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over somethingt such as a treasure hoard. A gauth hails BEHOLDER IRIS SHAPE
from the same plane as spectators, or one that overlaps d20 Iris Shape d20 Iris Shape
it enough that they can take advantage of a flawed at-
tempt to summon a spectator. Although true beholders 1-4 Circle 11-14 Slit
can be found on a spectatorts or gauth's home plane, the 5 Crescent 15 Square
creatures' actual place of origin is unknown (whether 6 Hourglass 16 String-of-pearls
another plane, a world beyond the stars, or some 7 Irregular 17-18 Triangle
stranger location), and spectators and gauths aren't be- 8 Keyhole 19 Wave
lieved to originate from dreams as other beholders do. 9-10 Oval 20 Double iris (roll
twice, ignoring
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS results of 20)
As a byproduct of their unique method of propagation,
beholders in one part of the world tend to look similar, BEHOLDER EYE SIZE
with variations becoming more pronounced the farther 2d6 EyeSize
one travels from that area. Even a slight variation in the
shape of an eyestalk or the texture of its skin is enough 2 50 percent normal
for one beholder to consider another a flawed abomina- 3~4 75 percent normal
tion, which should be destroyed. 5-9 Normal
Use the following tables to produce a variety of differ- 10-11 125 percent normal
ent appearances for beholders. 12 150 percent normal
Roll once for the central eye and once for all the smaller eyes.
BEHOLDER BODY DIAMETER
2d6 Body Diameter BEHOLDER EYESTALK TEXTURE
2 4 feet d6 Eyestalk Texture
3-4 41/2 feet l-2 Smooth
5-9 5 feet 3-4 Ridged (earthworm)
10-11 51/2 feet 5-6 Segmented (insectile)
12 6 feet
BEHOLDER EYESTALK SHAPE
BEHOLDER SKIN COLOR
d4 Eyestalk Shape
dl2 Skin Color Thick and short
Brown
2 Thin and short
2 Brown-yellow
3 Thick and long
3 Cray
4 Thin and long
4 Green
5-7 Pinkish
BEHOLDER MOUTH SHAPE AND SIZE
8-9 Purple-blue
d6 Mouth Shape and Size
10-11 Mottled (rolt twice, ignoring results above 10)
Small/narrow
12 Shaded (roll twice, ignoring results above 10)
2-5 Normal
6 large/wide
BEHOLDER SKIN TEXTURE
dlO Skin Texture dlO Skin Texture
BEHOLDER TEETH SHAPE
1-2 Pebbled 7-8 Smooth
dl O Teeth Shape
3 Pitted 9 Warty
1-4 Thick and pointed
4-5 Plated 10 Wrinkled
5-6 Humanlike
6 Scaled
7 Humanlike, fanged {vampiric}
8-9 Thin and needle-like
BEHOLDER EYE COLOR
10 Double row (rolt again, ignoring results of 10)
dlO Eye Color dlO Eye Color
1 Red 6 Violet ROLEPLAYING A BEHOLDER
2 Orange 7 Pink
A beholder constantly fears for its safety, is wary of any
3 Yellow 8 Brown
creature that isn't one of its minions, and is aggressive
4 Green 9 Black
in dealing with perceived threats. It might react favor-
5 Blue 10 Metallic (roll d6
ably toward creatures that humble themselves before it
for color) and present themselves as inferiors, but is easily pro-
voked to attack creatures that brag about their accom-
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