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------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEHOLDER (horror subclass) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The beholder is a creature that appears to be little more than a giant, floating sphere with one massive eyeball, a huge tooth-filled maw, and several smaller eyestalks sprouting off the body. While physically very weak, their magical abilities far surpass that of most ordinary creatures. Having no legs, their only method of locomotion is a hovering levitation that allows them to bypass ground-based obstacles. A beholder's scale-like skin provides them with some defense from physical attacks, but is far less protective than most monster hides. A beholder starts with few spells initially and gains more as it grows new eyestalks. The new eyestalks, however, are very sensitive to light and therefore eyestalk-gained spells are much less powerful when the beholder is blind. Finally, with multiple eyestalks, a beholder has the ability to look in virtually all directions simultaneously and thus has a heightened awareness of its surroundings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beholders have the following skills: armour toughness intimidate combat magic quickheal weaponry awareness resistance ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beholders have the following spells: reflection warding spellburn glimmer As a beholder grows in experience, it will also grow small eyestalks that sprout from its body. With each eyestalk, the beholder will gain a new spell. However, there is no way of telling ahead of time which spell the beholder may gain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beholders have the following resistance adjustments: Magic : +25 Light : -15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beholder stats: Strength : 60 Dexterity : 60 Intelligence : 200 Constitution : 80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beholders have the following sight restrictions: Max Sight: 5 Min Sight: -1* *Number of eyestalks gives better min sight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 03-08-02 (Flaggor)