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Chester
2017-06-28, 08:14 PM
Hello.

The party is going to confront a Beholder. I swapped a few feats out and added three levels of Ocular Master (Dragon Magazine).

I think he still needs a meat shield companion. Any recommendations?
ColorBlindNinja
2017-06-28, 08:18 PM
Maybe a Cryohydra or one of the larger Elementals?
Karl Aegis
2017-06-28, 08:30 PM
Don't they have at-will Charm Monster? Throw in three dozen otyughs and a few hundred commoners.
Zanos
2017-06-28, 08:33 PM
I think Beholders and Fire Giants have some kind of weird pact for this in many settings.
DrKerosene
2017-06-29, 06:41 AM
Plenty of (local slaves) and a few exotic, since I don't know what's local here are some exotics:

Any giant + were squid.
A small community or swarm of Grell.
Half-Dragon Annis Hag, with some Dungeoncrasher, PsyWar, and/or Barbarian levels.
A Titanic (template) Penguin would be useful as a meat shield only, I don't believe they have any attacks.
Your favorite biggest Vermin + Fullplate Barding.
That Dammed Crab and his big cousin, Tamatoa (no serious build ideas).
Gildedragon
2017-06-29, 10:43 AM
Bunch of eye cultists
Waker
2017-06-29, 10:49 AM
Where will the fight be taking place? Does the Beholder have a lair in a mountainous area, forest, swamp... And did you just want something that gets in the way of the party or did you want something to be something of a threat on its own?
How about a Shield Guardian as a general suggestion.
ATHATH
2017-06-29, 11:20 AM
Maybe throw in some Ocular Adepts?
Gildedragon
2017-06-29, 11:32 AM
Bunch of Cyclopes.
The_Jette
2017-06-29, 11:39 AM
A blind, adult shadow dragon would be a good companion.
Telonius
2017-06-29, 11:54 AM
A dim-witted Advanced Chimera, an orc warlady, or possibly a tribe of goblins.
Chester
2017-06-29, 04:15 PM
A blind, adult shadow dragon would be a good companion.

Oh, that's good.....

Will the breath weapon be affected by an antimagic field?
The_Jette
2017-06-29, 04:20 PM
Oh, that's good.....

Will the breath weapon be affected by an antimagic field?

I believe it does. I don't have an official ruling, though.
Zanos
2017-06-29, 04:25 PM
Oh, that's good.....

Will the breath weapon be affected by an antimagic field?
Breath weapons are usually supernatural, so would be suppressed.