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#1 ganryu Feb 25, 2009 12:26:44	You know I never managed to make much sense of how monsters really work in 3,5. Right now I'm stumped trying to create a specific beholder "boss" for one encounter, but I really don't know how to go about doing it. Do I just slap levels on a monster and that's it? Does challenge rating increase by one for each level of character class? I'd like help with the following character: A very specific beholder serves as part of a greater conspiracy. It uses elements from Liber Mortiis and from Lords of Madness. The beholder in question operates from an abandoned underground section of Sharn. It has cut out its central eye in order for it to use magic, and... I don't know what class levels it should have, but it should be able to control undead, and it needs the ability to cast the series of "Necrotic" spells from Liber Mortiis. Maybe someone could either give me reccomendations, or simply throw together one monster such as this. It should be a challenge for a party of 3-4 level 12-14ish characters.
#2 acheron22 Feb 26, 2009 18:04:48	i'm not sure of the casting requirements for Necrotic spells, but i would recommend wizard/necromancer or maybe cleric. if you add character classes to a monster, then the CR goes up accordingly. if you just increase their levels in outsider (or whatever the beholder already has hit dice in) then it will probably increase at a slower rate. but remember that if you want to give the beholder spells that will actually threaten a 14th level character, 5-7 levels in wizard won't do. you're probably better off just modifying the beholder and it's abilities. you could give it some extra hit dice and some magic items from LoM. also there is an entire chapter devoted to beholders in their so you could read up on that