Beholder

Beholder Subtype Consideration

Speaking of Eyes, was giving Beholders the subtype ever considered?

It was, but very briefly.

Beholder Eye Subtype

Beholders versus Ilithids

Why did beholders get their own creature type but not ilithids?

A line has to be drawn somewhere, and it was in between those two. Beholders are one of the most iconic unique creatures of D&D.

Beholder Creatures

Multi-color Avatar of Me

Hypothetically, if someone with more than 2 eyes was playing Avatar of Me, could it be more than 2 colors?

Sure. You should see when Beholders play it. : )

Avatar Avatar of Me Beholder Colors Eye Humor

Interest in Certain Creature Types

A batch I’ve had an eye on: homunculus, cyclops, beholder 😉

Eye see what you did there. : )

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About Various Creature Types

-Er creature types: Nightstalker, Sliver, Shapeshifter, Specter, Soldier, Assembly-Worker, Spider, Artificer, Archer, Rigger, Berserker, Spellshaper, Salamander, Volver, Elder, Beholder, Bringer, Ranger, Badger, Thopter, Flagbearer, Badger, Otter, Oyster, Carrier, and Monger. Silver Border: Gamer, Paratrooper, Waiter, Proper (from Miss Demeanor, whose current typeline is Creature — Lady of Proper Etiquette), Designer, Lobster, and Wrestler.

FYI : )

Archer Artificer Assembly-Worker Assembly-Worker Badger Beholder Berserker Bringer Carrier Creatures Elder Flagbearer Gamer Humor Miss Demeanor Monger Nightstalker Otter Oyster Ranger Rigger Salamander Shapeshifter Shapeshifter Sliver Soldier Specter Spellshaper Spider Thopter Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets Volver

Beyonder or Beholder Token

Love the article today, MaRo. It's always nice to hear you talk about Unsets. I did notice that your Sword of Dungeons and Dragons section mentioned a "Beyonder" token, which I assume should be Beholder?

Oops. Yes, it was a Beholder token. Thanks for letting me know. I’ll get it fixed in the article.

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Influence of D&D's Beholders

Were Evil Eye of Orms-By-Gore and Evil Eye of Urborg intended to be based on Dungeons and Dragons' Beholders?

I’d say influenced by. They were clearly not Beholders.

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Eeriness of Timely Requests

With y'all working on sets 2 years before release does it ever get eerie when you start getting request for things that re literally about to release? (ex. "Eye horror" , I feel like a lot of ask for this came up with the beholders and the "kraken, leviathan, octopus,..." Has come up alot recently too)

It happens so often, I’m pretty used to it.

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Beholders in AFR

Does the inclusion of beholders in AFR mean that the HotR card Kharis & the Beholder will be updated for it's owners from "Legendary Creature - Dragon Eye Wizard" to "Legendary Creature - Dragon Beholder Wizard"?

Hero’s of the Realms cards aren’t real cards, so they don’t get errata.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Beholder Creatures Dragon Errata Eye Kharis & The Beholder

Beholders in AFR Commander

Regarding Beholders: AFR commander had two more Beholders, for a total of 4.

FYI

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Beholder Commander

Creature Types in AFR

Why did Beholders and a lot of other traditional D&D creatures get their own creature types for AFR, but Illithids didn't?

It was a combination of equity of that word and whether or not it cleanly fit within an existing creature type.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Beholder Creatures Dungeons & Dragons

Rationale for Beholder Count in AFR

Do you know why AFR only has 2 beholders? One common and one mythic. It seems interesting to make a new creature type just to put 2 in the only place they can feasibly show up in. Im mostly asking from a set design prospective and not to criticize.

D&D has a lot of monsters that we wanted to show off. We have no problem having new creature types if they’re exciting, even if in small numbers.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Beholder Creatures Set Design

Future for Beholders in Sets

I absolutely loved seeing beholders in the most recent set. What are the chances we get to see beholders in worlds other than Forgotten Realms?

I doubt we’ll see them outside of D&D worlds.

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Evil Eye of Orms-By-Gore Errata

Evil Eye of Orms-By-Gore was explicitly meant to be a Beholder since Legends was based on a D&D campaign. Will Evil Eye get errata now that Beholder is a creature type?

It was not explicitly meant to be a beholder. The legendary creatures were the things copied from the role-playing game.

Beholder Creatures Dungeons & Dragons Errata Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore Eye Legendary Creatures

Beholders' Mode of Transportation

Why don't Beholders fly in Magic? How do they get around?

They levitate at ground level, so we decided they don’t “fly” in an evasive sense.

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Beholders and Eye Type

Was it ever considered to give Beholders the Eye creature type

It was talked about, but, in the end, having a lot of eyes does not make you an Eye.

Beholder Creatures Eye

Beholder Type in Magic

Would a Beholder in Magic get its own creature type, or use Eye?

I assume it would get its own type. Having a lot of eyes doesn’t make you sn Eye.

Beholder Creatures Eye

Ikoria Article Naming Controversy

Did someone forcefully stop you from making the Ikoria article titled "Ikoria the Beholder"?

Did someone hold me down?

Beholder Controversies

D&D in Magic

"We’ve been trying to be careful about crossing the streams too much. I do admit Zendikar is the most D&D world we have." yet D&D gets full access to Ravnica as a setting now. I for one want illithids and beholders in mtg.

I think for that to ever happen, it would have to be a D&D branded Magic set.

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Beholder Creature in Zendikar

Any chance of a beholder-style creature in Zendikar? perhaps a return to the "eye" creature type?

We’ve been trying to be careful about crossing the streams too much. I do admit Zendikar is the most D&D world we have.

Beholder Creatures Eye Zendikar