"I spy with my little eye, something beginning with D." "Is it a dragon?" "You got it!" The Spectator sighs deeply. It's been dealing with Faerie Dragons every day for months. Lawful, devoted guardian meets freewheeling chaos engines. The door to the Flesh Vault is neon-colored. The Spectator's eye has makeup. Things have... evolved. Maybe they've become unexpected friends (duty doesn't demand misery, chaos has value), or one's gone missing and they're asking players for help, or they've merged into a Faerie Spectator hybrid with Euphoria/Dysphoria breath. What lunatic created it? Sometimes winning doesn't matter. Witnessing something unexpected and finding it matters does.
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The Lawful Neutral Meatball: Using Spectators in Your Game
Sometimes you need a terrifying aberration. Sometimes you just need a li’l guy. Spectators—Beholderkin with fewer eyestalks and a lot more personality—make for weirdly delightful guardians, comic relief, or existential sidequests. Here's how to use them.