[quote=@Fractured]
<Snipped quote by Caldizar>

*Scatters a handful of ball bearing and then slams my palm against the ground, creating three magic circles that quickly spring to life and then fade into the stone below*
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*My magic missile burns the beast's hide, rousing it from slumber in a whirl of snapping teeth and bulging eyes*

Ah, that seems to have riled it.

*I summon up a flame in my palm as the Beholder floats in the air above, when a cone of violet energy suddenly erupts from its central eye, nullifying all magical effects in the area*