Basilisk
Creature 5 — beast
SnareLANDbeast
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 ac
Source: pathfinder-monster-core
Perception +11; darkvision
Skills athletics +13, stealth +8
Str
+4
Dex
-1
Con
+5
Int
-3
Wis
+2
Cha
+1
AC 22
Fort +14
Ref +8
Will +11
HP 75
Immunities petrified
Speed 20 feet
Offense
Melee Jaws (unarmed) +15, Damage 2d8+4 piercing
Abilities
Petrifying Glance (arcane, aura, visual) — 30 feet.
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.
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.
Petrifying Gaze (arcane, concentrate, incapacitation, visual) — The basilisk stares at a creature it can see within 30 feet. That creature must attempt a DC 22 Fortitude save. If it fails and has not already been slowed by Petrifying Glance or this ability, it becomes Slowed 1. If the creature was already slowed by this ability or Petrifying Glance, a failed save causes the creature to be Petrified permanently.
A creature petrified in this manner that is coated (not just splashed) with fresh basilisk blood no more than 1 hour old is instantly restored to flesh. A single basilisk contains enough blood to coat Medium creatures in this manner.
A creature petrified in this manner that is coated (not just splashed) with fresh basilisk blood no more than 1 hour old is instantly restored to flesh. A single basilisk contains enough blood to coat Medium creatures in this manner.
WORKS WELL WITH
AnvilLANDA durable frontline keeps the party engaged within gaze range each round while it soaks melee attention.
CrasherLANDA burst melee attacker finishes off a target already Slowed or petrifying from the gaze.
WeaverLANDA caster's Will-save pressure stacks with the basilisk's Fortitude pressure, spreading the saves the party must defend.
PUNISHES
✖ low Fort✖ standing still✖ melee reliance
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