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Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)

The beholder is a fictional monster in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It is depicted as a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth, single central eye, and many smaller eyestalks on top with powerful magical abilities.

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Alignment
Lawful Evil
First appearance
Greyhawk (1975)
Type
Aberration

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Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples11
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

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Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)

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Alignment · 1
Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) → Lawful Evil
First appearance · 1
Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) → Greyhawk (1975)
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Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) → Aberration

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Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)AlignmentLawful Evil1.00infobox
Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)First appearanceGreyhawk (1975)1.00infobox
Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)TypeAberration1.00infobox
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behavior.Based on Tom Wham's depiction in the first edition Monster Manualinstance ofand builds on the known information about beholders by expanding on elements0.80text
TSR artist Keith Parkinson characterized its popular appearance with plate-like armored scalesinstance ofand builds on the known information about beholders by expanding on elements0.80text
arthropod-like eyestalksinstance ofand builds on the known information about beholders by expanding on elements0.80text
variations in the size of the central eye or differences in skin colourinstance ofSome variations seem minor0.80text

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