Why I wont be forging pendulum.

[Medios]

Beholder is uber fun now
I guess at some point he dispelled me , and also attacks ferrets.


Bottom of the Broad Stone Stairway
Exits: North Up
A steaming pile of intestines lie puddled on the floor here.
A beholder floats in the air, glaring at you with its one giant eye.
Blackberry the eudaemon arrives from above.
A demilich arrives from above.
A vilewight arrives from above.

<1116hp 678ma 219mv>
Ok.
You summon forth a thick cloud of fog in the room.

<1116hp 668ma 219mv>
dt
Ok.
A beholder growls at you and attacks!
A beholder hates your guts!
You are brutally massacred by a beholder's crush.
A beholder screams in agony as red tendrils of mist infuse its body.

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okt
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ukt
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A vilewight massacres a beholder to small fragments with its claw.

<1080hp 656ma 224mv>
You massacre a beholder to small fragments with your slash.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A vilewight misses a beholder with its claw.
A vilewight misses a beholder with its claw.
A vilewight misses a beholder with its rake.
A beholder looks shocked as it cuts itself on your petrified armor!
You are brutally massacred by a beholder's crush.
A beholder brutally massacres a demilich with its bite.
You are brutally massacred by a beholder's bite.
A beholder misses a demilich with its crush.
A beholder misses you with its crush.
You massacre a beholder to small fragments with your slash.
You massacre a beholder to small fragments with your slash.
A ravenous tentacle lashes out, tearing a chunk of flesh from a beholder.
A chilling light shines on you!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of pure magical force!
AHHH! a beholder gestures and a piece of your body disappears.
A beholder shoots you with a ray of pure magical force!
AHHH! a beholder gestures and a piece of your body disappears.
A beholder shoots you with a ray of darkness!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
Nothing seems to happen.
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
You are paralyzed!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
Nothing seems to happen.

<910hp 656ma 224mv>
web
You massacre a beholder to small fragments with your slash.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A vilewight misses a beholder with its claw.
A vilewight misses a beholder with its claw.
A vilewight massacres a beholder to small fragments with its rake.
You are viciously massacred by a beholder's crush.
A beholder brutally massacres a demilich with its bite.
You are viciously massacred by a beholder's bite.
A beholder misses a demilich with its crush.
A beholder misses you with its crush.
As you pull your weapon free, a beholder's wound withers and turns black!
You slash a beholder extremely hard.
You slash a beholder extremely hard.
A demilich utters the words, 'oculowai buie'
A beholder is suddenly entwined with an ethereal darkness!
A ravenous tentacle lashes out, tearing a chunk of flesh from a beholder.
A chilling light shines on you!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of pure magical force!
AHHH! a beholder gestures and a piece of your body disappears.
A beholder shoots you with a ray of pure magical force!
AHHH! a beholder gestures and a piece of your body disappears.
A beholder shoots you with a ray of darkness!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
Nothing seems to happen.
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
You are paralyzed!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
Nothing seems to happen.

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sc
Your eudaemon touches you with his antlers.
You feel extremely better!
You can't do that while you're paralyzed!

<828hp 654ma 229mv>
You can't do that while you're paralyzed!

<828hp 654ma 229mv>
You slash a beholder extremely hard.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A vilewight misses a beholder with its claw.
A vilewight massacres a beholder to small fragments with its claw.
A vilewight massacres a beholder to small fragments with its rake.
You are viciously massacred by a beholder's crush.
A beholder misses a demilich with its bite.
A beholder misses you with its bite.
You are viciously massacred by a beholder's crush.
You are viciously massacred by a beholder's crush.
You slash a beholder extremely hard.
You slash a beholder very hard.
A demilich utters the words, 'xzatunso'
A swollen green tentacle spews a cloud of gas at a beholder!
A chilling light shines on you!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of pure magical force!
AHHH! a beholder gestures and a piece of your body disappears.
A beholder shoots you with a ray of pure magical force!
AHHH! a beholder gestures and a piece of your body disappears.
A beholder shoots you with a ray of darkness!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
You are paralyzed!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
Nothing seems to happen.
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
You are paralyzed!
Minstrel ~[DoW]~ (level: 40)
Your levels: Ba: 40 Dr: 40 Cl: 40 Ne: 40 Av: 40
You are 44 years and 3 months old.
You are a citizen of Settlestone.
You are a devout worshipper of Akasha.
You spread goodness and joy everywhere you go.
You have (487/1007+48) hit, (654/569+41) mana and (229/246+34) movement points.
Your armor class is -6.0.
You have +11 to hit and +11 on damage.
You have 177,721 gold coins.
You have six hundred and ninety-nine drachma.
You have 1,084,452,954 unused experience points.
You have been playing for 90 days and 0 hours.
You are a member of The Dogs of War.
You are well-attuned to the enhancement stratum.
Str: 18 / 80, Int: 18, Wis: 18, Dex: 18, Con: 16
You are fighting a beholder.
Your song can affect as many as fifteen people.
You are affected by the following spells:
Infravision
Resist Fire

<487hp 654ma 229mv>
heal minst
You can't do that while you're paralyzed!

<488hp 654ma 230mv>
heal minst
You can't do that while you're paralyzed!

<490hp 653ma 231mv>
You slash a beholder extremely hard.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A vilewight misses a beholder with its claw.
A vilewight misses a beholder with its claw.
A vilewight misses a beholder with its rake.
You are viciously massacred by a beholder's crush.
You are viciously massacred by a beholder's crush.
You are brutally massacred by a beholder's bite.
A beholder brutally massacres a demilich with its crush.
You are viciously massacred by a beholder's crush.
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING that much!
You slash a beholder extremely hard.
You slash a beholder extremely hard.
A demilich utters the words, 'xzatunso'
A chilling light shines on you!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of pure magical force!
AHHH! a beholder gestures and a piece of your body disappears.
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING that much!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of pure magical force!
AHHH! a beholder gestures and a piece of your body disappears.
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING that much!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of darkness!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
You are paralyzed!
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
Nothing seems to happen.
A beholder shoots you with a ray of green light.
Nothing seems to happen.
A beholder really needs a good bath! Phew!

<114hp 653ma 232mv>
heal minst
You can't do that while you're paralyzed!

<115hp 653ma 232mv>
heal minst
You can't do that while you're paralyzed!

<116hp 653ma 233mv>
You massacre a beholder to small fragments with your slash.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A demilich massacres a beholder to small fragments with his zap.
A vilewight massacres a beholder to small fragments with its claw.
A vilewight massacres a beholder to small fragments with its claw.
A vilewight misses a beholder with its rake.
You are viciously massacred by a beholder's crush.
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING that much!
A beholder brutally massacres a demilich with its bite.
A beholder misses you with its bite.
You wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING that much!
A beholder brutally massacres a demilich with its crush.
You have been KILLED!!

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[kjartan]

Maybe I will turn down the damage a bit - I am still playing with his proc. A Big Group of Avatars was able to easily destroy him, if you have one of those handy. I will be sure to add some more messages for when you get dispelled.

[Atwell]

The new beholder is not appropriate as an aggressive, hunting mob that sits on the path to an area (underdark) that does not generally require a big group of avatars. The paralysis, not the damage, it what makes the new proc such a problem. He can catch you alone, paralyze you instantly, and kill you as you stand there helpless. The dispel certainly doesn't help, but we could survive it alone.

It used to be you could sanc yourself and run to underdark. If the beholder caught you, it might hurt, but you wouldn't die. Now caught + first round paralysis = death.

[12345]

Atwell has a pretty good point, Underdark and MAGIC don't really require huge groups of avatars to run. Only the fire machine, green dragon and some of the more annoying MAGIC mobs require 2-3 avatars to kill. Also, the paralysis proc looks to be firing 3 times a round regardless of the number of opponents or if the target is paralyzed already. You run this alone and get caught, you have little more than a front row seat to your own demise.

Out of curiousity, is restiveness any help?

[kjartan]

I've tuned him down a bit. Now he fairly often (about half the time) won't have a paralysis proc, damage is reduced on all rays, paralysis duration is reduced, and the dispel will eventually happen but not immediately. Of course, if you're very unlucky, he'll have several paralysis eyes in which case he will likely paralyze you in a round or two - his eyes vary each time he pops. Also, while he's dispelling you he can't use his rays on you, just like D&D beholders.

I think he doesn't particularly have any additional ability to catch people; his procs only go off in combat. So, you are welcome to weasel past him with flee, phase door, or however you usually do it.

[Weasel]

"weasel past him"

[*juggleblood*]

would be nice to make fog work against this proc

[kjartan]

That's a good point in general, but in this case he's in a pretty tight corridor so I don't think fog would help.

However, I am going to add ranged rays to some of the other beholders in the game, fog would be a good defense against ranged rays. Also, does fog in your room stop mobs from charging you? Because it probably ought to. Maybe I will get that later today.