I have a wizard who was learning spells from a friendly Beholder, it was fun seeing him figure out why none of the spells he was trying to learn would cast!
The boxed set "The Legend Of The Spelljammer" (an ADnD 2E product) has a beholder, Old Astor, that suffered from a disease called 'The Gray Wasting' that caused some of his eye stalks to rot off and some of his carapace scales to wither. He worked as a bartender in the main tavern (called The Open Air Public House) on the ship, and was targeted by beholder faction for being impure.
I once DM’ed with a beholder who had the personality and speech pattern of Mojo Jojo, from the Powerpuff Girls. It was the most fun I’ve had with this creature, and the players also loved it 😂
Your video about the Beholders was the first ever Dungeond and Dragons video I ever watched and got me into the hobby about seven years ago, and now here we are again, it’s always such a pleasure.
I like how this video doesn't override the previous videos that were made, but recontextualizes what is known. I hope we can get more stuff like this for previous subjects, like maybe dragons overall or perhaps even dinosaurs!
People are mentioning Big Trouble in Little China, but I haven't seen anyone bring up the gazers in the Ultima games. When killed, they release a cloud of stinging insects because they are "bee holders."
Ooooo I love the idea of a Red Hood from Earth 23 style beholder, who saw the truth but held on to their bent sanity only to become far more dangerous and cool
I feel like Large Luigi should have been mentioned here. A beholder who literally gained all the knowledge of the universe, as they are told to do, and it made him Lawful Nuetral. With this wealth of knowledge, he settled down and founded a tavern and became an information broker for travelers.
Yeah I was sad to not see a mention of him. He showed up briefly in the spell jammer module they released. They printed almost nothing about him there other than "it's a beholder that runs a tavern on the rock of bral"
the thing with the beholders dreams spawning monsters makes me want a big bad whos exploits this, a powerful wizard(i suppose psychic would be more appropriate but dnds iffy with those) who has a beholder blinded and various enchanted spike implanted in it brain to both lobotomise it and control its dreams so they can spawn minions with them getting more complex and unique as they better learn how to manipulate the process, sitting lotus style atop the beholder as a mount and its plucked out main eye adorned atop the staff used to control it could even have a twist where the party finds the bbegs corpse cus turns out the initial attempt produced feral minions that turned on him, but the process traumatized the beholder so much that the beholders nightmare about it produced an aberrant clone of the wizard who continued the work
I have a Beholder acting as a librarian inside a dungeon library. I dont want it to be immediately hostile, as it is likely to just TPK the party (lvl 6)... but id like some outside input on how to play it. They just activated the library's security and "Silence" has been cast over the entire library. My plan currently is to give the party a chance to appease "The Librarian" and hopefully be allowed continued access to the library, what and how... havent got there yet... Background : The Librarian was originally a human forced into servitude by the BBEG, a mad wizard who built the dungeon to protect his treasures, including a vast library. Within this library was a book on the possible origins of beholders (which fascinated the librarian) but that night after reading it he had a terrible dream of looking in a mirror and growing eyestalks... eventually becoming a beholder in his dream, and when he awoke... he was a human no more, but the beholder of his nightmares. Seeing as beholders are big on hoarding knowledge, i figured it would be a perfect fit. The dungeon provides protection from the outside world and other beholders, and an inborn affinity for libraries, so it stuck around and made this library its lair. The Scene : The party has been perusing the library for a few hours, discovering a restricted section as well as a hidden illusion (but not the source) along with a group of researchers with questionable motives. They have triggered the "Loud noise alarm" 3 times now, triggering the library's "silence" spell. As the group takes some time to rest and figure out whats going on, they notice a large shape floating down from the rafters. a Beholder wearing reading glasses and a cloak looking down upon the party... menacingly. XD i appreciate any feedback ;)
Your video made me remember about a 1980s D&D colouring book, featuring Saint Cuthbert and a Beholder
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I always thought of Beholders as being rather Lovecraftian. Not that there is anything in Lovecraft that is like a beholder, but that a beholder is like a great old one when it comes to understanding them :)
You might be able to use a flail snail shell as a cover/binding of the main eye. Both have antimagic properties. When an unstoppable gaze meets an immovable veil
This is absolutely my favorite creature "type". One of my very high level magic users once encountered a quasidead, planet sized beholder God in the Astral plane while playing early spelljammer. As it turned out it had a major story component that linked it to Many Eyes, the original inhabitant of the cave that became Menzoberranzan. The story was absolutely awesome
My first time playing DnD back in 3.5E, my party was TPK by a Beholder. Only I was able to get away from the Beholder but the DM(Friends Dad) didn't like that I was able to run away from the monster. So he killed my character with a Spirit Bomb from a "Super Saiyan" He also had a rule that when your character dies the character sheet get's shredded. So sadly my first ever DnD character is forever lost to time because of a Beholder.
Just an idea for a evil campaign. Sneek in and release a Mind Flair Beholder to Candle Keep. The creature can either physically steal or scan the entire collection of books.
Beholders might have a super arrogant willpower in themselves. However given the far realm has creatures/environments that answer every conscious and unconscious question that goes through a persons mind with horrific consequences, an absolute belief in ones selfs (and not relying on traditional psionic magic) is the best survival strategy.
As long as the design is distinct it can be used so long as it isn't refered to as a beholder. But ever since the 5e srd was put in creative commons the name can be used but it's still better to a have a clearly distinct design. For example, the tentacle creature from The Legend of Vox Machina that was used as a stand in for the beholder could now be called a beholder safely since it doesn't have the eyestalks. I've seen other media have the eyes on a sort of eye tree on top of the creature and some just put them on the main body.
@@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443 Just looking it up, it's called and "Evil Eye" and has mouths at the end of its eyestalks and and the main eye is within it's center mouth. Like I said, distinct design and a different name. Though they could call it a beholder now if they wanted to since the name is in creative commons. Don't see the point though.
Tbh I'm not new here and I've never seen this before. Not sure where this trend came from but it's also in the comments on other channels right now. :/
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
Knowledge is power Acquisition of Knowledge is the #1 goal Other beholders want my knowledge People can gain knowledge interacting without other beholders Using others to gain knowledge is beneficial Others may survive so long as they gain new knowledge for me Step by step logic using only the beholder's logic that can allow someone to survive a beholder. Or even gain knowledge to give them more knowledge
You can use a beholders central eye against them. It's possible to win a fight against a beholder at level 3, easily. You cast 3 darkness globes equidistant in a circle around the beholder and then hide inside the globe. Being in darkness will make the beholder unable to target you with its eye rays, as darkness functions as full cover for ranged attack rolls. And if it dispels the darkness with its central eye the beams won't be able to target you in the anti-magic either. The beholder can only pick one orb and try and bite the people hiding in it every turn, while the party continuously deals damage before diving back Into darkness.
Awsome video. May i please suggest a video on starspawn. So few people cover them and the depth that you go to would do wonders to spread awareness to a very cool selection of monsters
Holy shit. I am a few year slow on this but I just realise Vel'koz from Lol is inspired by beholders. A fking flying tentalcles and eyeballs who shoot lasers and seek knowledge, how tf did I not make this connection before.
Yes! I was waiting for this! Your first video on Beholders left me confused about the relation of the Great Mother and how Beholders reproduce. THANK YOU SO MUCH! That being said, where can I read about Zamnal?
Do you plan on talking about Large Luigi from the spelljammer setting? the tavern owner on Bral? Would also be cool to hear about the Spindle on H'Catha.
*Casts suggestion on a beholder * "Spend the day contemplating your imperfection!"
[center eye begins to melt]
Goes into a blackout frenzy as the intuitive mind must protect its logical mind.
Good way to give it a dream that night of a perfect beholder lol Now you really have problems.
beholders have forSEEn this plan.
so they keep and EYE on you!
“Good! I could use a nap.”
*dreams up a gazer, chases it off, refuses to reflect on this*
Haven't i seen this already?
Damn seven years we have come full circle
@@kustisammul8453 i was thinking the same :)
No, they were discussed on another video. No, a detailed as this one.
hmmm some how i have a dejavu
i feal old now.
He definitely did do a video on beholders and another one on the sub species. I’m down for the revamping tho
Dungeon Dad and MrRhexx both upload on the same day?!?! Oh we eatin' good tonight folks!
Smough Town uploaded too!! THE DAY OF LORE!!!
Truely blessed day
Yeah, I just wished web DM didn't break apart like a year ago and it would have been the best upload day ever.😅
I'm not sure who these other two are are they good what do they do?
I have a wizard who was learning spells from a friendly Beholder, it was fun seeing him figure out why none of the spells he was trying to learn would cast!
The boxed set "The Legend Of The Spelljammer" (an ADnD 2E product) has a beholder, Old Astor, that suffered from a disease called 'The Gray Wasting' that caused some of his eye stalks to rot off and some of his carapace scales to wither. He worked as a bartender in the main tavern (called The Open Air Public House) on the ship, and was targeted by beholder faction for being impure.
“Behold the behind the scenes of the beloved Beholder!” ^.^
I hope we get a sequel to Honor Among Thieves. I want to see them hilariously fail to kill Vecna for an hour and a half.
Honor among thieves nailed it, however wouldn’t you rather see a new party exploring the other classes?
I love the AJ Picket theory that Beholders and Astral Dreadnaught are the eyes and angels of the Elemental Eye, Tharazdun
"There is no other word that describes them more than the word 'Iconic''
Well played.
This is the only channel I actually go out of my way to view as soon as possible!! MrRhexx always does an amazing job!!
7:39 Absolutely love the Disco Elysium images used for the rational and intuitive mind
the only counter to the middle eye; pocket sand!
"NOOOOOO NOT THE SAND"
Anikan Skywalker wants to know your location
Ah, the monthly milk run has been completed.
I once DM’ed with a beholder who had the personality and speech pattern of Mojo Jojo, from the Powerpuff Girls. It was the most fun I’ve had with this creature, and the players also loved it 😂
Your video about the Beholders was the first ever Dungeond and Dragons video I ever watched and got me into the hobby about seven years ago, and now here we are again, it’s always such a pleasure.
I like how this video doesn't override the previous videos that were made, but recontextualizes what is known.
I hope we can get more stuff like this for previous subjects, like maybe dragons overall or perhaps even dinosaurs!
Of all the videos I've seen on beholders, I never knew the great mother existed. Great video!
People are mentioning Big Trouble in Little China, but I haven't seen anyone bring up the gazers in the Ultima games. When killed, they release a cloud of stinging insects because they are "bee holders."
Don’t forget about Large Luigi. The beholder who at one point gained ultimate knowledge, then opened up a tavern.
yes, Large Luigi who knows everything is controlled by "roleplayers" playing a game
Ooooo I love the idea of a Red Hood from Earth 23 style beholder, who saw the truth but held on to their bent sanity only to become far more dangerous and cool
Daddy is back, did you bring milk?
No but I have Cigarette
what 😐
@OswaldStretchdisaz he feels like he is abandoned by his father, hence the other commenter said cigarettes
@@DysmasOfBabylon yeah i get what the joke is, it's just a bad sign for a fandom when the people in it call the content creator shit like "dad"
@OswaldStretchdisaz oh dude no doubt people are debached. It's the devil working, they should be talking about God the Father.
So a beholder who thinks that he's not perfect believes that other beholders only go after perfect things?
Eye-conic
Ok this one was good 😂
Beat me to it
Eye see what you did there.
Do a video on What they don't tell you about Gnomes in DnD. Gnomes are my favorite race in DnD & Baldur's Gate 3.
They don't exist.
@@gustaafargoan citation typiquement gnome.
Beholder? I DONT EVEN KNOW HER
Spore! 12:19
They need to have a remake ,we have the technology...
@@Silvertrif0rce bethesda modders could do it in 15 minutes lol
i hope this series covers Large Luigi, the coolest and best named beholder to ever live
I feel like Large Luigi should have been mentioned here. A beholder who literally gained all the knowledge of the universe, as they are told to do, and it made him Lawful Nuetral. With this wealth of knowledge, he settled down and founded a tavern and became an information broker for travelers.
Yeah I was sad to not see a mention of him. He showed up briefly in the spell jammer module they released. They printed almost nothing about him there other than "it's a beholder that runs a tavern on the rock of bral"
the thing with the beholders dreams spawning monsters makes me want a big bad whos exploits this, a powerful wizard(i suppose psychic would be more appropriate but dnds iffy with those) who has a beholder blinded and various enchanted spike implanted in it brain to both lobotomise it and control its dreams so they can spawn minions with them getting more complex and unique as they better learn how to manipulate the process, sitting lotus style atop the beholder as a mount and its plucked out main eye adorned atop the staff used to control it
could even have a twist where the party finds the bbegs corpse cus turns out the initial attempt produced feral minions that turned on him, but the process traumatized the beholder so much that the beholders nightmare about it produced an aberrant clone of the wizard who continued the work
i appreciate the update, the old beholder video was one of my favorites despite its small length
Please make What they don't tell you about Eladrin!
I wonder if he will mention some well known Beholders in the lore that are for all purposes beyond 'demented', like large Luigi, for example.
"What is a Beholder?" HP-Lovecraft-made HP Lovecraft
Great to see a new video, I have watched almost all of your older videos and I was really glad to see a new one pop up! Really good video as well!
not even 5 mins in and i can tell this is a really good resource video for beginners and those new to DnD, really good work
yo, abosultely beautiful descriptions for alignment you gave at 4:00
Can't wait for part two!
I have a Beholder acting as a librarian inside a dungeon library. I dont want it to be immediately hostile, as it is likely to just TPK the party (lvl 6)... but id like some outside input on how to play it. They just activated the library's security and "Silence" has been cast over the entire library. My plan currently is to give the party a chance to appease "The Librarian" and hopefully be allowed continued access to the library, what and how... havent got there yet...
Background : The Librarian was originally a human forced into servitude by the BBEG, a mad wizard who built the dungeon to protect his treasures, including a vast library. Within this library was a book on the possible origins of beholders (which fascinated the librarian) but that night after reading it he had a terrible dream of looking in a mirror and growing eyestalks... eventually becoming a beholder in his dream, and when he awoke... he was a human no more, but the beholder of his nightmares.
Seeing as beholders are big on hoarding knowledge, i figured it would be a perfect fit. The dungeon provides protection from the outside world and other beholders, and an inborn affinity for libraries, so it stuck around and made this library its lair.
The Scene : The party has been perusing the library for a few hours, discovering a restricted section as well as a hidden illusion (but not the source) along with a group of researchers with questionable motives. They have triggered the "Loud noise alarm" 3 times now, triggering the library's "silence" spell. As the group takes some time to rest and figure out whats going on, they notice a large shape floating down from the rafters. a Beholder wearing reading glasses and a cloak looking down upon the party... menacingly. XD
i appreciate any feedback ;)
Your video made me remember about a 1980s D&D colouring book, featuring Saint Cuthbert and a Beholder
I always thought of Beholders as being rather Lovecraftian. Not that there is anything in Lovecraft that is like a beholder, but that a beholder is like a great old one when it comes to understanding them :)
11:54 Now I'm disappointed I never encountered beholders in Spore. That's amazing.
Beholders are truly eyeconic 😊
I love beholders. They are just so weird, so different to every other kind of monster
Can't wait to learn more info about Seaholders, as I'm planning to run one as a villian in my pirate campaign
You might be able to use a flail snail shell as a cover/binding of the main eye. Both have antimagic properties. When an unstoppable gaze meets an immovable veil
So freakin cool, thanks
LOL the depiction of the false beholders is EXCELLENT.
Beholders are awesome.
Beholders who've seen reality for what it is and wander in a deeply unpredictable psychotic state are even more awesome.
welcome back!! :D my favorite dnd lore channel ^_^
The beholder was first used by Hasbro in their "Transformers" movie as the beholders were the race that made the Transformers and the 'All-Spark'.
The irony that a Beholder has to go insane and demented to fit into society and function with others is delicious.
This is absolutely my favorite creature "type". One of my very high level magic users once encountered a quasidead, planet sized beholder God in the Astral plane while playing early spelljammer. As it turned out it had a major story component that linked it to Many Eyes, the original inhabitant of the cave that became Menzoberranzan. The story was absolutely awesome
More Beholder details? Oh hells yeah!!!
Thank you very much !!!!! You and AJ pickett are my sleeping aids.
Keep em coming !!!!
Listens to how beholder mind works - wait a second. That's just human.
My first time playing DnD back in 3.5E, my party was TPK by a Beholder. Only I was able to get away from the Beholder but the DM(Friends Dad) didn't like that I was able to run away from the monster. So he killed my character with a Spirit Bomb from a "Super Saiyan" He also had a rule that when your character dies the character sheet get's shredded. So sadly my first ever DnD character is forever lost to time because of a Beholder.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
EXCELLENT Dico Elysium reference.
FINALLY, beholders are back on the topic!!!
"Iconic" I see what you did there
I love that you used Spore for demonmstration
This feels familiar… Like reality wraped around itself, and thrown me back a few years. Beholders again, zure why not
Reuploaded due to copyright issues?
Think it is a new longer video.
Just an idea for a evil campaign. Sneek in and release a Mind Flair Beholder to Candle Keep. The creature can either physically steal or scan the entire collection of books.
A good reading of I, Tyrant. :)
So what I'm getting from this is that, while Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder, magic most certainly is not.
Beholders might have a super arrogant willpower in themselves. However given the far realm has creatures/environments that answer every conscious and unconscious question that goes through a persons mind with horrific consequences, an absolute belief in ones selfs (and not relying on traditional psionic magic) is the best survival strategy.
Thankyou for all this information about beholders!!!!
I used to play Tibia back in the day and they actually changed the Beholder name in one of the patches. So that's what happened hahaha
A Beholder purely to D&D, well Big Trouble in little China mite have something to say about that. There's a multi eye ball sentinel in that movie.
As long as the design is distinct it can be used so long as it isn't refered to as a beholder. But ever since the 5e srd was put in creative commons the name can be used but it's still better to a have a clearly distinct design. For example, the tentacle creature from The Legend of Vox Machina that was used as a stand in for the beholder could now be called a beholder safely since it doesn't have the eyestalks. I've seen other media have the eyes on a sort of eye tree on top of the creature and some just put them on the main body.
What can WotC do when Jack Burton tells them to stick it?
@@HaughtyToastdidn't the original dragons dogma have beholders?
@@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443 Just looking it up, it's called and "Evil Eye" and has mouths at the end of its eyestalks and and the main eye is within it's center mouth. Like I said, distinct design and a different name. Though they could call it a beholder now if they wanted to since the name is in creative commons. Don't see the point though.
New to channel, lots of daddy milk jokes here 😂😂
Tbh I'm not new here and I've never seen this before. Not sure where this trend came from but it's also in the comments on other channels right now. :/
*cough* "Big Trouble in Little China" *cough*
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
Love these videos. Look forward to them every time. such a wonderful job is done and soothing storing telling. thank you very much.
A new MrRhexx video is truly something to behold. I'll be sure to keep an eye out for the next one. 👁 (?
Knowledge is power
Acquisition of Knowledge is the #1 goal
Other beholders want my knowledge
People can gain knowledge interacting without other beholders
Using others to gain knowledge is beneficial
Others may survive so long as they gain new knowledge for me
Step by step logic using only the beholder's logic that can allow someone to survive a beholder. Or even gain knowledge to give them more knowledge
You can use a beholders central eye against them. It's possible to win a fight against a beholder at level 3, easily. You cast 3 darkness globes equidistant in a circle around the beholder and then hide inside the globe.
Being in darkness will make the beholder unable to target you with its eye rays, as darkness functions as full cover for ranged attack rolls. And if it dispels the darkness with its central eye the beams won't be able to target you in the anti-magic either.
The beholder can only pick one orb and try and bite the people hiding in it every turn, while the party continuously deals damage before diving back Into darkness.
Speaking of Monster Classes and owlbears... will that be a MrRhexx store offering?
Awsome video. May i please suggest a video on starspawn. So few people cover them and the depth that you go to would do wonders to spread awareness to a very cool selection of monsters
I wish this info was in the monster classes
Holy shit. I am a few year slow on this but I just realise Vel'koz from Lol is inspired by beholders.
A fking flying tentalcles and eyeballs who shoot lasers and seek knowledge, how tf did I not make this connection before.
THANK THE LORD YOU POSTED
Dang, I remember the first Beholder video I had just started college. Now I’m married and about to have my first kid.
2:26 none, except FIST, punching that center eye may give you enough time to run away or at least make the attempt
THE BEHOLDER HAS RETURNED!
I played d$d a lot up to 4th edition always loved the lore and in my time line beholders were purely constructs
its finally here, my favorite monster is being covered, and boi howdy i'm happy. Good Vid as always 😀
Beholder series let's go!!!!
Yes! I was waiting for this! Your first video on Beholders left me confused about the relation of the Great Mother and how Beholders reproduce. THANK YOU SO MUCH! That being said, where can I read about Zamnal?
I can think of a better word than iconic… eyeconic 🥁
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Daddy came home with his cigis 😭
Im so hype for this series, let's gooo
Do you plan on talking about Large Luigi from the spelljammer setting? the tavern owner on Bral? Would also be cool to hear about the Spindle on H'Catha.
Eye-conic, nice pun 😆
"Eye-conic"?!? Eye see what you did there!
thumbnail goes hard 🔥🔥🔥
Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder, but which eye? :)
Beauty and anti-magic is on the eye of the eye monster thing.
Hell yes! Here we go. My favorite DND monster 😅
7:11 Everyone looked at their nose after that.
I agree, Beholders are very eye-conic.