- For other Beholder & Beholder-kin, see Beholder & Beholder-kin.
Shunned by other beholders, this is a beholder which has purposely blinded its central eye, so that it might cast spells. It does so by channeling spell energy through an eyestalk, replacing the normal effect with that of a spell of its choice.
| Random Roll | Wizard Level | Number of Spellstalks |
|---|---|---|
| 01-10 | 1 | 1 |
| 11-28 | 3 | 2 |
| 29-50 | 5 | 3 |
| 51-70 | 7 | 5 |
| 71-85 | 9 | 7 |
| 86-94 | 12 | 8 |
| 95-00 | 15 | 10 |
This table is for random encounters with beholder mages. The result, on a dOO, determines the experience level of the beholder mage and the total number of spellstalks that it currently possesses.
Beholder mages are limited to spells that
- Can be cast in one round and have no components or only verbal components; and
- Cannot affect spell capacity or other spells (such as extension).
Spellstalks are otherwise identical to eyestalks and can be severed like eyestalks.
Notes[]
Eye Powers: The beholder mage possesses the following eye powers:
- 1st—charm person (as spell);
- 2nd—charm monster (as spell);
- 3rd—sleep (as spell, but only one target);
- 4th—telekinesis (250 lb. weight);
- 5th—-flesh to stone (as spell, 30-yard range);
- 6th—disintegrate (20-yard range);
- 7th—-fear (as wand);
- 8th—slow (as spell, but only a single target);
- 9th—cause serious wounds (50-yard range);
- 10th—death ray (as death spell, but single target; 40-yard range).
Note that the beholder mage must sacrifice one of these eyestalk powers for every spellstalk which it creates.
Some available spellstalk choices are: feather fall, hold portal, blindness, knock, control death tyrant*, dimension door, instruct spectator*, polymorph self (note that polymorphing itself into a humanoid form does not allow a beholder mage to cast spells with material or somatic components), contact other plane, Leomund's lamentable belaborment, teleport, or wall of blackstone*
Fighting the Beholder Mage[]
This is accomplished just as with the standard beholder, except that damage to the central eye does not count against its total hit points.