Common Basalisk (BASS-a-liss-K)

A basilisk is a multi-legged, reptilian creature whose deadly gaze transforms victims into porous stone. With its strong jaws, the creature consumes this stone, which returns to organic form in its gullet. Travelers sometimes find objects that look like pieces of remarkably lifelike stone carvings of wildlife. Missing parts appear to have been bitten off. Seasoned explorers regard such relics as warnings, knowing that the basilisk that created them is likely to be nearby.

Basic Information

Ecology and Habitats

Basilisks thrive in arid, temperate, or tropical climates. They lair in caves or other sheltered sites. Most often, basilisks are encountered underground.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Basilisks are typically solitary and territorial hunters, unwilling to share their hunting grounds with even their own offspring after just a few weeks from their hatching.
However, these creatures are willing to co-habitate for short times during the warmest and wettest months, when they are known to mate.

Domestication

A basilisk born and raised in captivity can be domesticated and trained. Such a trained basilisk knows how to avoid meeting the eyes of those its master wishes to protect from its gaze, but it makes a daunting guardian beast. Because of this use, basilisk eggs are highly prized.

Uses, Products & Exploitation

Some alchemists are said to know how to process the basilisk’s gullet and the fluids contained within. Properly handled, the gullet produces an oil that can return petrified creatures to flesh and life. Unfortunately for such a victim, any parts lost in stone form remain absent if the creature revives. Revivification using the oil is impossible if a vital part of the petrified creature, such as its head, is detached.

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Lifespan

30 to 40 years

Average Height

3ft at shoulder

Average Weight

200lbs

Average Length

6 to 8ft