Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Beholder not Spectator

I can accept that this is some sort of strange subspecies of spectator or beholder. But if that is what they are doing, then don't call it a spectator. That's the main problem I have right now with the monsters they're using. If you call it a spectator, but it doesn't act like a spectator, and it has all sorts of abilities that don't match The spectator, then you are throwing players off. All they have to do is give it some new name and even some new lore, and that would be acceptable.

This is why I have a problem with most of the monsters in the game. If an intellect devourer is not going to act like one, then call it something else. Give it a name like Istarilgar, or whatever, and give it new lore. Something like, "lesser cousins of the intellect devourer, these creatures look very similar, but mind flayers mainly breed them to feed upon them as delicacies. They also act as grunt troops in the latest mind flayer ranks."

Then, for The spectator, call it something like, "Basilisk Spectator," with a lore that says something like, "Mutant Spectators bred by Drow from Grymforge some 120 years prior, this aggressive version of the spectator can both petrify and release victims from petrification, instantly charming them and turning them into its minions. This spectator broke free of its captivity during an incident with Selunites."

That would be acceptable. Current is not. And again, it is acceptable only if not every creature in the game is some weird, off the wall, crazy Homebrew monster. There should be Homebrew monsters mingled with normal ones.