Tyrant Ship (Spelljammer Supplement)
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Tyrant Ship[edit]
Built By: Arcane
Used Primarily By: Beholders
Cost: 46,000 gp
Hit Points: 150
Damage Threshold: 25
Crew: 15/23
Max ability modifier: +3
Landing—Land: No
Landing—Water: No
Armor Class: 20
Standard Armament:
- Special
Cargo(tons): 11
Keel Length: 100' (Varies)
Beam Width: 100' (Varies)
Description[edit]
The designs of Tyrant Ships are as different from each other as one beholder is from another. Some may appear wrinkled like a walnut, as huge disembodied eyeballs, a series of globes supported by tentacles, or even just as a massive beholder. The crew of a Tyrant Ship always includes at least one hive mother and one orbus, without whom the ship would not function, though a number of regular beholders and additional orbi are usually present as well.
Special Weaponry[edit]
While beholder ships may lack conventional weaponry, this does not make them any less dangerous. This apparent shortcoming is more than made up for by what the ship does have: lots of beholders in one place. While on board a Tyrant Ship, a circuit of beholders consisting of a hive queen, orbus, and a common beholder may each use their action to create a beam of energy 1,000 ft long and 50 ft wide. This beam mimics any of a beholder's normal eye beams and affects all within the space of the beam.