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<blockquote data-quote="CRGreathouse" data-source="post: 85345" data-attributes="member: 474">I looked at the ability and saw that it wasn't based on Charisma (as it should have been, as far as I was concerned, for sorcerer-like spells).&nbsp; I didn't look at Int for modification; your DCs are probably better, though still wrong - you forgot the extra +2 from feats. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I wanted them to be larger versions, so I advanced them.&nbsp; If I wanted templates, I would have used fiendish and half-elemental (earth).What I really wasn't happy with was the beholders.&nbsp; I wanted stronger beholdes, but wasn't sure how to do it.&nbsp; I think it would be cooler if they stayed the same size - I have images of these enormous hulking brutes being commanded by (relatively) small creatures.The thing is, there was no overriding charictaristic I wanted to add to the beholders.&nbsp; Fiendish?&nbsp; No, not really; they're selfish, but not diobolical.&nbsp; Half-fiend?&nbsp; Certainly not - they're purebred.&nbsp; Lich/skeleton/zombie/etc?&nbsp; No, they're living creatures.&nbsp; Elemental/half-elemental?&nbsp; No elements fit, and they're still pure-bred.&nbsp; Shadow just didn't fit... and so forth.Edit: I was also dissatisfied with the leader's name.&nbsp; &quot;Queen&quot; beholder somehow doesn't work with me; while it's a fitting title, it implies sexual reproduction, but I imagine beholders as androgynous.&nbsp; Any thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CRGreathouse, post: 85345, member: 474"] I looked at the ability and saw that it wasn't based on Charisma (as it should have been, as far as I was concerned, for sorcerer-like spells). I didn't look at Int for modification; your DCs are probably better, though still wrong - you forgot the extra +2 from feats. :) I wanted them to be larger versions, so I advanced them. If I wanted templates, I would have used fiendish and half-elemental (earth). What I really wasn't happy with was the beholders. I wanted stronger beholdes, but wasn't sure how to do it. I think it would be cooler if they stayed the same size - I have images of these enormous hulking brutes being commanded by (relatively) small creatures. The thing is, there was no overriding charictaristic I wanted to add to the beholders. Fiendish? No, not really; they're selfish, but not diobolical. Half-fiend? Certainly not - they're purebred. Lich/skeleton/zombie/etc? No, they're living creatures. Elemental/half-elemental? No elements fit, and they're still pure-bred. Shadow just didn't fit... and so forth. Edit: I was also dissatisfied with the leader's name. "Queen" beholder somehow doesn't work with me; while it's a fitting title, it implies sexual reproduction, but I imagine beholders as androgynous. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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