Several monsters have "gaze attacks", which enables them to attack by glaring at you. You can protect yourself from these by blinding yourself in advance. Additionally, a blind or cancelled monster cannot successfully use a gaze attack. Blinding yourself is more reliable, however. A monster's gaze is also rendered impotent if it is invisible, provided the victim cannot see invisible.

The following monsters have gaze attacks:

• Floating eye (passive paralyzing gaze)
• Pyrolisk (fiery gaze that burns objects in your inventory)
• Archon (radiant gaze that blinds and stuns you)
• Umber hulk (confusing gaze)
• Medusa (petrifying gaze)
• Baalzebub (stunning gaze)

SLASH'EMEdit

The following new SLASH'EM monsters have gaze attacks:

• Glowing eye (same as Archon)
• Bloodshot eye (same as Baalzebub)
• Blinking eye (blinking gaze that teleports you)
• Catoblepas (fatal gaze)
• Planetar (same as Archon)
• Solar (same as Archon)
• Water hulk (same as umber hulk)
• Chasme (sleep-inducing gaze)
• Babau (poisonous gaze)
• Cthulhu (same as umber hulk)
• Rhaumbusun (active paralyzing gaze)
• Beholder (same as catoblepas, Baalzebub, umber hulk, and chasme; also has a gaze that deals direct damage)