First, apologies to anyone expecting a more regular update schedule this Ocular October – between running four D&D games a week, planning to host a Halloween murder mystery party at the end of this month, my actual 9-5, and homebrewing for this blog, I am all over the place! I can only hope the updates […]
In previous entries I have come up with a few mechanical or “magipunk” beholder variants, such as the Iron Eye or Mother Zero. But these felt a little incomplete without minions to stat up and add to their dramatic confrontations! So, below is my interpretation of a “Robolter” drone that can serve them, Magifacturing Nodes […]
The original post featuring The Great Mother was intended as a truly epic threat to PCs – every bit as tough to fight as Tiamat and other CR 30 foes. And while I do think she was successful in that, there are other additions I planned but never got around to – namely, Lair Actions […]
Hello to any fans of this beholder-brained blog, and fans of the future! And welcome to another Ocular October! In my seventh installment of eye-catching oddities, I plan to do a little time-travel this year – revisiting posts of the past with new and updated content, including a few requests from those who messaged me […]
Hello, and welcome to the finale of Ocular October 6! You’ll find enclosed the last two pages of “The Eternal Eyes of Gzemnid”. I hope it lives up to your expectations, as I had a lot of fun writing them! The last three Eternal Eyes represent some of the darkest and strongest powers a beholder […]
Now we’re getting into the especially dangerous Eternal Eyes for sure! These last few are oft cited as the deadliest of the Beholder’s abilities, striking fear into the hearts of many an adventurer. As such, granting these artifacts for low-CR enemies to use should be done cautiously (though that can admittedly be said for any […]
The second installment of the Eternal Eyes of Gzemnid is here! These Eyes drift into the more esoteric aspects a Beholder might study (certainly, some of those that most interested Great Gzemnid!) I welcome DMs using these in their campaigns to come up with strange, otherworldly experiments the owners of these Eyes are undertaking in […]
The first installment of the Eternal Eyes of Gzemnid is here! There are a LOT of directions I could’ve taken the Eternal Eyes, and it was certainly difficult to choose (I even got some help from Reddit!) Ultimately, I decided that since they were the eyes of the formerly-mortal Gzemnid itself and meant to contain […]
Welcome one and all to our sixth annual Ocular October! Every year I revisit this blog during this spooktacular month of scares to provide more eye candy about my favorite D&D monster, the beholder. This year, I was inspired by the Hand and Eye of Vecna as well as the Infinity Stones of Marvel comics, […]
And the month of malevolent mastication ends with this final entry! I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween, and what better way to celebrate the treats of the season than reading through the dolorous delectables below? I can say that many of these recipes are based on very real and edible dishes from […]
