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[–] mogoh@lemmy.ml 70 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Someone please explain the joke.

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 111 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Xanathar has a beloved pet goldfish he seems to treasure beyond all reason. Stealing it would be a very bad idea

[–] virku@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

No idea who the character is or what setting they are from, but it was kind of logical that it was their pet or familiar or something.

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Xanathar is a beholder crime lord in Waterdeep/forgotten realms.

[–] dbx12@programming.dev 18 points 2 years ago

TIL Xanathar is an in-universe character and not the nickname of a real life DnD book author.

[–] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

HEY! is that the beholder from baulders gate dark alliance on the PlayStation?

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that game is older than Xanathar's book.

This is from the plot on Wikipedia from the video game though

After navigating a gauntlet of traps they face and kill Karne, and then find the guild master, the beholder Xantam

[–] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Dang, that's a close name.

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Setting: Dungeons and Dragons. 5th edition for sure, probably older.

Character: Xanathar is a Beholder, think Mike from Monsters Inc, with ten tentacles in place of arms and legs. Each arm ends with an eye.

Every beholder is an incredibly potent and lethal spell caster. And also incredibly wary of others. Mostly because how they reproduce is that they're magical enough to make things they dream real subconsciously, and that includes new rival beholders.

[–] virku@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the comprehensive reply! I haven't played D&D since 3.5. Played all versions before it so I've encountered beholders before. It was even on the cover of one of the core books in one of the versions I think. Or at least we had a much used book with it on. My friend group never played pre-made adventures/settings, only did home brew content so I never got to know much og the characters that appear in memes and such.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 0 points 2 years ago

Beholders cast spells? I thought they just had eye beams.

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 31 points 2 years ago

It's the equivalent of stealing Daisy, Doom guy's rabbit, you just don't

[–] Aurangutan@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 2 years ago

Basically a John Wick and his dog situation. If you mess with the goldfish You Done Fucked Up