![]() XAVIER: My dear doctor, I am closing in on the gods.Īt first, Xavier sees through simple things like cardboard and fabric and – in a party scene that no doubt featured heavily in the film’s trailer – women’s clothing. ![]() XAVIER: I’m blind to all but a tenth of the universe.īRANT: My dear friend, only the gods see everything. ![]() Both are searching for knowledge and new sensations, and in the film’s opening scene Xavier tells his colleague Dr Brant that humans see only 10% of the world around them, lamenting: There are certainly plenty of parallels between Xavier’s zeal and that of Faust, even if his experiment doesn’t involve a diabolical pact. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was subtitled ‘The Modern Prometheus’, after the Titan who took fire from the gods, while Christopher Marlowe’s retelling of the Faust legend has the full title The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus, emphasising the character’s role as a man of learning and science. The idea of scientists taking on the gods is an old one, perhaps the oldest, in science fiction. Whereas Wells’s hero, Griffin, effectively removes himself from the world while remaining ever-present, Xavier is given a god-like omniscience, and the ability to peer into men’s souls, or – more precisely – their wallets. Wells’s The Invisible Man (itself a contemporary reworking of Plato’s ‘Ring of Gyges’), but with the concept more or less reversed. It’s a simple enough premise, a riff on H.G. Milland plays Dr James Xavier (hence the “X”), the inventor of a serum which, when dripped directly into his eyes, grants him the gift of x-ray vision. While their first film was a highly strung gothic melodrama, here we’re offered a slice of sci-fi schlock, complete with its very own “mad scientist” – but more about that in a moment. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes was the second collaboration between low-budget movie maestro Roger Corman and Welsh actor Ray Milland, following 1962’s The Premature Burial. It is our intent to work within this license in good faith.❉ The second collaboration between low-budget movie maestro Roger Corman and Ray Milland. If you see any page that contains SRD material and does not show this license statement, please contact an admin so that this license statement can be added. To distinguish it, these items will have this notice. It is covered by the Open Game License v1.0a, rather than the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3. This is part of the 3e System Reference Document. Open Game Content ( place problems on the discussion page). Please discuss possible problems on the talk page. This page is protected from editing because it is an integral part of D&D Wiki. Using the ring is physically exhausting, causing the wearer 1 point of temporary Constitution damage per minute after the first 10 minutes of use in a single day.Ĭaster Level: 6 Prerequisites: Forge Ring, true seeingīack to Main Page → 3e Open Game Content → System Reference Document → Magic Items Secret compartments, drawers, recesses, and doors are 90% likely to be located by X-ray vision scanning. Its possible to scan an area of up to 100 square feet during 1 round. It can see through up to 10 feet of stone or some metals. X-ray vision can penetrate 20 feet of cloth, wood, or similar animal or vegetable material. Vision range is 20 feet, with the viewer seeing as if he or she were looking at something in normal light even if there is no illumination. On command, this ring gives its possessor the ability to see into and through solid matter. This material is published under the OGL 1.0a.
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