New Posts For Thread: Wandering Monsters: Things From Beyond The Starshttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29479739/Wandering_Monsters:_Things_From_Beyond_The_StarsWandering Monsters Things From Beyond The StarsBy James WyattBeholders, mind flayers, and aboleths have snagged the brains of monster handler James thisweek. Take a look at these three aberrations after you get a good feel for the current working deWhat if the party is facing a group of fire elementals and they all have protection from fire active? Would that mean less XP? [/quote]The next time the DM will use white dragons, ice giants and frost salamanders. Fire resistance will be useless.Lhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29479739/Wandering_Monsters:_Things_From_Beyond_The_Stars?post_id=525885179#525885179What if the party is facing a group of fire elementals and they all have protection from fire active? Would that mean less XP? [/quote]The next time the DM will use white dragons, ice giants and frost salamanders. Fire resistance will be useless.LThu, 08 Nov 2012 10:06:23 -0600The descriptions are spot on iconic D&D versions of the monsters, but am I the only one who thinks the beholder actually does not really fit the definition of the aberration.Quote: "Their bodies and minds are so unlike natural creatures that they arehttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29479739/Wandering_Monsters:_Things_From_Beyond_The_Stars?post_id=525884587#525884587The descriptions are spot on iconic D&D versions of the monsters, but am I the only one who thinks the beholder actually does not really fit the definition of the aberration.Quote: "Their bodies and minds are so unlike natural creatures that they areThu, 08 Nov 2012 09:47:01 -0600What if the party is facing a group of fire elementals and they all have protection from fire active? Would that mean less XP?http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29479739/Wandering_Monsters:_Things_From_Beyond_The_Stars?post_id=525883143#525883143What if the party is facing a group of fire elementals and they all have protection from fire active? Would that mean less XP?Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:57:37 -0600Some aberrations (= unnutural criatures) need cult of followers who lick their .. feet. With lots of symbiontic grafts.I know beholders are loner because they are too proud to live together but.. they are too smart to live like oucasts. They want ruhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29479739/Wandering_Monsters:_Things_From_Beyond_The_Stars?post_id=525876323#525876323Some aberrations (= unnutural criatures) need cult of followers who lick their .. feet. With lots of symbiontic grafts.I know beholders are loner because they are too proud to live together but.. they are too smart to live like oucasts. They want ruThu, 08 Nov 2012 01:53:45 -0600At least in my 4e Monster Manual, the Beholder Eye Tyrant (the closest thing to the classic beholder) doesn't have an anti-magic eye attack. Its central eye simply dazes. The other eyes are sort of mixed around too, but none are what I'd call an antihttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29479739/Wandering_Monsters:_Things_From_Beyond_The_Stars?post_id=525862505#525862505At least in my 4e Monster Manual, the Beholder Eye Tyrant (the closest thing to the classic beholder) doesn't have an anti-magic eye attack. Its central eye simply dazes. The other eyes are sort of mixed around too, but none are what I'd call an antiWed, 07 Nov 2012 13:56:45 -0600