


If a tadpole tank was left unsupervised for a length of time for any reason – for example the destruction of that mind illithid community – the tadpoles would begin to eat each other until the last survivor was gargantuan monster that even the mind flayers despise. These creatures were once mind flayer tadpoles who had undergone neoteny. Beholders don’t like anything not like themselves and are often greedy, wanting both power and wealth alike.

With their many eyes looking in every direction at once, it’s nearly impossible to ambush or surprise them, and when they do see you they will likely attack viciously. Cunning and intelligent, Beholders are inherently powerfully magical creatures who will try to end a battle as quickly as they can whenever possible. Perhaps the most recognizable monster in Dungeons and Dragons, you, if not your character, have probably beheld a Beholder. A vast network of underground tunnels, the Underdark is a place rife with some of the most terrifying monsters in Dungeons and Dragons.
