The Laughing Beholder, also known as the Happy Beholder, was a tavern on the Rock of Bral owned and managed by the famous beholder Large Luigi in the mid-to-late 14th DR.[3][1][4][5]
Location[]
The tavern stood in the Low City part of Bral,[2] near the Docks. It lay in the heart of a wedge-shaped block of buildings neighboring Shou-town, defined by Dock Street, Dragon Street, and Eel Street. It stood behind the Griffon Company headquarters.[7]
Description[]
Polly want a drink? Commodore Krux with Luigi's pet parrot.
It was a small yet flourishing establishment.[1][5] Luigi kept a green parrot in the bar to bring good cheer to patrons.[8]
Defenses[]
Thanks to Large Luigi's great magical powers,[1] namely charm person, charm monster, and sleep,[3][4] trouble in the Laughing Beholder was stopped almost as soon as it started.[1] In any case, thugs and thieves rarely started something here.[1][5]
Services[]
Thanks to the beholder's many eyes, Large Luigi hardly ever missed an order.[6] He used his telekinesis eye ray to mix his drinks[3] and to deliver them through the air direct to a patron.[6]
History[]
Large Luigi bought the bar some time after he arrived on the Rock of Bral, having hitched a ride on a human tradesman from H'Catha after he achieved enlightenment and had to flee his fellow beholders.[3][4]
The giff Commodore Krux of the Second Wind met a group of adventurers in the Happy Beholder to recruit them to fight against the astral elves of the Xaryxian Empire.[8]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Light of Xaryxis (mentioned only)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Richard Baker (1992). Rock of Bral. (TSR, Inc), p. 78. ISBN 1-56076-345-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Richard Baker (1992). Rock of Bral. (TSR, Inc), p. 65. ISBN 1-56076-345-0.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Jeff Grubb (August 1989). “Lorebook of the Void”. Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space (TSR, Inc.), p. 70. ISBN 0-88038-762-9.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Dale "slade" Henson (April 1991). Realmspace. Edited by Gary L. Thomas, Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc), p. 49. ISBN 1-56076-052-4.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Christopher Perkins, Jeremy Crawford, Ari Levitch (August 2022). “Astral Adventurer's Guide”. In Judy Bauer, Kim Mohan eds. Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (Wizards of the Coast), p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7869-6816-9.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Richard Baker (1992). Rock of Bral. (TSR, Inc), p. 4. ISBN 1-56076-345-0.
- ↑ Map included in Richard Baker (1992). Rock of Bral. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 1-56076-345-0.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Christopher Perkins, et al. (August 2022). “Light of Xaryxis”. In Judy Bauer, Kim Mohan eds. Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (Wizards of the Coast), p. 22. ISBN 978-0-7869-6816-9.