Like today's review said, the Beholder is the most parodied of D&D's classic creations. For instance, here's Big Trouble in Little China's "Defender":
Here, from the card game Munchkin, is the dreaded Level 10 Floating Nose:
And of course, even the nerds at Futurama got in on it:
On that note, I wonder if the upcoming blue Beholder repaint in wave 2 of the Dicelings is a reference to something? I always thought Beholders were kind of a shade of orange, so I don't recognise the blue version. Is it supposed to be a variant like a Death Tyrant?
Beholders have some color variety, but Xanathar has been drawn as blue-purple consistently in the latest edition.
Ah, so it's entirely possible the blue Beholder is meant to be Xanathar, the same way the Owlbear Diceling is meant to be the one from the upcoming film. Or at least a reference to Xanathar.
Thank you for enlightening me.
What's funny is that about a year before the Xanathar mini (the first one. There are two now), they made a "beholder" mini that is clearly meant to just be Xanathar.
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