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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 8621174" data-attributes="member: 53176"><h3>Gauth (VgtM)</h3>Gauth are lesser beholders who love to eat magical items. They can also eat meat if they are hungry, but the magic from magical items keeps them anchored in the D&D world, if they starve themselves of magic, they are forced back to their home plane (presumably somewhere in the Far Realm). Gauth sometimes get to the material plane when the ritual to summon a Spectator goes wrong, and they often present themselves as either Spectators to feed upon the magic treasure they are “guarding” or as true Beholders, to intimidate and bully the summoning creatures into providing them with a constant stream of magic.Even in combat, the CR 6 Gauth is simply a lesser beholder. Instead of the antimagic cone, they have a stunning gaze that can target anyone within 30’ of the Gauth who is looking at it. This is more of a defensive backup feature than a main attack, while the Gauth does have a hover speed it’s only 20’ meaning someone is likely to get in range before the Eye can fly away. The Gauth’s main weapons are their random eye rays. They can shoot up to 3 of them a turn. With a mix of control and damage that favors control, they are one of the few creatures in this book who could theoretically go for multiple rounds without dealing any significant damage (unless there is a nearby cliff to push someone off of) Rerolling any duplicate rays somewhat helps, but consider fudging the dice or altering the stat block into including at least one of the damage rays per turn. Otherwise, give them minions. Anything they can bully, even other lesser beholders, is fair game. In turn, they make excellent minions for True Beholders, should you want to beef up an encounter with the classic baddies.In the Changeover, the Gauth was nerfed: Their HP was lowered, and their bite, which was only useful for OAs, had its accuracy lowered to be in line with the Gauth’s STR bonus.</blockquote>

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