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<blockquote data-quote="Son of the Serpent" data-source="post: 7867766" data-attributes="member: 7015476"><p>Its not an adaptive advantage. But it is a result of there being no adaptive pressure to maintain the trait. That is generally why it is lost or never developed (both of those happen depending on thw species.)</p><p></p><p>Beholders coloration ive actually never pondered. Mindflayers om the other hand i have. They have had a varied history of environments due to their cyclical time travelling cosmic empire sort of origin/future/past/termination backstory thing. They arent actually all that similar to octopi but i couldnt resist drawing on that just a little. As a result ihave always run them as generally having base coloration ranging from purple to blue to red to pale dead fish flesh color to black but averaging dark slightly purple cobalt blue (almost black) but with a slight metalic sheen and lightet regions in some anatomical regions. This covers coloration "at rest". Like many octopi (this is where the cephalopod influence comes in) i also give them the ability to color shift to precise and minute detail as well as control over texture of their skin in all life stages except for during metamorphosis of a host.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of the Serpent, post: 7867766, member: 7015476"] Its not an adaptive advantage. But it is a result of there being no adaptive pressure to maintain the trait. That is generally why it is lost or never developed (both of those happen depending on thw species.) Beholders coloration ive actually never pondered. Mindflayers om the other hand i have. They have had a varied history of environments due to their cyclical time travelling cosmic empire sort of origin/future/past/termination backstory thing. They arent actually all that similar to octopi but i couldnt resist drawing on that just a little. As a result ihave always run them as generally having base coloration ranging from purple to blue to red to pale dead fish flesh color to black but averaging dark slightly purple cobalt blue (almost black) but with a slight metalic sheen and lightet regions in some anatomical regions. This covers coloration "at rest". Like many octopi (this is where the cephalopod influence comes in) i also give them the ability to color shift to precise and minute detail as well as control over texture of their skin in all life stages except for during metamorphosis of a host. [/QUOTE]
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