Someone please explain the joke.
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Xanathar has a beloved pet goldfish he seems to treasure beyond all reason. Stealing it would be a very bad idea
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.
Xanathar is a beholder crime lord in Waterdeep/forgotten realms.
TIL Xanathar is an in-universe character and not the nickname of a real life DnD book author.
HEY! is that the beholder from baulders gate dark alliance on the PlayStation?
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
Dang, that's a close name.
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.
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.
Beholders cast spells? I thought they just had eye beams.
Xanawho?
It's the equivalent of stealing Daisy, Doom guy's rabbit, you just don't
Basically a John Wick and his dog situation. If you mess with the goldfish You Done Fucked Up
Not that it matters, since the Xanathar's subordinates will just replace Slygar.
Just like my parents when I was a kid...
Damn, having your parents replaced must have been rough.
Ah the old reddit switcheroo. Wait, where am i again?
I propose calling it a Lemmy Leap.
Lemmy Leaparoony?
Light-year Lemmy?
(cringe) LeLemLeap?
Lemmaroo Leaparoo?
LegoMyLemmo?
Alright I'm done.
Depends on the parents I would wager...:-D
I ran a quest where my players had to go acquire the next Slygar. They discovered their home colony in a cave where speak with animals is always in effect, and they ended up being judges in a goldfish talent contest to decide who got to go live the good life with Xanathar.