Anti-magic cone

One of many debilitating powers of a Beholder, the anti-magic cone will remove ("de-buff") any and all magic effects that protect or guard a character. The anti-magic cone also prevents a character from arcane or divine spell casting for 3 seconds.

Since a player will be stripped of Death Ward, Protection from Evil and other alignment or death magic protections, the possibility of being killed immediately by Disintegrate, or similar death spells, or affected by negative energy effects becomes highly likely unless the player wears an item with persistent Deathblock effect. Even with Deathblock, the odds of survival from repeated Beholder attacks becomes remote.

There is no save to the anti-magic cone, but its resulting effects can be avoided through spell absorption items such as:


 * Mantle of the Worldshaper
 * Beholder Optic Nerves
 * Scarab of Protection
 * Silver Flame Amulet, Pendant or Talisman

Some classes create spell-like abilities that are NOT affected by anti-magic cones and may be able to use their abilities even if struck by an anti-magic cone. These include:


 * Buffs or similar finishing moves from a Monk
 * Songs from a Bard
 * Dragonmarks

Beholders have See Invisibility ability. While Invisibility spells cannot fool a Beholder, the ability to Hide and Move Silently may allow players to avoid a Beholder, or launch a point-blank attack on the powerful, but physically frail enemy. A side or rear attack will avoid the anti-magic cone, which comes from the monster's central front eye.