{"podcast":{"title":"D&D Legends and Lore","slug":"d-d-legends-and-lore-7024890","podcast_index_feed_id":7024890,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/dndlegendsandlore","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/afcc6c70-753b-11ef-9c89-a37061face98/image/0d2a6502ddcf5cccd3e6d1cb0cf06113.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"William Stark & Omar Timsah","episode_count":48,"summary":"Hi, we are D&D Legends and Lore, the series that presents narrative driven, zoomed-in perspectives on stories that D&D’s decades of lore has to offer. Join us as we venture from the deepest pit of the Nine Hells to the enchanted forest of Arvandor telling tales both wondrous and terrible.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T20:19:19.249865+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/d-d-legends-and-lore-7024890"},"episode":{"title":"The Lore of Beholders | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 35","slug":"the-lore-of-beholders-d-d-legends-and-lore-episode-35","published_at":"2026-02-23T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/d-d-legends-and-lore-7024890/the-lore-of-beholders-d-d-legends-and-lore-episode-35","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/d-d-legends-and-lore-7024890","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/495/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP3060132633.mp3?updated=1771270756","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/495/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP3060132633.mp3?updated=1771270756","summary":"Know thy enemy is a basic tenant of strategists and adventurers alike. And any who wish to survive the world of dungeons and dragons ought to follow such proven advice. For in a world wrought with monsters both ancient and powerful, knowledge can be the key to survival. Knowing how a creature thinks, understanding its motivations, fears, and weaknesses can be the difference between life and death for an adventurer. Perhaps that is what makes the Beholder so deadly and terrifying.Few things in the multiverse are as hyper-intelligent, megalomaniacal, sociopathic, and abjectly insane as a Beholder. Its mind is an enigma, its foresight is unparalleled, its paranoia is boundless, its desire for domination over all other things at all costs. Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We are also on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get your copy of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Starseekers' Guide to Draken Star⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Know thy enemy is a basic tenant of strategists and adventurers alike. And any who wish to survive the world of dungeons and dragons ought to follow such…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2506,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/d-d-legends-and-lore-7024890/episodes/the-lore-of-beholders-d-d-legends-and-lore-episode-35/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/d-d-legends-and-lore-7024890/the-lore-of-beholders-d-d-legends-and-lore-episode-35.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}