MM2 Excerpt: Ultimate Beholder Tyrant

[Derulbaskul]

This is a great piece of design. It definitely feels like it would play like an epic solo! I can't wait to try it out.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

"OMG that's utterly terrifying" was my initial response, I have to say.

I hope it gets included in a future module. Otherwise, I think I may have to drop him in to something anyway...

 

[Shroomy]

Nobody's mentioned it yet, but I really liked the beholder's antimagic zone; its interesting, given the number of zones available to high level leaders and controllers, many of which can be quite powerful (at least, I love 'em).

 

[chaotix42]

Yeah, antimagic field is pretty darn cool. You could dress up the beholder's lair with some permanent zones to give him even more incentive to push/pull/slide the PCs around into dangerous spots. I can only imagine fighting this guy, having his way with me at the start of each of my turns! Mounting a serious & consistent offense against the beholder seems like a real challenge, even at epic levels.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

Awe-some! Aaand, isn´t it nice that my group has just entered Undermountain?

Watch out, there´s something waiting down below...

 

[JohnnyQuest]

Awesome -- can't wait to see the mini

 

[Kunimatyu]

Nice design! Could be a truly epic finale battle or just a terrifying high-level foe.

 

[WarlockLord]

Now I want to DM, just to have this attack a group of PCs. Muhaha!

 

[doctorhook]

Awesome -- can't wait to see the mini

Is that a spoiler, Joe?

 

[SlyFlourish]

Am I the only one who thinks that 2d6+7 isn't enough damage at level 29? Some of the higher-end players at this level will have upwards of 200 hitpoints. The Beholder gets a lot of attacks, but the damage is really low.

I think I'd probably still run this guy with my 75% hp and +1/2 level to damage which would turn the 2d6+7 into 2d6+21 damage - much more epic!.