Even a very tough fighter is going to have second thoughts after taking damage from a disintegration ray, an enervation ray, and a death ray.”Īs intelligent as a beholder is, why would it use an enervation ray against “a very tough fighter”? That fighter is going to have a good chance of making a DC 16 Constitution saving throw and halving that damage. Volo’s informs us, “A beholder analyzes its opponents, makes note of armor, weapons, and tactics, and adjusts its strategy to eliminate the most dangerous threats as quickly as possible.” That, by itself, is not necessarily a contradiction, but then it goes further: “A beholder can fire multiple eye rays on its turn, and it might use all of them in succession on its most dangerous foe. Per the beholder stat block in the Monster Manual, “The beholder shoots three of the following magical eye rays at random (reroll duplicates), choosing one to three targets.” Based on this, I concluded that the highly intelligent beholder would aim those randomly selected rays at the opponents least able to resist them. Since this blog’s focus is on tactics, I’ll concentrate on that.įor the most part, everything I said in my original analysis of beholders stands, but there is one small, implied contradiction.
It contains material on determining a beholder’s appearance and behavior, the layout and contents of its lair, and even where baby beholders come from (it’s suitably weird). Volo’s Guide to Monsters is thorough in its treatment of beholders, in terms of both tactics and flavor.
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