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<blockquote data-quote="Dr_Ruminahui" data-source="post: 5665804" data-attributes="member: 81104">Well, it does describe the original beholder as &quot;the parent&quot; and the spawn are smaller (plus, they are called &quot;spawn&quot;) do imply that the beholder spawn are beholder &quot;babies&quot; (well, children anyway). However, given that procreation methods are such as to bend ones sanity and turn ones stomach, its certain they aren't born the ways mammals or reptiles are. Cloning is certainly one way they could be created (though, I would argue said process does not produce an adult beholder, given the spawn's smaller size and minion status), though by no means the only method suggested by your quote.&nbsp;My favorite theory is that a beholder inserts a mental image of itself into an unwilling host's brain, along with a pinhole portal to the far realms. Over time, the image feeds on the portal (and the host's psyche), slowly gaining reality. Once its ready it becomes solid, and, exploding the host's head, is born.&nbsp; And, given that beholders don't seem to care for their progeny, perhaps this is something that happens instictively... that if a humanoid spends too much time around a beholder, it simply happens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr_Ruminahui, post: 5665804, member: 81104"] Well, it does describe the original beholder as "the parent" and the spawn [I]are[/I] smaller (plus, they are called "spawn") do imply that the beholder spawn are beholder "babies" (well, children anyway). However, given that procreation methods are such as to bend ones sanity and turn ones stomach, its certain they aren't born the ways mammals or reptiles are. Cloning is certainly one way they could be created (though, I would argue said process does not produce an adult beholder, given the spawn's smaller size and minion status), though by no means the only method suggested by your quote. My favorite theory is that a beholder inserts a mental image of itself into an unwilling host's brain, along with a pinhole portal to the far realms. Over time, the image feeds on the portal (and the host's psyche), slowly gaining reality. Once its ready it becomes solid, and, exploding the host's head, is born. And, given that beholders don't seem to care for their progeny, perhaps this is something that happens instictively... that if a humanoid spends too much time around a beholder, it simply happens. [/QUOTE]

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