Monsters / Basilisk
Basilisk
CR 5 - 1,600 XP - N Medium Magical Beast
Stat block
AC17 (touch 9, flat-footed 17)HP52 (7d10+14)SavesFort +9, Ref +4, Will +5Meleebite +10 (1d8+4)Speed20 ft.AbilitiesStr 16, Dex 8, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 11BAB / CMB / CMD+7 / +10 / 19Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +10Environmentany
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (5 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
pack-hunter (from lore)
Basilisks live in nearly any terrestrial environment, from forest to desert, and their hides tend to match and reflect their surroundings-a desert-dwelling basilisk mi...
Basilisks live in nearly any terrestrial environment, from forest to desert, and their hides tend to match and reflect their surroundings-a desert-dwelling basilisk mi...
ambush (from lore)
When not lying in wait for the small mammals, birds, and reptiles that normally make up their diet, basilisks spend their time sleeping in their lairs, and those brave...
When not lying in wait for the small mammals, birds, and reptiles that normally make up their diet, basilisks spend their time sleeping in their lairs, and those brave...
stalk (from lore)
As a result, basilisks rarely stalk prey or chase those who avoid their gaze, counting on their stealth and the element of surprise to keep them safe and fed.
As a result, basilisks rarely stalk prey or chase those who avoid their gaze, counting on their stealth and the element of surprise to keep them safe and fed.
bruiser (from abilities)
abilities: Str 16 over Dex 8 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
abilities: Str 16 over Dex 8 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +10 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +10 - hunts where prey is blind
On-hit riders and breath
gaze
From the entry
Turn to stone permanently (as flesh to stone), range 30 feet, Fortitude DC 15 negates. A creature petrified in this matter that is then coated (not just splashed) with fresh basilisk blood (taken from a basilisk no more than 1 hour dead) is instantly restored to flesh. A single basilisk contains enough blood to coat 1d3 Medium creatures in this manner. The save DC is Constitution-based.
The basilisk, often called the "King of Serpents," is in fact not a serpent at all, but rather an eight-legged 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 eggs laid by snakes and incubated by roosters, but little in the basilisk's physiology lends any credence to this claim.
Basilisks live in nearly any terrestrial environment, from forest to desert, and their hides tend to mat...