Umbral Basilisk

There are a few reports of these creatures, but what we know is that Umbral basilisks are the hunters of the night that stalk the areas around Whitehaven.

Their scales mimic the night sky with the stars sprinkled all over that trick victims into staring into them. and resulting in being petrified by the basilisk.

Umbral basilisks just as their common brothers have the ability to digest stone, so even in the state of petrifaction they are not done with their victims.

Just because of those terrifying creatures, people learned to look at the stars only through telescopes and the biggest one is located in the isle of Vort, east of Laver Landing.

Umbral Basilisk - creature 5

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The basilisk is a reptile with a nasty disposition and the ability to turn creatures to stone with its gaze. Folklore holds that, much like the cockatrice, the first basilisks hatched from leathery eggs laid by snakes and incubated by roosters, but little in the basilisk's physiology lends any credence to this claim. A basilisk prefers to eat petrified flesh. Once a victim has been turned to stone, the basilisk crunches the fossilized corpse with its powerful jaws and lets its potent stomach acids do the rest. This digestive process is extremely slow and inefficient, causing the basilisk to move so lethargically that it appears as if in mid-petrification itself. This has even led to the saying “as slow as a well-fed basilisk.” Certainly, basilisks are well-known for their slow gait and slothful nature, but a predator that can turn its prey to stone with a glance hardly has much need for speed. An adult basilisk is 13 feet long from head to tail and weighs roughly 300 pounds. These reptiles make hissing sounds when moving about that turn to a guttural gurgle when they're agitated. Though they are normally solitary creatures that come together only to mate and lay eggs, there are periodic reports of regions being infested with unusual numbers of basilisks. What causes these unusual congregations of basilisk activity is a mystery. For unknown reasons, weasels and ferrets are immune to the basilisk's stare, and they sometimes sneak into basilisk lairs while a parent is hunting in order to consume eggs or freshly hatched young. Some legends suggest that a basilisk's blood can transmute common stones into other materials, but this is likely a case of witnesses misinterpreting the magical restoration of previously petrified creatures or body parts. Recall Knowledge - Beast (Arcana, Nature): DC 20 Unspecific Lore: DC 18 Specific Lore: DC 15
Perception	+11, darkvision
STR +4 , DEX -1 , CON +5 , INT -3 , WIS +2 , CHA +1
AC	22
Saving Throws	Fort +14, Ref +8, Will +11
HP	75 - Immunities petrified
Speed	20
Melee	Melee [one-action] jaws +15 [+10/+5], Damage 2d8+4 piercing
Special Abilities	Petrifying Glance [reaction] (arcane, aura, visual) Trigger A creature within 30 feet that the basilisk can see starts its turn; Effect The target must attempt a DC 20 Fortitude save. If it fails, it's slowed 1 for 1 minute as its body slowly stiffens.