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<blockquote data-quote="Onussen" data-source="post: 6952331" data-attributes="member: 6795903">Well, half the time it was; &quot;See monster, run the heck away from the monster.&nbsp; And maybe drop something that it might want to stop and pick up in order to slow it down.&quot;&nbsp; OD&amp;D characters were very, very flimsy.&nbsp; Combat was very risky, and not all that rewarding. (monster xpts were meager compared to treasure xpts.)&nbsp; So really, not so much as a see monster kill monster as it was find a way to get its treasure without getting killed.&nbsp; My experiences anyway+.Perhaps re-read that section? I think you will find that every Beholder is its own god, at least in its own mind.&nbsp;&nbsp; And a truly paranoid god at that.I like Volo's better.&nbsp; ToB is a catalogue of monsters, but meh.&nbsp; I can make monsters up on my own.&nbsp; Figuring out monster motives OTOH, Volo's does a good job of providing ideas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Onussen, post: 6952331, member: 6795903"] Well, half the time it was; "See monster, run the heck away from the monster. And maybe drop something that it might want to stop and pick up in order to slow it down." OD&D characters were very, very flimsy. Combat was very risky, and not all that rewarding. (monster xpts were meager compared to treasure xpts.) So really, not so much as a see monster kill monster as it was find a way to get its treasure without getting killed. My experiences anyway+. Perhaps re-read that section? I think you will find that every Beholder is its own god, at least in its own mind. And a truly paranoid god at that. I like Volo's better. ToB is a catalogue of monsters, but meh. I can make monsters up on my own. Figuring out monster motives OTOH, Volo's does a good job of providing ideas. [/QUOTE]

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