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{{monster
|name=Beholder
|symbol={{gray|e}}
|difficulty=20
|level=22
|experience=?
|speed=9
|AC=−8
|MR=70
|align=0
|frequency=Unique
|genocidable=No
|attacks=[[Monster spell|spellcasting]] 4d6 clerical, Gaze 2d25 [[sleep]], Gaze 0d0 [[disintegration]], Gaze 0d0 [[stoning]], Gaze 4d4 [[cancellation]], Bite 8d8
|resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[shock resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[stoning resistance]]
|resistances conveyed=[[poison resistance]]
|attributes={{attributes|The Beholder|fly=1|breathless=1|nolimbs=1|nohead=1|mindless=1|regen=1|nopoly=1|neuter=1|hostile=1|nasty=1|stalk=1|infravision=1|magic=1|waitforu=1|wantsbook=1|nocorpse=1}}
|size=Large
|nutr=100
|weight=500
|reference=
}}
{{otheruses|the boss in Hack'EM|the boss in SLASH'EM|Beholder (SLASH'EM)}}{{for|other uses|Beholder}}
The '''Beholder''', {{gray|e}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[large]], [[mindless]] [[Eye or sphere|eye]] monster that is a much stronger version of [[Beholder (SLASH'EM)|its incarnation]] from [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], with several traits adapted from [[Beholder (EvilHack)|the beholders]] of [[EvilHack]].

The Beholder serves the same role as [[quest nemesis]] of the [[Neutral Quest]] and guardian of the [[Key of Neutrality]]. It possesses [[flight]], [[regeneration]], has [[infravision]], will pick up [[magical item]]s, and can [[follow]] a [[player]] character to other levels if it is adjacent.

The Beholder will attempt to cast one clerical [[monster spell]] during each of its turns, and also has a [[sleep]]-inducing gaze, a [[disintegration]] gaze, a [[stoning]] gaze, a [[canceling]] gaze, and a powerful bite attack. The Beholder possesses [[cold resistance]], [[shock resistance]], [[poison resistance]], and [[stoning resistance]]. Though the Beholder is [[covetous]] towards the [[Book of the Dead]], it lacks any means to steal it from you directly.

==Generation==
The Beholder is always generated [[meditating]] and hostile within the northwestern-most room in the Neutral Quest, with the Key of Neutrality in its possession and several [[gas spore]]s surrounding it.

The Beholder [[Corpseless|does not leave a corpse]] upon death: if the Beholder is killed in a manner that would ordinarily leave a [[corpse]], it will instead drop [[The Eye of the Beholder]].

==Strategy==
The Beholder is far more difficult than its previous incarnation, with stronger bite and gaze attacks alongside access to all clerical spells: [[blind]]ing yourself (especially with a [[blindfold]] or [[towel]]) or the beholder can prevent gaze instadeaths, but its mindlessness will render it invisible to you without the [[warning]] property, and you must still weather its assault of powerful bites and spells that include [[fire pillar]], [[curse items]], [[vulnerability]], and a variation of [[summon insects]] that surrounds you with eyes and spheres.

==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.

==Messages==
{{message|All that remains is a single eye...|The Beholder was killed and dropped The Eye of the Beholder.}}

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia|
The beholder (A.K.A the eye tyrant, the sphere of many eyes)
is most frequently found deep underground, although infrequently
it will lair in desolate wilderness.  The globular body of this
monster is supported by levitation, and it floats slowly about
as it wills.  Atop the sphere are ten eyestalks, while in its
central area are a great eleventh eye and a large mouth filled
with pointed teeth.  Each of the eyes is said to have a different
magical property, all of which are deadly or malicious.  The
beholder is hateful, tricky, and avaricious and is known to have
a fondness for both traps and artifacts.
|[ Adapted by Ben Lehman from Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
}}
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-{{otheruses|the boss in Hack'EM|the boss in SLASH'EM|Beholder (SLASH'EM)}}{{for|other uses|Beholder}}
+{{otheruses|the boss in Hack'EM|the boss in SLASH'EM|Beholder (SLASH'EM)}}{{for|other implementations of the monster|Beholder}}
 The '''Beholder''', {{gray|e}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[Hack'EM]]. It is a [[large]], [[mindless]] [[Eye or sphere|eye]] monster that is a much stronger version of [[Beholder (SLASH'EM)|its incarnation]] from [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], with several traits adapted from [[Beholder (EvilHack)|the beholders]] of [[EvilHack]].

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 ==Strategy==
-The Beholder is far more difficult than its previous incarnation, with stronger bite and gaze attacks alongside access to all clerical spells: [[blind]]ing yourself (especially with a [[blindfold]] or [[towel]]) or the beholder can prevent gaze instadeaths, but its mindlessness will render it invisible to you without the [[warning]] property, and you must still weather its assault of powerful bites and spells that include [[fire pillar]], [[curse items]], [[vulnerability]], and a variation of [[summon insects]] that surrounds you with eyes and spheres.
+The Beholder is far more difficult than its previous incarnation, with stronger bite and gaze attacks alongside access to all clerical spells: [[blind]]ing yourself (especially with a [[blindfold]] or [[towel]]) or the beholder can prevent gaze instadeaths, but its mindlessness will render it invisible to you without the [[warning]] property, and you must still weather its assault of powerful bites and spells that include [[fire pillar]], [[curse items]], [[Vulnerability (monster spell)|vulnerability]], and a variation of [[summon insects]] that surrounds you with eyes and spheres.
 ==Origin==