Beholder (dNetHack)

e beholder
Difficulty	10
Attacks	gaze 4d6 single-target random type, gaze 4d6 single-target random type, passive 3d5 paralysis gaze

e beholder
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
A beholder: can fly. can survive underwater. does not breathe. has no hands. has no limbs. has no head. can see invisible creatures. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is not a valid polymorphable form. is neither male nor female. is normally generated hostile. has infravision. can be seen through infravision. appears only in Gehennom.

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.

Generation

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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