Is their Levitation ability magical? If so, does their anti-magic eye disrupt other Beholders levitation abilities? Don't have a MM in front of me and thought it might be an interesting question.
Is their Levitation ability magical? If so, does their anti-magic eye disrupt other Beholders levitation abilities? Don't have a MM in front of me and thought it might be an interesting question.
Taken from the MM3.5 description of a Beholder:
A Beholder's flight is an Extraordinary ability and is non-magical; thus, the effect is not subject to an anti-magic field nor any effect that disrupts magic. Their natural buyancy also gives them an automatic Feather Fall effect, in addition to their movement rate of 20.
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Marc
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I don't know if any 3ED+ sources cover it, but in the 2ED suppliment 'I Tyrant'it dissucsses the ability at some length.
The answer is no, it's not a magical means of levitation/flight. Beholder's produce a lighter-than-air gas called tiusium within their shell. Air ducts connect their lung (singular) with the small chambers in thier skin where the gas is produced and it can force/focus the gas to propell the beholder in any direction. They can exert contious control over the gases, but it's largely automatic/reflexive.
Must get Lords of Madness. Thanks for the responses, sorry I didn't get back to the forum but had a minor family emergency.
"tiusium?"
Ugh. Thanks a lot, 2e. :(
I think I'll stick with a more mystical explaination, thanks.
I remember when my friend first got that book. I'd gotten the Illithiad (sp?) about the same time, so we compared stories about beholders farting their way through dungeons and the mating rituals of illithids...Yep, these were the things I talked about at the highschool lunch tables...
"tiusium?"
Ugh. Thanks a lot, 2e. :(
I think I'll stick with a more mystical explaination, thanks.
Tiusium...right, whatever; may as well be Midichlorians.
Since the science of the "age" isn't yet industrialized, for all they know it's just a Helium bladder they carry, or something of that nature.
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