![]() Want to bring back dead models? You can do that. Want to teleport around the table? You can do that. The Thousand Sons have a ton of Psychic Powers to choose from, and that gives them an insane amount of versatility. In 9th edition they’ve come into their own as an army, relying less on soup builds with other Chaos Space Marine legions and acting more as a standalone force of muscle wizards, though soup with Chaos Daemons has recently helped re-elevate them in the competitive conversation.Īs with any strategy document, this article represents a specific time and place. Since their release as a full army in 7th edition, Thousand Sons have brought a powerful psychic force to the battlefields of the 41st millennium. Their forces are led by sorcerers and primarily composed of Rubricae, the animated suits of armor that once held their less-gifted brothers before they were transformed to dust by the Rubric of Ahriman. The Thousand Sons are a legion of the dreaded Chaos Space Marines, but a legion that specializes in sorcery and the use of arcane relics in their warfare. Be wary of the Warpcraft Secondary Objectives.Create a plan for tracking psychic powers used in-game.Think about what your casters will be doing as you build your list.It is even possible to flatter Octavius if the beholder is in a rare good mood. Octavius is marginally more reasonable than many beholders, and can be bribed with offerings of magical items or gourmet (by beholder standards) food. When facing multiple foes, Octavius attempts to disable spellcasters and other ranged combatants with its various afflicting rays, and then shrink melee fighters into ineffectiveness. When facing a solitary creature, Octavius will attempt to use its Size Change ray to shrink the creature down to small size, and then either sic it bodyguards on it, or zap it with its Seeking Ray attack. It will, at bare minimum, be accompanied by some type of undead bodyguards, who may or may not be benefiting from a previously-cast instance of his Size Change ray. What specific powers this ring has are at the discretion of the DM, and should take into account the level of the party facing Octavius, but they should generally involve Octavius possessing the ability to animate corpses or otherwise summon undead allies. It is a great mystery how the beholder managed to fit this ring-clearly intended for a humanoid finger-onto one of its eyestalks. This simple black stone ring is imbued with magical energies that allow Octavius to command the undead. Ring of the Dead: Octavius possesses a powerful artifact informally known as The Ring of The Dead. This is a full-round action, but otherwise functions as a normal ray. Size Change: Up to five times per day, Octavius may target a creature and attempt to change its size, either up or down one size category, but not below Small or above Huge. Slow is replaced by a ray that is functionally identical to that of the spell Seeking Ray, as used by a 13th level caster. ![]() Octavius is as a Beholder described in the 3.5e Monster Manual, except for the following changes:įear is replaced with Size Change (described below). ![]() It is rather fat by beholder standards, and whether this is the result of its constant feasting or a residual effect of its size change rays is hard to say. ![]() Octavius is green, bright on its right side, and gradually fading to darker green, and almost black on its left. Octavius has no friends or allies (only subjects), but it does hold a deeply begrudging respect for a small handful of creatures, among them the legendary knight Simon the Vagabond, who Octavius fought to a standstill during their sole battle. Octavius is ferocious to other beholders (as is common), and the area around its lair is long devoid of any but itself. Octavius prefers to think of itself as a feudal lord, and its powers (see below) often allow it to live out this fantasy. The being that currently styles itself as Octavius (its name in its native tongue long lost to anyone but the beholder itself) is a beholder of unusual self-importance, even by its own race's standards. While spacing out in math class today I doodled a picture of a Beholder (it's not very good, though I may still post it at some point just for kicks), and have opted to assign a personality to this villain and have described him below. ![]()
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