
The claws carry a Type K poison (saving throws vs. These monsters are typically used to guard treasure.Ĭombat: The monster attacks by raising its upper body, striking with sharp claws, and biting with its toothy maw. The greater basilisk is a larger cousin of the more common reptilian horror, the ordinary basilisk. These will only be seen by those in the Ethereal plane or who can see ethereal objects.

In the Astral plane its gaze kills in the Ethereal plane it turns victims into ethereal stone. 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. Its eyes glow pale green.Ĭombat: While it has strong, toothy jaws, the basilisk’s major weapon is its gaze. A basilisk is usually dull brown in color, with a yellowish underbelly. BasiliskĪlthough it has eight legs, its sluggish metabolism allows only a slow movement rate. 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.
