Jergmo
2010-04-02, 12:59 PM
Lords of Madness has the following on magic items for Beholders:
Although they are naturally potent adversaries, beholders
understand the value of augmenting their capabilities with
additional magic. Yet beholders are not known for their skill
or even their interest in creating magic items. Therefore, most
of a beholder’s magic gear has been stolen from others.
Since most magic items are crafted by humanoids, a beholder
cannot use all of the items it finds. Still, it hoards weapons,
armor, cloaks, boots, gauntlets, and similar magic items so it
can study them to charge its dweomerlobes.
A creature with a beholder-shaped body can wear the following
magic items:
• One headband, hat, or phylactery on the body. A beholder
can only wear a helmet specially designed to fi t over the
creature’s entire body.
• Three pairs of eye lenses or goggles over the central eye and
up to two eyestalks (one pair per eye or eyestalk).
• Three amulets, brooches, medallions, necklaces, periapts,
or scarabs on up to three eyestalks (one item per eyestalk).
• One belt worn about an eyestalk.
• One pair of bracers or bracelets on a pair of eyestalks.
• Up to three rings on up to three eyestalks (one ring per
eyestalk).
Now...okay, all is good - we know what kind of items a beholder can wear, but are those all it can utilize? Could a beholder, for example, wrap one of its eye stalks around a wand, using both the wand and that eye ray?
Although they are naturally potent adversaries, beholders
understand the value of augmenting their capabilities with
additional magic. Yet beholders are not known for their skill
or even their interest in creating magic items. Therefore, most
of a beholder’s magic gear has been stolen from others.
Since most magic items are crafted by humanoids, a beholder
cannot use all of the items it finds. Still, it hoards weapons,
armor, cloaks, boots, gauntlets, and similar magic items so it
can study them to charge its dweomerlobes.
A creature with a beholder-shaped body can wear the following
magic items:
• One headband, hat, or phylactery on the body. A beholder
can only wear a helmet specially designed to fi t over the
creature’s entire body.
• Three pairs of eye lenses or goggles over the central eye and
up to two eyestalks (one pair per eye or eyestalk).
• Three amulets, brooches, medallions, necklaces, periapts,
or scarabs on up to three eyestalks (one item per eyestalk).
• One belt worn about an eyestalk.
• One pair of bracers or bracelets on a pair of eyestalks.
• Up to three rings on up to three eyestalks (one ring per
eyestalk).
Now...okay, all is good - we know what kind of items a beholder can wear, but are those all it can utilize? Could a beholder, for example, wrap one of its eye stalks around a wand, using both the wand and that eye ray?