Grappling rules & beholders

[blargney the second]

Not to mention the extreme point-blank range...how can the eye ray miss you if you're holding on to it for a handlebar?

The same way it's hypothetically harder for a gunman to shoot you if you're moving his arm around.

-blarg

ps - For what it's worth, I say bravo to the fighter for finding an effective tactic against a beholder!

 

[Derulbaskul]

NB: The beholder's eye rays are spell-like abilities and not supernatural abilities.

 

[Seravin]

NB: The beholder's eye rays are spell-like abilities and not supernatural abilities.

In 3.5 (in the monster manual at least) they're listed as supernatural.

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

Why would the beholder have 25% chance to hit its self with it eye rays when in a grapple?

There is a chance to hit the wrong target when using a ranged attack against a grappling target. (It was 25% in 3.0. Not sure about 3.5.)

 

[Derulbaskul]

In 3.5 (in the monster manual at least) they're listed as supernatural.

Oops... apologies; my mistake.

 

[Camarath]

There is a chance to hit the wrong target when using a ranged attack against a grappling target. (It was 25% in 3.0. Not sure about 3.5.)

In 3.5 if the attacker is attacking a target who is grappling (but attacker is not) with a ranged attack you roll randomly to see which grappling combatant you strike (which would be 50/50 I think) and the defender loses any Dexterity bonus to AC. If the attacker is attacking a target that he is grappling there is no mention of a chance that the might hit himself.