Beholder (monster) - Revision history

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 ==Variants==
-Several variants of ''NetHack'' fully implement the beholder and its gaze attacks, while granting the monster additional traits and abilities depending on the variant.
+Several ''NetHack'' [[variant]]s fully implement the beholder and its gaze attacks, while granting the monster additional traits and abilities depending on the variant.
 ===SLASH'EM===
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 ===dNetHack===
 {{main|Beholder (dNetHack)}}
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], beholders are much different and more dangerous than their ''NetHack'' incarnations. They are only generated in the [[Chaos Temple Quest]] and [[Gehennom]], and have two gaze attacks that can select from various damage types, along with a third paralyzing gaze as a [[passive attack]] similar to the [[floating eye]]. Beholder corpses, tins and blood have some useful applications as well.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], beholders are much different and more dangerous than their ''NetHack'' incarnations. They are only generated in the [[Chaos Temple Quest]] and [[Gehennom]], and have two gaze attacks that can select from various damage types, along with a third gaze that serves as a [[paralyzing]] [[passive attack]] similar to that of the the [[floating eye]]. Beholder [[corpse]]s, [[tin]]s and [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|blood]] have some useful applications as well.
 ===SpliceHack===

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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=10
   |nutr=10
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 A '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a [[deferred feature|deferred]] [[monster]] in the [[source code]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The beholder is a monster that is part of the [[eye or sphere]] [[monster class]]:{{refsrc|src/monst.c|337|nethack=3.6.7}} it is [[breathless]], [[mindless]], 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]].
+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]].
 ==Generation==
-As a deferred monster, beholders are not generated at all, but have rules governing their generation like any other monster.
+As a deferred monster, beholders cannot be generated at all, but have rules governing their generation like any other monster.
-Randomly generated beholders will always be created hostile, and they are not a valid target for [[polymorph]].
+Randomly generated beholders will always be created hostile, and they are not a valid polymorph form.
 ==History==

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 ===EvilHack===
 {{main|Beholder (EvilHack)}}
-In [[EvilHack]], beholders can appear in the main dungeon as in GruntHack, but are slightly faster and resist stoning, and have a stronger cancellation gaze and a much more powerful bite. [[Tal'gath]] is a powerful unique beholder who must be killed in order to genocide beholders.
+In [[EvilHack]], beholders can appear in the main dungeon as in GruntHack, but are slightly faster and resist stoning, and have a stronger cancellation gaze along with a much more powerful bite. [[Tal'gath]] is a powerful unique beholder who must be killed in order to genocide beholders.
 ===Hack'EM===

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 }}
 {{for|other implementations of the monster|beholder}}
-A '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a [[deferred feature|deferred]] [[monster]] in the [[source code]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The beholder is a monster that is part of the [[eye or sphere]] [[monster class]]: it is [[breathless]], [[mindless]], capable of [[flight]], and can be seen via [[infravision]].{{refsrc|src/monst.c|337|nethack=3.6.7}}
+A '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a [[deferred feature|deferred]] [[monster]] in the [[source code]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The beholder is a monster that is part of the [[eye or sphere]] [[monster class]]:{{refsrc|src/monst.c|337|nethack=3.6.7}} it is [[breathless]], [[mindless]], 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]].

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   |reference=[[monst.c#line337]]
 }}
-{{for|other implementations of the monster|Beholder}}
+{{for|other implementations of the monster|beholder}}
 A '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a [[deferred feature|deferred]] [[monster]] in the [[source code]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The beholder is a monster that is part of the [[eye or sphere]] [[monster class]]: it is [[breathless]], [[mindless]], capable of [[flight]], and can be seen via [[infravision]].{{refsrc|src/monst.c|337|nethack=3.6.7}}

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 }}
 {{for|other implementations of the monster|Beholder}}
-The '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a [[deferred feature|deferred]] [[monster]] in the [[source code]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a monster that is part of the [[eye or sphere]] [[monster class]], and is [[breathless]], [[mindless]], capable of [[flight]], and can be seen via [[infravision]].{{refsrc|src/monst.c|337|nethack=3.6.7}}
+A '''beholder''', {{monsym|beholder}}, is a [[deferred feature|deferred]] [[monster]] in the [[source code]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The beholder is a monster that is part of the [[eye or sphere]] [[monster class]]: it is [[breathless]], [[mindless]], capable of [[flight]], and can be seen via [[infravision]].{{refsrc|src/monst.c|337|nethack=3.6.7}}
 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]].
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 As a deferred monster, beholders are not generated at all, but have rules governing their generation like any other monster.
-Randomly generated beholders will always be created hostile, and they are not a valid form for [[polymorph]].
+Randomly generated beholders will always be created hostile, and they are not a valid target for [[polymorph]].
 ==History==
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 ===SLASH'EM===
 {{main|Beholder (SLASH'EM)}}
-In [[SLASH'EM]], the Beholder is the [[quest nemesis]] for the [[Neutral Quest]].
+In [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]], the Beholder is the [[quest nemesis]] for the [[Neutral Quest]].
 ===GruntHack===
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 ===Hack'EM===
 {{main|Beholder (Hack'EM)}}
-In [[Hack'EM]], the Beholder is the quest nemesis for the Neutral Quest as before, but is much more difficult.
+In [[Hack'EM]], the Beholder is the quest nemesis for the Neutral Quest as in SLASH'EM, but is much more difficult.
 ==References==

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 ==History==
-The beholder's data first appears in [[NetHack 3.2.0]].
+The beholder first appears in [[NetHack-- 3.0.10]], and its vanilla data first appears in [[NetHack 3.2.0]].
 ==Origin==