All in the beholders eye

Overview

The party runs across a beholder eating a evil humanoid.

Trigger

The party is passing by (or through) a dark alley.

Description

About 20' in front of you you notice a large spherical orb floating over the remains of a man. Sticking out of the orb you see what appears to be a arm, attached to the top of the orb are several tenticals pointing about in different directions. To the right of the half eaten body you see another body (possibly female) lying face down. As you stop to look and the grewsome picture it stops chewing and turns a large pick eye towards you...

Dm notes

The beholder is actually a friendly beholder that has been exiled from its clan. It is normally polymorphed into a half-elf and lives above a local tavern. The only problem is that to fully eat it needs to convert back to its natural form. It also is picky about who it eats! The current victim was a thief attacking the down women (who is still alive, just unconsious) (She will tell the story of the attacker if given the chance) The beholder will not attack, and even try to escape if attacked. It will explain to the party what has happened if given the chance.

Key

If the party does not kill the beholder, it will try to make friends with them. It knows many secrets about the town, and may be able to help the party in the future. It will ask the party to keep its identity a secret for fear for its life, and will offer the party a map that it found on one of its victims as a bribe! Beholder is LN in alignment.

Posted by

Joseph DuBois
Last updated: Wed Jan 03 1996 wmh