Beholder Crown

Ten metal stalks sprout from this grotesquely formed bronze crown. At the tip of each stalk, a different gem gazes like a glistening eye.

These strange crowns can shoot rays from eyelike gems, much like the attacks of their namesake. Each gem can fire a different ray a single time at a target (doing this burns out the gem). Each ray extends up to 30 feet and requires a ranged touch attack to successfully strike a target. Each ray functions as a particular spell (though the ray only affects a single target):

• charm monster (Will DC 17 negates)
• charm person (Will DC 17 negates)
• deep slumber (Will DC 17 negates)
• disintegrate (Fort DC 17 partial)
• fear (Will DC 17 partial)
• finger of death (Fort DC 17 partial)
• flesh to stone (Fort DC 17 negates)
• inflict moderate wounds (Will DC 17 half)
• slow (Will DC 17 negates)
• telekinesis (violent thrust against a target of up to 325 pounds; Will DC 17 negates)

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, charm monster, charm person, deep slumber, disintegrate, fear, finger of death, flesh to stone, inflict moderate wounds, slow, telekinesis.

Cost to Create: 10,000 gp, 800 XP, 20 days.

Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 73.