Beholder Crown

Beholder Crowns were enchanted crowns, or sometimes helmets, that possessed a cornucopia of magical attacks, similar to those of beholders many eyes.

Description
Some of these crowns appeared to be old tarnished bronze headwear. These crowns usually had ten stalks, each topped with gems. Some, however, were shaped into grotesque monstrous headwear with uneven eye stalks chaotically sprouting from the base.

The Beholder Crowns that resembled full-headed helmets had a crown embedded on their tops. Just like their regular crown versions, they had eight metal spike-like eyestalks, each ended with a gem.

Powers
Each eyestalk's gem was imbued with one of the beholder's deadly rays. There powers were charm person, charm monster, disintegrate, eyebite, fear, finger of death, flesh to stone, inflict moderate wounds, slow, and telekinesis. Each crown had a limited number of gems, uses, and the items completely crumbles into dust once all charges were exhausted. Each eyestalk ray had the reach of.

The helmet crowns usually had limited functionality, allowing the wearers to cast finger of death (thirteen charges) and flesh to stone (five charges) spells once a day each. Additionally, these helmets glowed with dim orange light.

Creation
Copies and variants of Beholder Crowns could be created by experienced magical item crafters with the use of the same spells that were imbued into these crowns.

History
Beholder Crowns were in high demand by many of eccentric beholder worshiping cults. Sages believed that these malicious eye tyrants made their servants craft Beholder Crowns to reward their most valuable minions and slaves. However some thought this to be nothing but a rumor.

In 1373 DR, one of the Beholder Crowns belonged to an elder orb that dwelt in the sewers underneath Zhentil Keep and attempted to take over the city's Thieves' Guild but was slain by the Hero of Daggerford.

Another crown with only seven gems could be found in Askilion's Tower in Oreme, Anauroch in the late 14 century DR.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Anauroch: The Empire of Shade
 * Video Games
 * Neverwinter Nights series (Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide &bull; Neverwinter Nights 2 &bull; Neverwinter Nights: Tyrants of the Moonsea)