It has an innate ability to hover, so it can never be knocked prone. At melee range, it has a bite attack, but the beholder’s trump card is its Eye Rays, which emanate from the many smaller eyes at the end of stalks extending from its body. And a beholder encounter almost always happens in its lair.
What happens when a beholder sleeps?
When a beholder sleeps, its body goes briefly dormant but its mind never stops working. The creature is fully aware, even though to an outside observer it might appear oblivious of its surroundings.
How long does a beholder live?
In theory, a beholder becomes increasingly frail as it progresses beyond its ninetieth year. By the age of one hundred, its eyestalks begin to lose their powers and wither away. Only rarely do beholders live past the age of one hundred twenty.
How do you outsmart a beholder?
When fighting a Beholder, you want to stay close together and you want to stay in it’s AM field. That way, it has to turn it off to hit you with rays. Have the archer keep shooting it while your ranged effect people ready actions to smack it when the field goes down.
Do beholders have a weakness?
The large fangs are an afterthought compared to the incredible magic damage a Beholder can cause. While a beholder is physically weak, it’s ability to strike an unprepared player dead instantly in several different ways makes it one enemy that you cannot take lightly.
What are beholders afraid of?
Beholder Eyes of Flame only have Fear, Fire, and Telekinesis Rays; Eyes of Frost are the same, with fire replaced by frost.
Is Wildshape damage magical?
A magic weapon will not help you in wildshape unless you are holding the weapon and swinging it while wildshaped. The primal strike subclass feature that circle of the moon druids get at level 6 will make your wildshape attacks magical.
