at you, which can turn you to stone instantly, disintegrate you, or cancel your inventory among other undesirable effects&mdash;worse yet, [[reflection]] has no effect on any of them. Thankfully, [[blinding]] yourself or the beholder will disable its gaze attacks, leaving the much weaker bite to contend with: [[telepathy]] cannot detect beholders as they are mindless, making [[warning]] the ideal means of spotting one ahed of time. The beholder's multiple methods of inflicting [[instadeath]] also makes them an enticing [[genocide]] target.
 ==Origin==

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-{{for|other implementations of the monster|Beholder}}
+{{for|other implementations of the monster|beholder}}
-A '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[EvilHack]]. The beholder is a large, [[mindless]] [[Eye or sphere|eye]] creature that can [[fly]], and can be seen via [[infravision]].
+A '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[GruntHack]]. The beholder is a large, [[mindless]] [[Eye or sphere|eye]] creature that can [[fly]], and can be seen via [[infravision]].
 A beholder has a [[slowing]] [[gaze attack]], a [[sleep]]-inducing gaze, a [[disintegration]] gaze, a gaze that inflicts [[stoning]], a [[cancellation]] gaze, and a bite attack. Beholders possess [[cold resistance]], [[shock resistance]] and [[poison resistance]].