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<blockquote data-quote="Victim" data-source="post: 151578" data-attributes="member: 78">Battles with Beholders are scary, but not tough.&nbsp; A Beholder has 60 HP and 20 AC.&nbsp; If it doesn't protect itself with the antimagic ray, then it lasts about a round against a 13th level party in a straight up fight.&nbsp; Our group or 9th to 11th level characters just fought one; the beholder acted twice, although it did kill our wizard, who admittedly made a stupid move.&nbsp; And if it splashes the group with the antmagic ray, in a position where the antimagic isn't deadly (flying, underwater, etc) then it can't really fight either so it loses to normal attacks.&nbsp; Even at 7th level, the beholder can still go down very fast.However, it forces the group to make up to 10 saves a round, most of which are incapacitating effects.&nbsp; So the beholder can probably really screw over one or 2 people, but then get wasted.&nbsp; At 7th level, the group's saves would probably be such that DC 17 saves are a pretty substancial threat.&nbsp; Finally, some of the effects, if they kill a character, make them hard to raise, or undo, and thus can make a bad encounter even worse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Victim, post: 151578, member: 78"] Battles with Beholders are scary, but not tough. A Beholder has 60 HP and 20 AC. If it doesn't protect itself with the antimagic ray, then it lasts about a round against a 13th level party in a straight up fight. Our group or 9th to 11th level characters just fought one; the beholder acted twice, although it did kill our wizard, who admittedly made a stupid move. And if it splashes the group with the antmagic ray, in a position where the antimagic isn't deadly (flying, underwater, etc) then it can't really fight either so it loses to normal attacks. Even at 7th level, the beholder can still go down very fast. However, it forces the group to make up to 10 saves a round, most of which are incapacitating effects. So the beholder can probably really screw over one or 2 people, but then get wasted. At 7th level, the group's saves would probably be such that DC 17 saves are a pretty substancial threat. Finally, some of the effects, if they kill a character, make them hard to raise, or undo, and thus can make a bad encounter even worse. [/QUOTE]

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