[quote=@Caldizar]
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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*
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*Reaches toward the air, but glances at my hand when nothing happens*
That did something.