Death Ray

The Death Ray is one of twelve different magical energy eye ray capabilities that are created and used by Beholders and other similar aberrations. It is a common and frequently projected attack ray released by most types of beholders encountered during adventuring.
It is similar to the 5th level priest spell Slay Living in that if the hit is successful and the target fails its save roll, the target creature is instantly killed. However, it doesn't have the additional automatic 2d6+9 Magical damage that is inflicted on a successful hit by the Slay Living spell nor does it bypass magic resistance. The eye ray has a ranged touch of 40 feet while the Slay Living spell has a touch range of 1 foot. 
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