Beholder (monster)

e beholder
Difficulty	11
Attacks	Gaze 0d0 slow, Gaze 2d25 sleep, Gaze 0d0 disintegrate, Gaze 0d0 petrification, Gaze 2d4 cancellation, Bite 2d4 physical

e beholder
Difficulty	11
Attacks	Gaze 0d0 slow, Gaze 2d25 sleep, Gaze 0d0 disintegrate, Gaze 0d0 petrification, Gaze 2d4 cancellation, Bite 2d4 physical
Base level	6
Base experience	?
Speed	3
Base AC	4
Base MR	0
Alignment	−10 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	2 (Quite rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	10
Nutritional value	10
Size	medium
Resistances	cold resistance
Resistances conveyed	none
A beholder: can fly. does not breathe. has no hands. has no limbs. has no head. is mindless. does not eat. (*) is not a valid polymorphable form. is neither male nor female. is normally generated hostile. can be seen through infravision.

For other implementations of the monster, see Beholder.

The beholder, e, is a deferred monster in the source code of NetHack.

Origin

The beholder is a well-known creature from Dungeons & Dragons, one of the franchise's most iconic original creations. As described in the SLASH'EM encyclopedia entry (taken from a D&D manual), 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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