Beholder (SLASH'EM) - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: hatnote, potholes

2026-03-10T17:50:42Z

hatnote, potholes

2026-03-10T17:50:33Z

hatnote, potholes

2026-03-10T02:47:03Z

‎Strategy: detailing

2024-12-19T18:22:50Z

‎Generation: detail

2024-12-19T18:00:54Z

‎Generation: nobones

2024-12-19T17:25:13Z

lede + gen

2024-10-09T07:42:36Z

pothole

2024-03-07T14:29:35Z

for

2024-03-07T13:43:03Z

‎Strategy: tweak

2024-03-07T13:35:54Z

‎Generation: cap

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 The '''Beholder''', {{gray|e}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. It is an [[Eye or sphere|eye]] monster that serves as the [[quest nemesis]] of the [[Neutral Quest]] and guards the [[Key of Neutrality]]. The Beholder possesses [[flight]], [[regeneration]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and can [[follow]] a [[hero]] to other levels if it is adjacent. The Beholder is [[covetous]] and capable of warping across the level: though it desires the [[quest artifact]] of the hero's [[role]], the [[invocation items]] and the [[Amulet of Yendor]], it lacks any means to steal them directly.
-The Beholder has an [[instadeath]] [[gaze]], a physically-damaging gaze, a [[stun]]-inducing gaze, a [[confusion]]-inducing gaze, and a [[sleep]]-inducing gaze.
+The Beholder has an [[instadeath]] [[gaze]], a [[Physical damage|physically-damaging]] gaze, a [[stun]]-inducing gaze, a [[confusion]]-inducing gaze, and a [[sleep]]-inducing gaze.
 ==Generation==

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   |frequency=Unique
   |genocidable=No
-  |attacks=Gaze 1d4 [[instadeath]], Gaze 3d8 physical, Gaze 1d3 [[stun]], Gaze 1d3 [[confusion]], Gaze 1d4 [[sleep]]
+  |attacks=[[Gaze]] 1d4 [[instadeath]], Gaze 3d8 [[Physical damage|physical]], Gaze 1d3 [[stun]], Gaze 1d3 [[confusion]], Gaze 1d4 [[sleep]]
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |resistances=None
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   |reference=[[SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line4590]]
 }}
-{{otheruses|the boss in SLASH'EM|the boss in Hack'EM|Beholder (Hack'EM)}}{{for|other implementations of the monster|Beholder}}
+{{otheruses|the boss in SLASH'EM|the similar boss in Hack'EM|Beholder (Hack'EM)}}{{for|other implementations of the monster|beholder}}
 The '''Beholder''', {{gray|e}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. It is an [[Eye or sphere|eye]] monster that serves as the [[quest nemesis]] of the [[Neutral Quest]] and guards the [[Key of Neutrality]]. The Beholder possesses [[flight]], [[regeneration]], can be seen via [[infravision]], and can [[follow]] a [[hero]] to other levels if it is adjacent. The Beholder is [[covetous]] and capable of warping across the level: though it desires the [[quest artifact]] of the hero's [[role]], the [[invocation items]] and the [[Amulet of Yendor]], it lacks any means to steal them directly.

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 ==Strategy==
-Despite the deadly potential of its attacks, the Beholder is generally considered the easiest of the alignment quest bosses to defeat: blinding yourself (especially with a [[blindfold]] or [[towel]]) before entering its room or drawing it to your position will neutralize all of its gaze attacks, and it has no other form of offense. [[Reflection]] only protects against the gaze of death, but '''only''' if the Beholder can see you ordinarily, and has no effect on its other attacks.{{refsrc|mhitu.c|2451|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+Despite the deadly potential of its attacks, the Beholder is generally considered the easiest of the alignment quest bosses to defeat: blinding yourself while the Beholder is still asleep (especially with a [[blindfold]] or [[towel]]) before either entering its room or drawing it to your position will neutralize all of its gaze attacks, and it has no other form of offense. [[Reflection]] is not as useful as it may first seem, since it only protects against the gaze of death ''if'' the Beholder can see you, has no effect on its other attacks.{{refsrc|mhitu.c|2451|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 ==Origin==

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 The Beholder is always generated hostile, and is not a valid form for polymorph. As it is guaranteed to appear in the Neutral Quest, it will not appear in [[bones]] files.{{refsrc|bones.c|255|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
-The Beholder is generated [[meditating]] within the northwestern-most room of the Neutral Quest at level creation, with the Key of Neutrality in its possession and a [[chest]] and several piles of [[gold]] on its square.
+The Beholder is generated [[meditating]] within the northwestern-most room of the Neutral Quest at level creation, with the uncursed Key of Neutrality in its possession and a [[chest]] and several piles of [[gold]] on its square.
 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]].

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 ==Generation==
-The Beholder is always generated hostile, and is not a valid form for polymorph.
+The Beholder is always generated hostile, and is not a valid form for polymorph. As it is guaranteed to appear in the Neutral Quest, it will not appear in [[bones]] files.{{refsrc|bones.c|255|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 The Beholder is generated [[meditating]] within the northwestern-most room of the Neutral Quest at level creation, with the Key of Neutrality in its possession and a [[chest]] and several piles of [[gold]] on its square.