Harzel
Adventurer
The validity of this tactic is still up in the air until I can find a proper ruling for shooting out of the darkness.
Did you mean to do that or was it an accident?
The validity of this tactic is still up in the air until I can find a proper ruling for shooting out of the darkness.
Sure. But it's also good to know that "being caught alone" is an unusual situation for a beholder. That knowledge shapes its response: if it's caught in an unusually disadvantageous situation, of course it's going to retreat. The only question is whether it's going to retreat aerially or underground.
I'm interested in beholders from a DM/worldbuilding perspective, so plausibly modeling their habits and behavior is a big deal for me.