1eyedking Beholders in RPGs and other media

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Yet you drew the summoning circle...

Are you like one of those hentai girls that want to be raped but constantly spam No while having grand time?

ONLY ON THE INSIDE.

 

[Melan]

I am fairly sure The Beast of 1000 Eyes is supposed to be a beholder-like. It is fittingly nasty, even close to the endgame.

 

[Viata]

The original Final Fantasy has an Evil Eye monster, which is basically a Beholder.

It's even called Beholder in Japanese. There are some other monsters also called Beholder that are just a single eye:

Tibia
German shovelware Mmo that was popular in Poland when i was a kid.

Tibia is big in Brazil. Even now people still play it.

 

[Sigourn]

The original Final Fantasy has an Evil Eye monster, which is basically a Beholder.

It's even called Beholder in Japanese.

Right. It was renamed Evil Eye in future releases.

 

[Viata]

The original Final Fantasy has an Evil Eye monster, which is basically a Beholder.

It's even called Beholder in Japanese.

Right. It was renamed Evil Eye in future releases.

Artwork by Amano:

 

[Dorateen]

Couldn't find a pic of Legend of Amberland's Beholder.

Beauty resides in the eye of the beholder.

 

[Sherry]

Hi!



Bye!

Thanks,
Sherry

 

[Sigourn]

Hi!



Bye!

Thanks,
Sherry

This fast paced gameplay is too high IQ for me.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Just have to say what a great thread this is! You should do more threads for other creatures! Let's see gnolls, dragons, golems, lizardmen and others!

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

The Beholders' Gazers' homeworld, artwork from Dragon's Crown

 

[Lilura]

Xanathar, Eye of the Beholder (PC, 1991)

 

[abnaxus]

Farewell to Dragons had beholders

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

I played Eye of the Beholder before I ever heard the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

So when I heard that phrase as a kid I was confused and didn't recall encountering any monster called "Beauty." Incredibly, I was never held back a grade.

 

[ItsChon]

I played Eye of the Beholder before I ever heard the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

So when I heard that phrase as a kid I was confused and didn't recall encountering any monster called "Beauty." Incredibly, I was never held back a grade.

Spiders go to school?

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

ADOM (and, if I remember correctly, Nethack) don't have Beholders as such, but there's various Floating Eyes, that do have some special powers.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Spiders go to school?

I'm very educmiductaeutfrcated

 

[G.O.D]

I'll post a proper image of a Beholder in Eador here since I was able to recruit one in my army yesterday.

 

[Jarpie]

Ultima games had Gazers:

Dungeon Master and Chaos Strikes Back also had beholders:

 

[mondblut]

The original Greyhawk drawing is by far the best rendition of the beholder, shortly followed by the 1st edition.

These lips are pretty kissable, I'll give you that.

 

[G.O.D]

The human looks decent, but that Beholder looks like it's drawn by a toddler tbh.

 

[Melan]

That's because the human (like basically all the decent art in OD&D) was traced from a comic book, and the beholder was original.

[edit]Link

 

[Nifft Batuff]

Legion, from Shin Mdgami Tensei

 

[Valky]

The Ice Tyrants in Water node in ToEE are bretty neat.
Why would you ruin a perfectly good grpg thread by posting literal anime in it though.

 

[aweigh]

Let's not forget that Beholders can be just as three-dimensional (or otherwise) as any other monsters in D&D. For an example, look at the Spectator Beholder in Baldur's Gate 2 (spoilers for BG2):





This is a unique encounter that you can solve with violence if you choose, but there's another way, and only the wisest or smartest might discover it...

I mean there's also the option of just leaving the Spectator alone. What did this poor Beholder ever do to do, anyway?

Such great graphics and art. Nnng.

 

[Puukko]

Legion, from Shin Mdgami Tensei

He's just called that for he is many.