Beholder Crowns were enchanted crowns, or sometimes helmets,[5] that possessed a cornucopia of magical attacks, similar to those of beholders' many eyes.[3]
Description[]
Some of these crowns appeared to be old tarnished bronze headwear. These crowns usually had ten stalks, each topped with gems.[4] Some, however, were shaped into grotesque monstrous headwear with uneven eye stalks chaotically sprouting from the base.[3]
The Beholder Crowns that resembled full-headed helmets had a crown embedded on their tops. Just like their regular crown versions, they had eight metal spike-like eyestalks, each ending with a gem.[5]
Powers[]
Each eyestalk's gem was imbued with one of the beholder's deadly rays. Their powers were charm person, charm monster, disintegrate, eyebite, fear, finger of death, flesh to stone, inflict moderate wounds, slow, and telekinesis. Each crown had a limited number of gems, uses, and the items completely crumbles into dust once all charges were exhausted.[4] Each eyestalk ray had the reach of 30 feet (9.1 meters).[3]
The helmet crowns usually had limited functionality, allowing the wearers to cast finger of death (thirteen charges) and flesh to stone (five charges) spells once a day each. Additionally, these helmets glowed with dim orange light.[5]
Creation[]
Copies and variants of Beholder Crowns could be created by experienced magical item crafters with the use of the same spells that were imbued into these crowns.[4]
History[]
A Beholder Crown shaped like a helmet.
Beholder Crowns were in high demand by many of eccentric beholder-worshiping cults. Sages believed that these malicious eye tyrants made their servants craft Beholder Crowns to reward their most valuable minions and slaves. However some thought this to be nothing but a rumor.[5]
In 1373 DR, one of the Beholder Crowns belonged to an elder orb that dwelt in the sewers underneath Zhentil Keep and attempted to take over the city's Thieves' Guild but was slain by the Hero of Daggerford.[1]
Another crown with only seven gems could be found in Askilion's Tower in Oreme, Anauroch, in the mid-to-late 14th century DR.[2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ossian Studios (August 2019). Designed by Luke Scull. Neverwinter Nights: Tyrants of the Moonsea. Beamdog.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Greg A. Vaughan, Skip Williams, Thomas M. Reid (November 2007). Anauroch: The Empire of Shade. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 110. ISBN 0-7869-4362-9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Andy Collins, Eytan Bernstein, Frank Brunner, Owen K. C. Stephens, John Snead (March 2007). Magic Item Compendium. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 73. ISBN 978-0-7869-4345-6.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Sean K. Reynolds, Duane Maxwell, Angel McCoy (August 2001). Magic of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 154. ISBN 0-7869-1964-7.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 BioWare, Floodgate Entertainment (June 2003). Designed by Brent Knowles, Rick Ernst. Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide. Atari.