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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year 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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Dang, that's a close name.