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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 24899" data-attributes="member: 707"><p>I got a reply back from the Sage today. I tried to make my question as short and concise as possible to avoid confusion, as he usually gives short answers with little to no explanation. Here is what I got (Sage's reply in <span style="color: yellow">yellow</span>.)</p><p></p><p>---------- </p><p>From: Lord Pendragon </p><p>Posted At: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:21 AM </p><p>Conversation: A question about beholders. </p><p>Subject: A question about beholders. </p><p></p><p>Dear Sage, </p><p> </p><p>Once again, thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to answer questions pertaining to the D&D game. I really appreciate the care you show the gaming public, outside of your regular job. I really appreciate whatever time you can spare us! ^_^</p><p></p><p> </p><p>I have a question regarding beholders. In the Monster Manual, it stats that they can only use 3 eyestalks if a target is in front of, behind, or to the right, left, or bottom of the creature. But, it can use all 10 of its eyestalks if a target is above it.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>What I'd like to know is, can the beholder rotate itself forward, so that its central eye is facing down and all 10 eyestalks are facing forward, and this hit a single creature (not above it) with all 10 of its eyestalks?</p><p></p><p><span style="color: yellow">No.</span></p><p></p><p>*******************</p><p></p><p>Now whether the beholder deserves a CR 13 when this ruling is taken into account is a whole different question. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 24899, member: 707"] I got a reply back from the Sage today. I tried to make my question as short and concise as possible to avoid confusion, as he usually gives short answers with little to no explanation. Here is what I got (Sage's reply in [color=yellow]yellow[/color].) ---------- From: Lord Pendragon Posted At: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:21 AM Conversation: A question about beholders. Subject: A question about beholders. Dear Sage, Once again, thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to answer questions pertaining to the D&D game. I really appreciate the care you show the gaming public, outside of your regular job. I really appreciate whatever time you can spare us! ^_^ I have a question regarding beholders. In the Monster Manual, it stats that they can only use 3 eyestalks if a target is in front of, behind, or to the right, left, or bottom of the creature. But, it can use all 10 of its eyestalks if a target is above it. What I'd like to know is, can the beholder rotate itself forward, so that its central eye is facing down and all 10 eyestalks are facing forward, and this hit a single creature (not above it) with all 10 of its eyestalks? [color=yellow]No.[/color] ******************* Now whether the beholder deserves a CR 13 when this ruling is taken into account is a whole different question. :p [/QUOTE]
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