Shadowdark
A floating mass of rubbery skin crusted with barnacles. Its ten eyestalks writhe like snakes, and a deep, circular scar mars its central body, blinding what was once a large eye above a lipless maw. The Ten-Eyed Oracle stalks the Shadowdark, burbling mad prophesies and somehow moving freely between the lightless fathoms of the earth. The keepers of the deep lore suspect The Ten-Eyed Oracle was once a benevolent ally of mankind, but an unknown calamity drove it to insanity and reckless hatred.
— Shadowdark p.255
Terrifying. The art in Shadowdark is truly something else. I can’t even imagine seeing this thing just before my torch extinguishes…
Beholders and monsters alike have always been so much fun to run, so many options (so many eyes). In Shadowdark, they made sure to keep that essence and gave a different ability to one of its ten eyes. Another beautiful choice for a book cover.
Do you like horrific creatures like that? Would you have more fun defeating such “thing” or playing it?