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Basilisk, Lesser - XP Value: 1,400

General
Creature Type	Magical Beast
Creature Subtype(s)
Climate/Terrain	Any Land
Frequency	Uncommon
Organization	Solitary
Activity Cycle	Day
Diet	Carnivore
Intelligence	Animal (1)
Treasure	F
Alignment	Unaligned
Number Appearing	1d4
Size	Medium (7' long)

Combat
Armor Class (AC)	4/16
Movement	6
Hit Dice	6+1 6d8+1
THAC0/BaB	15/+5
Number of Attacks	1
Damage per Attack	1d10
Special Attacks	Gaze turns to stone
Special Defenses	Nil
Magic Resistance	Nil
Psi Resistance	Nil
Initiative	+0

Description
These reptilian monsters all posses a gaze that enables them to turn any fleshy creature to stone; their gaze extends into the Astral and Ethereal planes. Although it has eight legs, its sluggish metabolism allows only a slow movement rate. A basilisk is usually dull brown in color, with a yellowish underbelly. Its eyes glow pale green. Combat: While it has strong, toothy jaws, the basilisk's major weapon is its gaze. However, if its gaze is reflected, and it sees its own eyes, it will become petrified itself, but this requires light at least equal to bright torchlight and a good, smooth reflector. In the Astral plane its gaze kills; in the Ethereal plane it turns victims into ethereal stone. These will only be seen by those in the Ethereal plane or who can see ethereal objects.

Description

These reptilian monsters all posses a gaze that enables them to turn any fleshy creature to stone; their gaze extends into the Astral and Ethereal planes.

Although it has eight legs, its sluggish metabolism allows only a slow movement rate. A basilisk is usually dull brown in color, with a yellowish underbelly. Its eyes glow pale green.

Combat: While it has strong, toothy jaws, the basilisk's major weapon is its gaze. However, if its gaze is reflected, and it sees its own eyes, it will become petrified itself, but this requires light at least equal to bright torchlight and a good, smooth reflector. In the Astral plane its gaze kills; in the Ethereal plane it turns victims into ethereal stone. These will only be seen by those in the Ethereal plane or who can see ethereal objects.