I recentely encountered my first Beholder "The Director" in Domain of the Dragon. Upon laying eyes on the creature, I expected an epic fight ala PnP D&D. Sadly, I found it much too easy to kill. It seemed only to dish out a few magic missiles before my two primary fighters killed it with a few sword strikes. In PnP each of the eye-stalks had a unique power and the central eye projected a powerful anti-magic ray. Among its powers were flesh to stone, disintigrate, etc... Are none of these powers mirrored in the BGII Beholders?
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