In the eye of the beholder

Overview

The party runs across a beholder(dragon) eating a 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 polymorphed red dragon that lives in the city. It will use spells first, then use its breath weapon. At this point the party should assume that it may not be a beholder. If it turns back into its normal form it will fill the alley. But it will only do this in a last ditch effort. It can only levitate up and down (2nd level spell).

Key

If the party does not kill the dragon it will try to escape, letting the party think that it was actually a beholder attacking!

Posted by

Joseph DuBois
Last updated: Wed Jan 03 1996 wmh