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@memesouls8653 5 жыл бұрын

Guess you could say he is "Eyeconic".

@jasonfrazier4323 4 жыл бұрын

This reminded me of the first time I ever DM'ed a game. I decided to make a room of burlap beholders. When the PC's opened the door, one of the beholders dropped straight down on them. They all shat themselves, except the monk. The regular DM asked if I knew what I was doing and if I realized the CR of the beholder (this was in the 3.5 days). Once the monk hit the one in the door and all it did was swing back and forth.... that was my "passage" into being a regular DM. They really liked it after the fact.

@captainzachgaming2920 6 жыл бұрын

"Know why? 'cause eye said so!"

@jgr7487 6 жыл бұрын

fuse the Beholder w/ the Medusa; give it eye stocks instead of viper hair & poisonous claws instead of the hair viper fangs; guve it all abilities of both monsters. give this Behdusa a Spell-like ability like the Danse Macabre, but to use w/ the statues it made instead of undead. give it a court of Earth Elemental creatures & statue-turned fallen heroes... & a magic armor, because why not. enjoy the TPK

@felixrivera895 6 жыл бұрын

See my plan was to make a two stage campaign. The first stage works up to the Beholder, the second stage unwravels everything the Beholder had set up shop on top of, revealing the helpful NPC to be a super buffed Archmage type villain that had set things into motion centuries before just before his memories and magical power was suppressed.

@samfirth1592 6 жыл бұрын

I love the adventure/campaign ideas that you built around your chosen beholder substitutes!

@oOPPHOo 6 жыл бұрын

That thing is _very_ powerful in the hands of a merciless DM. The Beholder is at least assumed to use each of its rays at random. The Atropal can just spend all of it's legendary actions to cause 1 level of exhaustion per round and kill most of the party in 6 rounds.

@sagemcchesney4734 6 жыл бұрын

Ok I'll use that as a monster my party needs to run from then. I like making them run from things because you can't win everything. Now I just need to make a campaign for it

@sagemcchesney4734 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe not for it but one that it makes sense to run in to one

@misledflyer68 6 жыл бұрын

beholders are badass to use since there are SO MANY WAYS to kill your players! smashing players into each other with telekinesis, disintegrating the player's weapons, paralysing them, turning them to stone, filling them with too much energy for the player to handle... one time i made a extremely powerful beholder that had it's center eye act with glowing energy that acts a lot like a basilisks eyes, turning them into stone and whatnot. the players especially love aiming to chop the eyestalks off of beholders to limit their eye rays!

@matthewbriddell9848 6 жыл бұрын

I never thought about using the disintegration ray to get rid of players' weapons. Must remember that trick. :)

@zacharysmith1284 3 жыл бұрын

This video is sacrilegious. ALWAYS use the beholder! Beholder is love, beholder is life.

@braydonfiveash2677 6 жыл бұрын

I've been inspired recently to use the Morkoth in Volo's guide, its similar challenge rating!

@pickledboaby 6 жыл бұрын

Just 3D printed a beholder

@cooldogspot4855 5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes when I watch these videos I feel like Dave and Ted have a competition to wear the coolest shirt for that video

@dreddbolt 6 жыл бұрын

DOOM has actually already reskinned the beholder as another beholder-like creature by the name of the cacodemon. I've used them in my Starfinder campaign... you just take away all the eye stalks and usual spells, then add horns for a gore attack, a fire ball spell like ability as an attack, a bite, and a slam.

@robertmartinu8803 6 жыл бұрын

Isn't the DooM creature based on the Astral Dreadnaught? Well parts of it. :)

@dreddbolt 6 жыл бұрын

Robert Martinu look at the beholder in the monster manual and look at the cacodemon. They're both floating spherical creatures of evil.

@sagemcchesney4734 6 жыл бұрын

I really like the idea if that I'll have to use it some time.

@Never_heart 6 жыл бұрын

In Pathfinder cacodemons are there own things, but DOOM's cacodemons are so much more badass

@jaksida300 3 жыл бұрын

@@dreddbolt The sprite for the Cacodemon is ripped from the Astral Dreadnought.

@Matthias-pj6th 6 жыл бұрын

The Atropal is hideous, nasty, and can easily make an awesome villain, but my GOD how the mighty have fallen, going from CR 30 in 3e to CR 13 in 5e...

@liondovegm 5 жыл бұрын

Dont worry, we can make it better.

@nebbynoo1127 4 жыл бұрын

Astral dreadnought reminds me of beholders

@xbubbahotep 6 жыл бұрын

Isnt the undead fetus a cr of like 21. At least i remember it being that in 3.5 monster manual 2.

@absolutelyshmooie7086 3 жыл бұрын

If your a beholder lover and your a DM but your party is low level use a spectator, they are mini beholders that was still strong but like a lv 3 party can kill it with a bit of struggle

@chronowolf137B 5 жыл бұрын

since my dm hates us, we played the toa. this was my first al played adventure. my dm saw the atropals scream and was like, "yeah thats a thing my players would enjoy". op ability in my opinion.

@That80sGuy1972 5 жыл бұрын

I use home-brewed altered Beholders as boss monsters. Let me introduce you to Ten-Eye. He is an electro-mechanical-magical augmented Beholder, basically, someone from our universe would see him as a cyborg Beholder. His main eye is super anti-magic, draining charges while within the eye and turned off magical items stay off for 10 minutes after exposure to the eye. The eye blasts affect things only hit by magic but are somehow immune to anti-magic and magic resistance. When nearly killed, he teleports away to recover. Most of his minions are either Clockwork (mechanical golems of some sort) or Dark Elf operatives of the city he owns property in.

@redfaux74 Жыл бұрын

You never hear about anti (or evil) Paladins of wicked deities. I had them in my game many times. I even had evil Paladins of Magic. They were battle monsters with priest and mage spells but specialized in fighter tactics. Anti Paladins of Death make great hordes of undead and could have vampire slaves.

@FriendlyArchpriest 6 жыл бұрын

Atropals are so cool! When is the next session of Curse of Gnaarktas?

@FriendlyArchpriest 6 жыл бұрын

Am I blacklisted on Nerdarchy comment section because of my politically incorrect and offensive comments?

@Thornspyre81 4 жыл бұрын

Love that Cthulu-Aid shirt!

@Buckpwns 6 жыл бұрын

I have never used one of these. Ever. I would need more help on how to run one right instead of using something else

@tacodude98 6 жыл бұрын

Well there's plenty of videos on beholders on the web. Check out webdm and dawnforgedcast for some videos on how to roleplay a beholder

@Buckpwns 6 жыл бұрын

Watching the web dm one thanks

@tacodude98 6 жыл бұрын

Buckpwns Honestly it's a bummer that they don't put out more monster videos

@Jawmax 6 жыл бұрын

Can you do a Don't Use a undead instead use this this Monster video? There are so many kinds that an undead of any kind can feel cliché if you fight them in every campaign.

@StarlasAiko 6 жыл бұрын

The friendly gnome you been helping and who was helping you all these levels was behind it all along? Sounds like Dungeon Master.

@robhoteling5552 5 жыл бұрын

3 atropals used in a ritual to summon Atropus.

@BBP081 6 жыл бұрын

New Mic?

@mrl9418 6 жыл бұрын

I'd rather make it a What Would You Do For a God To Call Your Own? Campaign. The pcs help out the unborn god by organizing a cult that can pray him in the image of a god they (the characters) would actually want to worship. Lots of challenges in that: first write down the doctrine and the legends and deeds for said ideal god (all of which will become retrispectively real with his ascension to actual godhood status,) gather the followers, deal with apostasy in the cult, people not praying with sincere faith thus tainting your god to be, schisms etc. Good luck nursing a god into existence. But if they manage that 😀😁

@sagemcchesney4734 6 жыл бұрын

Omg that sounds amazing I'm going to have to do that. It would be interesting if there was 2 or 3 and you could pick one and then you had to kill the others to help make the one you chose a god, making there be a larger moral choise of who they should choose.

@GlacialScion 6 жыл бұрын

Mr L You could also tie the party's actions to the development of the god without telling them. If they succeed in creating the god they want, it ends up also being a reflection of how the party acted throughout the course of the campaign. They stole alot? Their god doesn't believe in the concept of ownership. They murder hobo'd a few times? Their god doesn't think life is all that special. Anything and everything that characterized their campaign could come into play, good or bad. Maybe even make it an inverse response to their actions. Tons of possibilities. I love this idea.

@mrl9418 6 жыл бұрын

Ezeckel Reichert interesting, also make it only half of the story, so they can deal with the consequences after the apotheosis, good or bad.

@sagemcchesney4734 6 жыл бұрын

I like the idea of the god fetus it made me think of a couple of different ways I can make a campaign based around one. I like the idea of the cult worshiping it but I would instead have a bunch of undead. In my mind it's probably more of a mindless monster so it could just be somewhere creating a undead plague that needs to be stopped and the party needs to figure out where it's coming from.

@dougp5044 2 жыл бұрын

Killing beholder quick and easy cast darkness plug away game over. Unless DM changes something

@gxbmb 6 жыл бұрын

but beholders are the coolest monster in the dmg... why use anything else?

@occultnightingale1106 6 жыл бұрын

are you telling me you wouldn't like to use a god-abortion against your players? Because...that's exactly what I'm gonna do.

@roumonada 6 жыл бұрын

gxbmb There’s monsters in the DMG?

@MartyrPandaGaming 6 жыл бұрын

The beholder is the most iconic, not the coolest. There are a ton of other monsters that can be just as, if not more terrifying. The Brass Dragon for example can be an utterly terrifying thing for a person to come across on their own. Especially a bard. Brass love to talk and if their conversation partner is very interesting, but wants to leave, the dragon will bury them to their head in sand to keep them from leaving. Then, depending on how the conversation goes, they will leave them there. In my opinion, the possibility of this happening alone makes them one of the more dangerous metallic dragons.

@kinggorth 6 жыл бұрын

Even the coolest things can get played out, especially for gamers who have been olaying the same system for years, if not decades.

@Wolf22001 5 жыл бұрын

Don't use Duegar, use...

@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 5 жыл бұрын

nice

@revshad4226 6 жыл бұрын

My biggest problem with Beholders isn't even talked about. It the lair actions. Random eye beam every 6 seconds as you try to navigate a dungeon full of slaves as well. I greatly enjoy the idea of the villain magic user that has ingrained themselves into society so much that the party can't just walk up and fight them but must first prove that they are evil

@MrAuron34858 6 жыл бұрын

Did charisma have anything to do with physical appearance in other editions? I ask because Ted said, “The thing looks disgusting, but yet it’s got a 24 charisma.” The 5e PHB states, “Charisma measures your ability to interact effectively with others. It includes such factors as confidence and eloquence, and it can represent a charming or commanding personality.” Nothing about that mentions physical appearance which brings me to my original question. Only asking because I’ve seen others reference physical appearance and charisma as feeding off of each other.

@MartyrPandaGaming 6 жыл бұрын

No, Charisma has never bee a reflection of a characters level of appearance. It is a common mistake made among newer players and those who play on the persistent worlds of Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2 for PC. That said, in my opinion, you could give advantage or disadvantage on Charisma based skill checks (within reason) depending on if a character is interacting with common folk, nobility and royalty. I would imagine a character with a kept appearance is going to have an easier time speaking with a Lord, than someone covered in weeks old dirt and blood.

@gwenhoward4540 6 жыл бұрын

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY GOD FETUS!!!!

@yellow242 6 жыл бұрын

@kyubii972 6 жыл бұрын

Don't watch this if you are running tomb of annihilation as a player spoilers 4 what's at the end of the dungeon

@kyubii972 6 жыл бұрын

Really wish I wouldn't have watched this I'm a fucking idiot we are on the 4th floor we're really close to this I'm not normally one who asked for spoiler warnings but fuck this really did ruin the surprise I'm an idiot for watching

@seanbyrne8509 4 жыл бұрын

Bloodborne campaign yes!!!

@roumonada 6 жыл бұрын

Ark mage?

@draxthemsklonst 6 жыл бұрын

Arch- as a prefix. Said like architect & archangel.

@roumonada 6 жыл бұрын

So ark mage, then.

@draxthemsklonst 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is the phonetic spelling. Nothing to do with 'lightning only,' nor Moses. Thought it was your point, to specify it spelled as arkmage. Trivia time: there have also been archwizards as prestige class in Forgotten Realms...but...archmage just sounds better.

@roumonada 6 жыл бұрын

Is that like an arkmage?

@draxthemsklonst 6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Roumonada forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Archwizard

@thevoidcritter 5 жыл бұрын

Don't use a beholder, use 500 more beholders, all at once.

@meirwaxman350 4 жыл бұрын

A swarm of micro-beholders would be... interesting...

@sambro6657 5 жыл бұрын

9TH LVL

@clericofchaos1 6 жыл бұрын

ya know ever since i started playing on roll20 beholders have gotten really rare. mainly because most dm's out there are literally scared to run mid to high level games, and that suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkssssssssssss. the game doesn't even really get fun until level 10. up until then everything just feels like pointless grinding.

@dreddbolt 6 жыл бұрын

clericofchaos1 That's if players don't roleplay. If someone wants big stats, they might as well play a videogame instead.

@clericofchaos1 6 жыл бұрын

oh don't give me that bullshit. roleplay is fine but it's only 50% of the game. whether you like it or not numbers and stats are the other 50%. stop ignoring half the damn game already.

@shadowgear7032 6 жыл бұрын

clericofchaos1 wait really I love low levels. Resource management is so much more important at low levels. You have less spells slots which are weaker, you have less hit dice and hp. All monsters seem so much more terrifying. Level 3 to around 10 is my personal favorite part of dnd

@clericofchaos1 6 жыл бұрын

that's fine...for you. i play games like this to escape from reality though. that's why, to me, the early levels aren't "terrifying" they're a grind. a boring slogfest to get to the real meat of the game.

@maromania7 6 жыл бұрын

we aren't ignoring stats. the exact opposite in fact, low levels are te areas where your stats actually matter and games aren't a matter of rocket tag while you wonder why the wizard needs a party, given his future vision and insane damage burst from distance and meatshields and wishes. it's the time where that 1 point in constitution is a matter of life and death, and there's a decent line between slaughter and TPK. You want crazy powerful with huge numbers? pathfinder's still alive and kicking, it's literally made for that style. I've got half the bestiary memorized, It's great for when you wanna let loose with crazy powers. but 5e's focused on RP and combat, the developers have made it clear that they aren't spending much time focused on 12+ because their target audience doesn't typically play that far. every system doesn't have to work for every style.