“I am handsome at exactly three angles and deadly from everywhere else. I am writing you from inside a body that used to be yours. Which is to say, I am writing as a son. If we are lucky, the end of the sentence is where we might begin. If we are lucky, something is passed on…”
i. the monster’s body is a cultural body – The monster is a work of fiction to be analyzed through tools of literary and sociological theory.
ii. the monster always escapes – As long as the cultural fear from which the monster stems persists, the monster will reappear in retellings, reimaginings, and sequels.
iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis – Monsters defy binaries and challenge easy comprehension or categorization.
iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference – The monster represents the Other.
v. the monster polices the borders of the possible – Tales of the monster exist to discourage unacceptable or taboo behaviors.
vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire – Subjects can vicariously participate in the disruption of the social order through the monster.
vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming – Within the monster we find information about the self.
Item: Gloves of Eyes, gloves with eyes harvested from dead Beholders; in addition to being able to see out of them, each glove also allows the wearer to use one Beholder eyestalk ability (to be decided at random the first time the Glove is seen in use)
Charm
Paralyze
Fear
Slow
Enervation
Telekinetic Hold
Sleep
Petrification
Disintegration
Death
HOWEVER with every usage the wearer must roll a Sanity Save against slipping into Beholder-esque paranoia and self-superiority.
