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Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */ encyclopedia

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‎Origin: encyclopedia

Chris: "Death Eye" is commented out in dnh and a unique monster in not-dnh

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"Death Eye" is commented out in dnh and a unique monster in not-dnh

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 ==Generation==
-Randomly generated beholders are always created hostile, and are only randomly generated in [[Gehennom]]. They are not a valid form for [[polymorph]].
+Randomly generated beholders are always created hostile, and are only randomly generated in [[Gehennom]]. They are not a valid polymorph form.
 Hostile beholders may be generated as [[minion]]s of [[Ver'tas]].
-Beholders make up {{frac|10}} of the monsters randomly generated on the Nightmare Temple levels of the [[Chaos Temple Quest]]. Four beholders are randomly placed on each of the two Nightmare temple floors at level creation.
+Beholders make up {{frac|10}} of the monsters randomly generated on the Nightmare Temple levels of the [[Chaos Temple Quest]], and four beholders are randomly placed on each of the two Nightmare temple floors during level creation.
 Beholders randomly generated outside the Chaos Temple Quest are always accompanied by up to four [[gas spore]]s.

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 Beholders make up {{frac|10}} of the monsters randomly generated on the Nightmare Temple levels of the [[Chaos Temple Quest]]. Four beholders are randomly placed on each of the two Nightmare temple floors at level creation.
-Beholders randomly generated outside the Chaos Temple Quest are always accompanied by four [[gas spore]]s.
+Beholders randomly generated outside the Chaos Temple Quest are always accompanied by up to four [[gas spore]]s.
-[[Aphanactonan assessor]]s leave behind a special [[death drop]] upon death that includes 4-16 beholder [[Eyeball (dNetHack)|eyeballs]].
+[[Aphanactonan assessor]]s leave behind a special [[death drop]] when killed that includes 4-16 beholder [[Eyeball (dNetHack)|eyeballs]].
 ==Strategy==

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=gaze 4d6 random, gaze 4d6 random, passive gaze 3d5 [[paralysis]]
+  |attacks=[[Gaze]] 4d6 random, gaze 4d6 random, [[passive]] gaze 3d5 [[paralysis]]
   |weight=9000
   |nutr=800
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 }}
 {{for|other implementations of the monster|Beholder}}
-A '''beholder''', {{gray|e}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The beholder is a [[large]] [[Eye or sphere|eye]] creature that is [[amphibious]], capable of [[flight]], has [[infravision]], and can be seen via infravision.
+A '''beholder''', {{gray|e}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The beholder is a [[large]] [[Eye or sphere|eye creature]] that is [[amphibious]], capable of [[flight]], has [[infravision]], and can be seen via infravision.
-A beholder has a passive gaze attack that [[paralyze]]s the attacker, as well as two active [[gaze attack]]s that each use one of 16 random [[damage type]]s: [[death magic]], [[cancellation]], paralysis, [[drain life]], [[disenchantment]], gradual [[stoning]], [[luck]]-draining, [[confusion]], [[slowing]], [[stunning]], [[blind]]ing, [[Fire (element)|fire]], [[cold]], [[shock]], [[hallucination]], and [[sleep]] - fire, cold and shock gazes each have a {{frac|2|19}} chance of being selected per attack, while the other damage types each have a {{frac|19}} chance of being selected. All of a beholder's gaze attacks are single-target. Beholders possess [[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]] and [[shock resistance]].
+A beholder has a passive [[gaze attack]] that [[paralyze]]s anything attacking it in melee, as well as two active gaze attacks that each use one of 16 random [[damage type]]s: [[death magic]], [[cancellation]], paralysis, [[drain life]], [[disenchantment]], gradual [[stoning]], [[luck]]-draining, [[confusion]], [[slowing]], [[stunning]], [[blind]]ing, [[Fire (element)|fire]], [[cold]], [[shock]], [[hallucination]], and [[sleep]]&mdash;fire, cold and shock gazes each have a {{frac|2|19}} chance of being selected per attack, while the other damage types each have a {{frac|19}} chance of being selected. All of a beholder's gaze attacks are single-target. Beholders possess [[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]] and [[shock resistance]].
 Beholders are [[poisonous]] to consume, and [[eating]] a beholder's [[corpse]] or [[tin]] or [[quaff]]ing its [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|blood]] has a {{frac|5}} chance of granting [[clairvoyance]] for {{rn1|500|500}} turns. Beholder corpses do not rot away or become tainted from age, and their blood can be used as a substitute for the [[potion of enlightenment]] in [[alchemy]].
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 Beholders randomly generated outside the Chaos Temple Quest are always accompanied by four [[gas spore]]s.
 ==Strategy==
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 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.
-The quote in the encyclopedia entry is likely the genesis of the aphorism, [[Wikipedia:Eye of the Beholder|"beauty is in the eye of the beholder"]] - the encyclopedia entry for the beholder is a rephrasing of the aphorism.
+The quote in the encyclopedia entry is likely the genesis of the aphorism, [[Wikipedia:Eye of the Beholder|"beauty is in the eye of the beholder"]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 A beholder has a passive gaze attack that [[paralyze]]s the attacker, as well as two active [[gaze attack]]s that each use one of 16 random [[damage type]]s: [[death magic]], [[cancellation]], paralysis, [[drain life]], [[disenchantment]], gradual [[stoning]], [[luck]]-draining, [[confusion]], [[slowing]], [[stunning]], [[blind]]ing, [[Fire (element)|fire]], [[cold]], [[shock]], [[hallucination]], and [[sleep]] - fire, cold and shock gazes each have a {{frac|2|19}} chance of being selected per attack, while the other damage types each have a {{frac|19}} chance of being selected. All of a beholder's gaze attacks are single-target. Beholders possess [[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]] and [[shock resistance]].
-Beholders are [[poisonous]] to consume, but [[eat]]ing a beholder's [[corpse]] or [[tin]] or [[quaff]]ing its [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|blood]] has a {{frac|5}} chance of granting [[clairvoyance]] for {{rn1|500|500}} turns. Beholder corpses do not rot away or become tainted from age, and their blood can be used as a substitute for the [[potion of enlightenment]] in [[alchemy]].
+Beholders are [[poisonous]] to consume, and [[eating]] a beholder's [[corpse]] or [[tin]] or [[quaff]]ing its [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|blood]] has a {{frac|5}} chance of granting [[clairvoyance]] for {{rn1|500|500}} turns. Beholder corpses do not rot away or become tainted from age, and their blood can be used as a substitute for the [[potion of enlightenment]] in [[alchemy]].
 ==Generation==

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   |nutr=800
   |size=large
-  |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[shock]]
+  |resistances=[[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]], [[shock resistance]]
   |resistances conveyed=temporary [[clairvoyance]]
   |attributes={{attributes|A beholder|fly=1|amphibious=1|breathless=1|nohands=1|nolimbs=1|nohead=1|seeinvis=1|pois=1|nopoly=1|neuter=1|hostile=1|infravision=1|infravisible=1|hell=1}}
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 A '''beholder''', {{gray|e}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. The beholder is a [[large]] [[Eye or sphere|eye]] creature that is [[amphibious]], capable of [[flight]], has [[infravision]], and can be seen via infravision.
-A beholder has a passive gaze attack that [[paralyze]]s the attacker, as well as two active [[gaze attack]]s that each use one of 16 random [[damage type]]s: [[death magic]], [[cancellation]], paralysis, [[drain life]], [[disenchantment]], gradual [[stoning]], [[luck]]-draining, [[confusion]], [[slowing]], [[stunning]], [[blind]]ing, [[fire]], [[cold]], [[shock]], [[hallucination]], and [[sleep]] - fire, cold and shock gazes each have a {{frac|2|19}} chance of being selected per attack, while the other damage types each have a {{frac|19}} chance of being selected. All of a beholder's gaze attacks are single-target. Beholders possess [[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]] and [[shock resistance]].
+A beholder has a passive gaze attack that [[paralyze]]s the attacker, as well as two active [[gaze attack]]s that each use one of 16 random [[damage type]]s: [[death magic]], [[cancellation]], paralysis, [[drain life]], [[disenchantment]], gradual [[stoning]], [[luck]]-draining, [[confusion]], [[slowing]], [[stunning]], [[blind]]ing, [[Fire (element)|fire]], [[cold]], [[shock]], [[hallucination]], and [[sleep]] - fire, cold and shock gazes each have a {{frac|2|19}} chance of being selected per attack, while the other damage types each have a {{frac|19}} chance of being selected. All of a beholder's gaze attacks are single-target. Beholders possess [[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]] and [[shock resistance]].
 Beholders are [[poisonous]] to consume, but [[eat]]ing a beholder's [[corpse]] or [[tin]] or [[quaff]]ing its [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|blood]] has a {{frac|5}} chance of granting [[clairvoyance]] for {{rn1|500|500}} turns. Beholder corpses do not rot away or become tainted from age, and their blood can be used as a substitute for the [[potion of enlightenment]] in [[alchemy]].

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 A '''beholder''', {{gray|e}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]]. The beholder is a [[large]] [[Eye or sphere|eye]] creature that is [[amphibious]], capable of [[flight]], has [[infravision]], and can be seen via infravision.
-A beholder has a passive gaze attack that [[paralyze]]s the attacker, as well as two active [[gaze attack]]s that use one of 16 random [[damage type]]s: [[death magic]], [[cancellation]], paralysis, [[drain life]], [[AD_ENCH|disenchantment]], gradual [[stoning]], [[luck]]-draining, [[confusion]], [[slowing]], [[stunning]], [[blind]]ing, [[fire]], [[cold]], [[shock]], [[hallucination]], and [[sleep]] - fire, cold and shock gazes each have a {{frac|2|19}} chance of being selected per attack, while the other damage types each have a {{frac|19}} chance of being selected. All of a beholder's gaze attacks are single-target. Beholders possess [[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]] and [[shock resistance]].
+A beholder has a passive gaze attack that [[paralyze]]s the attacker, as well as two active [[gaze attack]]s that each use one of 16 random [[damage type]]s: [[death magic]], [[cancellation]], paralysis, [[drain life]], [[AD_ENCH|disenchantment]], gradual [[stoning]], [[luck]]-draining, [[confusion]], [[slowing]], [[stunning]], [[blind]]ing, [[fire]], [[cold]], [[shock]], [[hallucination]], and [[sleep]] - fire, cold and shock gazes each have a {{frac|2|19}} chance of being selected per attack, while the other damage types each have a {{frac|19}} chance of being selected. All of a beholder's gaze attacks are single-target. Beholders possess [[fire resistance]], [[cold resistance]] and [[shock resistance]].
 Beholders are [[poisonous]] to consume, but [[eat]]ing a beholder's [[corpse]] or [[tin]] or [[quaff]]ing its [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|blood]] has a {{frac|5}} chance of granting [[clairvoyance]] for {{rn1|500|500}} turns. Beholder corpses do not rot away or become tainted from age, and their blood can be used as a substitute for the [[potion of enlightenment]] in [[alchemy]].