The
Beholder
"Power. That is as close as I can get to describing myself to you. Your simple mind would be lost in the vastness that is my being. At one time I was much as you are now, but with the fall Azrai, and the other false gods, I have finally reached my true place in the universe. My children carry my will out to my subjects, who in turn move about your world unseen, and undetected. Soon all the lower forms of life on this world will be cattle for my people, and I shall drain the mystic forces of the land, and rise as a goddess myself. "
Few races, aside from a slave Doppleganger tribe, even know of the existence of the Beholder. Besides a few tales no one believes. In truth she was once a beautiful Elven Mage, who worshipped a long forgotten Elven demi-god named Lolth (sp?, loosely based on the Drow Elven deity of the same name), and loved things of beauty, particularly herself. Although she paid homage to Lolth she still had the "modern" Elves bias against gods. She saw them mearly as greater powers that coexisted in the universe. But in her greed she hoped that Lolth, and/or Azrai could grant her some of their "godly" power. In fact she served Azrai right up till the final confrontation, even after her other Elven brothers had switched sides. As the gods died she attempted to Teleport away, and was caught in the blast. The blast disrupted her spell, and she appeared in a series of caverns deep below the earth. She was badly hurt, and could feel herself slipping away, her body badly broken, and burnt. She cursed Lolth, and Azrai as she closed her eyes, and accepted death. But she did not die, within hours she awoke, to discover she was fully healed, and completely changed.
The Beholder has the same appearance, stats, and abilities, of a Hive Mother (MM Beholder pg.25, or better yet see I Tyrant). With several key changes in her powers, and abilities. The first is the addition of a BL.
Blood: Minor(Azrai)30
Blood Abilities: Major Regeneration(Great), Bloodform(Major)
Also note these stats:
Hit Points: 100
Saves As: W20
Next is the her ability to control other Beholder/Beholder-kin, that she gives birth to. The Beholder can control 6d6+4 Beholders, and/or 5d8 Beholder-kin/Beholder-abominations. She can control up to 40 various Beholder type creatures at once. The Beholder also has 8 tentacles growing about her body. Each of these is 10 feet long, and she can use them to manipulate tools. She has retained her ability to cast spells, and has the spells of a 16th level Mage(these should be assigned by the DM as to what ever is most fitting to their game).
Shortly after the first of her children found their way to the surface
they discovered a wild band of humanoid creatures, who survived by shape-changing.
The Beholder enslaved this tribe of Dopplegangers, and slowly trained them
to use their talents on intelligent creatures. They have now reached a
point where they cam mimic people well enough to blend in with them, and
no one will notice. Over the years the Dopplegangers have helped the Beholder
to establish Ley lines that draw the power of Sources to the Beholder's
lair. There she absorbs the energy. Storing it for the next phase in her
crazed rise to godhood.
Submitted by Sepsis.
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