Which is a lot like the role the gods play in D&D.
that's how powerful their ability to behold reality is. Who can say, right? Most people would think that's insane, but who knows? Beholders dream entire. Maybe there's some grand, massive Beholder somewhere that's like, dreaming is what is keeping together the entire firmament of the cosmos. Each Beholder thinks it's dreaming the world. did the original Beholder, was there a god that created them? They don't really have deities. They're creatures that dream themselves into existence, and in some ways that's why I think the name "Beholders," something that beholds, that looks upon the world. We often think of genius of coming with a lot of eccentricity, and Beholders have that in spades. They're thinking creatures, and they're smarter than humans. That's fine, but it's not like, wow, right? And I think this idea that they're intelligent.
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It's interesting, you look back at the first edition Monster Manual and you're like, "Why did this monster become so iconic and this other one no one talks about anymore?" But usually the answer is because while this one was like creepy and weird and powerful, and that's what made it memorable, as opposed to like, this one is a rhinoceros the size of a house. It came back to back in the 70s, this idea, this sphere with this one big eye and these tentacles with other eyes. They're incredibly powerful and they're incredibly bizarre looking. Mike Mearls: Beholders are incredibly powerful, right? All those different eye beams, the central eye. And also, no one in the D&D multiverse wants to take credit for this seemingly terrible mistake. Todd Kenreck: Beholders are one of the most iconic monsters in D&D. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft Creatures
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