Stupid answers to stupid questions?

[Richards]

The Beholder's ability to fly is clearly labeled as extraordinary, and so is not shut off by their anti-magic eye ray. Indeed, they feather fall as an extraordinary effect as well. Apparently their bodies are like helium filled balloons.

According to I, Tyrant, a beholder's body is honeycombed with individual pockets of a helium-like substance called "tiusium" (or something like that - I'm doing this from memory), so one simple sword-thrust into its body doesn't deflate it like a balloon.

Johnathan

 

[WayneLigon]

I always assumed that the Beholder anti-magic ray worked on everything but it's own magic, so they could lock down wizards and still be able to death-ray them, turn them to stone, etc with impunity.