gastrolith
A gastrolith is a small rock kept in the digestive tract of an animal to aid in digestion.
In the case of a basilisk, the gastrolith is a hard nodule of flesh, partly stone itself, but living. It converts stone the basilisk swallows back into the flesh it was originally composed of so the basilisk can digest it for nourishment.
A basilisk usually has 1d4 gastroliths in its tract (more in the case of extremely large or old specimens). These can be removed from a basilisk corpse with sufficient skill.
Once removed, the gastrolith will start to decay over the course of the following 3 days, at which point it is too rotten to function (unless it is somehow preserved).
A basilisk gastrolith may be used up to three times to un-petrify a creature.
An exhausted gastrolith is a curiosity. DnDBeyond link
A basilisk usually has 1d4 gastroliths in its tract (more in the case of extremely large or old specimens). These can be removed from a basilisk corpse with sufficient skill.
Once removed, the gastrolith will start to decay over the course of the following 3 days, at which point it is too rotten to function (unless it is somehow preserved).
A basilisk gastrolith may be used up to three times to un-petrify a creature.
An exhausted gastrolith is a curiosity. DnDBeyond link
Leucis cast Gentle Repose on the gastrolith the party carries on 5th of Longharvest. This means it is preserved until 15th of Longharvest, after which it will start to decompose unless the spell is cast again.
Item type
Consumable, Magical
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