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a.k.a. Eye Tyrant

Beholder
Large Aberration  (Beholders), Lawful Evil
Armor Class: 18 (natural armor)
Hit Points: 180
Speed: 0 ft., fly 20 ft. (hover)
Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha
Saving Throws: Int, Wis, Cha
Skills: Perception
Condition Immune: Prone
Senses: darkvision 120 ft., passive perception 22
Languages: redirect: Template:5xlang, redirect: Template:5xlang
Challenge: 13 (10,000 xp)Proficiency Bonus (PB): +5
Features Antimagic Cone.  Actions Bite. Eyestalks. Charm Ray. Paralyzing Ray. Fear Ray. Slowing Ray. Enervation Ray. Telekinetic Ray. Sleep Ray. Petrification Ray. Disintegration Ray. Death Ray.  Legendary Actions The aberration can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The aberration regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Eye Ray.

Some beholders manage to channel their xenophobic tendencies into a terrible despotism. Rather than live in isolation, the aptly named eye tyrants enslave those other creatures, founding and controlling vast empires. An eye tyrant sometimes carves out a domain within or under a major city, commanding networks of agents that operate on their master's behalf.

Beholder's Lair

A beholder's central lair is typically a large, spacious cavern with high ceilings, where it can attack without fear of closing to melee range. A beholder encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP).

The beholder can't repeat an effect until they have all been used, and it can't use the same effect two rounds in a row.

Lair Actions

When fighting inside its lair, an beholder can use lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the aberration takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the aberration can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:

• Slimy Ground
• Wall Tentacles
• Magic Eye

Regional Effects

A region containing a beholder's lair is warped by the creature's'unnatural presence, which creates one or more of the following effects:

• Sense of being watched
• Reality Warp

If the beholder dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days.

Sources and Notes

• Christopher Perkins, et. al.. Monster Manual (5e) (5e 2014) (2014-09-30). Wizards of the Coast. p. 28.
• Note: A beholder in its lair is CR 14 (11,500xp)

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Beholder (Sort Text: Beholder Common 5e, Size: Large, Type: Aberration, Subtypes: Beholder, Alignment: Lawful Evil, HP: 180, CR: 13, Features: Antimagic Cone • Bite • Eyestalks, Legendary: Yes, Has Lair: No, NPC: No, Canon: Yes, Pointer: Yes, UA: No, User: No, Sources: Monster Manual (5e))