While adventuring I came into the presence of an artifact, that when picked up, awoke my power. I was gravely injured in an accident while I was alone, and the pain awakened my power. (Good)Īn unknown voice spoke to me in the night and whispered the dark secrets of my power. My village was attacked by an enemy, and I awoke during a rage-filled outburst. Some who discover their powers may never use it, fearing it, while others may revel in their new found abilities. Their knowing that power has inherently evil roots makes them cautious about its use. Those that are awoken to the power use it in varied ways. Their improved intellect seems to be the only outward sign of their heritage. The beholderborn often appear human, and may never know they are beholderborn, or even the story of their heritage, but through studying and some awakening event, they arise, and attune to their powerful abilities.īeholderborn roam the Material Plane, often not knowing the power they possess. For each new generation from his lineage, beholder blood runs, allowing them to connect to their powerful abilities. The first beholderborn died and his story and power dissolved away in the ruins of time. With him consumed with goodness, the god was pleased. The Beholder, as he went about his simple life, forgot more and more that he was ever a beholder or evil. He eventually integrated into society and mated with a woman that he had fallen in love with. However, he was set upon by the power of love and friendship, which shattered his xenophobic beliefs, and he grew to care for the people around him. He was horrified, and after many days of mourning his power, he decided upon his fate: that he would continue his lineage by taking over a small town to begin his reign anew. The beholder had become weaker, frailer, and unable to sustain his once-powerful magic. The god of order grew worried about his strength and cursed him to a human body. Long ago, a twisted and sinister beholder had spent his life learning vile necromancy and the secrets of the darkness and grew too powerful in the eyes of the gods. In this form, they float off the ground and fire energy from their now single eye and their many eye-stalks. Finally, their eyes merge together into a large central eye that glows gently with aberrant power. In their beholder form their body's bloat, their hair and scalp become eye-stalks (much like a gorgon) and their skin becomes bumpy, oily and oddly colored. However, in moments of extreme emotional stress, with significant practice, or at the mention of a word of power, they can morph into beholder like creatures. The beholderborn are an aberrant race that, on the surface, appear to be normal humans. He petrifies the guards where they stand as he strolls out of the vault. The innocent gaze on in wondrous fear.Ī thief exits a fortress vault with a bag full of gold and gems. He disintegrates row and row of undead with a blast of radiant energy from his eyes. He rises into the air and screams with the power of an ancient curse. He screams in rage and changes into a monster of terrifying power as he blasts the enemy position with a death ray.Ī paladin lifts his shield in defense of the innocent as zombies batter him. A soldier watches as his platoon and fellow soldiers are wiped out by waves of flaming arrows on a battlefield.
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