D&D 4E The presentation's Beholder, and a 4E theory

[LoneWolf23]

I noted that someone complained that the GenCon presentation's Beholder virtual mini lacked one eye-tendril, and that got me realizing something...

...What would cause a Beholder to get an eye removed? The removal of one of it's eye-rays. And what would be a valid cause for removing one of a Beholder's eye-rays? Perhaps the removal of a redundant spell..

So here's my theory: Charm Monster and Charm Person have been combined into a single Charm spell, capable of affecting both "people" and "monsters"...

 

[Plane Sailing]

moved to 4e forum.

Another possibility could be one of the 'save or die' eyes removed (finger of death/disintegrate)

 

[Snapdragyn]

Didn't they say in the announcement that Beholders would still have 10 eyes?

 

[Eagle Prince]

I think they said 9 eyes in the video announcement.

 

[frankthedm]

It may have been a botch. Little mistakes creep through all the time.

 

[frankthedm]

Never mind, they had a nine eyed Collosal+ beholder BIGature on display...

http://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2007CIMG0822.jpg