Monstrous Arcana: I - Tyrant (2e)
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Backgroundband (englisch) mit umfassenden Informationen zum Beholder (Betrachter)¸ optimales Sourcebook für die Abenteuertrilogie Eye of Pain¸ Eye of Doom und Eye to Eye
Q: What is the best way to kill a beholder? A: Hire someone far stronger than you to do it.
First off¸ let me say that Wizards of the Coast should let TSR continue with these Monstrous Arcana books. If you are a fan of the Dragon Ecologies in Dragon Magazine as I am¸ the Monstrous Arcana series are for you.
This book covers the beholder race¸ also known as eye tyrants. The best way to imagine what a beholder looks like is to imagine a baloon. Now¸ put a single eye in the center of the balloon. Put a mouth full of sharp teeth below that eye. Put a ring of tentacles on the top¸ each ending in a single eye. Voila! Eye tyrant.
While the Monstrous Manual has information on these beings¸ the Monstrous Arcana expands on so much more so.
This book gives a complete ecology of the beholder race¸ including religion¸ social interaction¸ eating habits¸ anatomy¸ genetic deviations¸ alliances and hatreds. Diagrams include a typical beholder lair and disection. Each eye of the beholder has its own power¸ a ray of magic¸ each of which is categorized here. New beholder weapons and vehicles (!) are in here to¸ including mouth tools (they have no hands) and the bizarre eyedozer. Game stats cover the different variation of the beholders (including the three undead types)...