D&D 4E On the set of 4E: the Beholder

[MerricB]

This new animated feature: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drfe/20071031a

I found it quite amusing.

A couple of rules notes:

* The Beholder has Stone to Flesh, but it takes several rounds to work.
* The Beholder is a "Solo" monster, meaning that it can take on an entire party by itself.

Compare to "Elite" and "Minion" - Elite counts as 2 monsters in a group, Minion counts as 1/2 a monster or something like that.

Cheers!

 

[Odhanan]

The video's great. Very funny!

 

[Thaumaturge]

That is quality stuff. Funny AND informative. Let's hope we see more of this before AND after 4e's release.

Thaumaturge.

 

[FireLance]

Incidentally, I count ten eye stalks.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I liked that commercial.

 

[frankthedm]

Incidentally, I count ten eye stalks.

Cool, though that almost a shame.

If there were 8 stalks on the large beholder, each eye could draw it's fire from a seperate intersection of the beholder's 2x2 space.


BTW, someone got a transcript? My speakers are borked

 

[Wormwood]

So is it pretty much decided that baseline 4e monsters are balanced against a single PC of their level?

 

[Kunimatyu]

Best 4e preview yet.

 

[frankthedm]

So is it pretty much decided that baseline 4e monsters are balanced against a single PC of their level?

Yes!

Everyone gets something to kill!

 

[Doug McCrae]

If there were 8 stalks on the large beholder, each eye could draw it's fire from a seperate intersection of the beholder's 2x2 space.

But then it wouldn't be D&D.