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A beholder has two active [[gaze attack]]s that use random damage types, up to and including the various elements, death magic, and [[stoning]], as well as a passive gaze attack that [[paralyze]]s the attacker. | A beholder has two active [[gaze attack]]s that use random damage types, up to and including the various elements, death magic, and [[stoning]], as well as a passive gaze attack that [[paralyze]]s the attacker. | ||
| − | Beholders are [[poisonous]] to eat. | + | Beholders are [[poisonous]] to eat, but eating a beholder's [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|5}} chance of granting [[clairvoyance]] for {{rn1|500|500}} turns. |
==Generation== | ==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 form for [[polymorph]]. | ||
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| + | Beholders may be generated as [[minion]]s of Ver'tas. | ||
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| + | ==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. | ||
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| + | 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"]]. | ||
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| + | ==Encyclopedia entry== | ||
| + | {{encyclopedia| | ||
| + | "Beauty in things exists merely | ||
| + | in the mind which contemplates them." | ||
| + | | [ Moral and Political, | ||
| + | by David Hume ] | ||
| + | }}{{stub}} | ||
{{variant-343}} | {{variant-343}} | ||
[[Category:dNetHack monsters]] | [[Category:dNetHack monsters]] | ||
[[Category:notdNetHack monsters]] | [[Category:notdNetHack monsters]] | ||
Revision as of 08:46, 7 March 2024
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| Difficulty | 10 |
| Attacks |
gaze 4d6 single-target random type, gaze 4d6 single-target random type, passive 3d5 paralysis gaze |
| Base level | 6 |
| Base experience | 115 |
| Speed | 3 |
| Base AC | 4 |
| Base MR | 50 |
| Alignment | -10 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 9000 |
| Nutritional value | 800 |
| Size | large |
| Resistances | fire, cold, shock |
| Resistances conveyed | |
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A beholder:
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A beholder, e, is a type of monster that appears in dNetHack and notdNetHack. The beholder is an eye creature that is amphibious, capable of flight, has infravision, and can be seen via infravision.
A beholder has two active gaze attacks that use random damage types, up to and including the various elements, death magic, and stoning, as well as a passive gaze attack that paralyzes the attacker.
Beholders are poisonous to eat, but eating a beholder's corpse or tin has a 1⁄5 chance of granting clairvoyance for 500–999 turns.
Generation
Randomly generated beholders are always created hostile, and are only randomly generated in Gehennom. They are not a valid form for polymorph.
Beholders may be generated as minions of Ver'tas.
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.
The quote in the encyclopedia entry is likely the genesis of the aphorism, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
Encyclopedia entry
"Beauty in things exists merely
in the mind which contemplates them."
by David Hume ]
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