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<blockquote data-quote="Casimir Liber" data-source="post: 8534947" data-attributes="member: 6947639">Right...the description as its stands is this....The boalisk is a large serpentine horror with a gaze as hazardous as its near-namesake, the basilisk.&nbsp; Up to 25 feet long, it resembles a gigantic constrictor snake with sombre-colored scales of green, brown and grey, and striking luminous yellow eyes. Unknowing adventurers have sometimes mistaken this beast for a basilisk, leading to a not uncommonly held belief that basilisks are snakelike in appearance. The boalisk's gaze afflicts victims with a rotting condition rather than petrification, which enables it to feed upon animals too large for it to kill in direct confrontation. After biting prey, the boalisk stalks them until they succumb to the rot, and eats their easily-digestible remains. Unlike basilisks, boalisks have a brille (clear membrane) over their eyes that prevents them being affected by their own gaze. This body part is valued by wizards and alchemists as it can be used to make eye cusps that prevent gaze attacks from affecting the wearer.The boalisk inhabits dismal swamps and jungles, generally in warmer climates. Its origin is unknown, but thought to be from similar processes or dark magic that created the basilisk.(Boalisks first appeared in 1st edition Monster Manual II in 1983)(By the way, have been using the buffed troglodyte leaders on multiple encounters in my campagin - players were surprised by the range of the warchief's warstench)PS: you left a stray closing bracket on the volcano pig....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Casimir Liber, post: 8534947, member: 6947639"] Right...the description as its stands is this.... The boalisk is a large serpentine horror with a gaze as hazardous as its near-namesake, the basilisk. Up to 25 feet long, it resembles a gigantic constrictor snake with sombre-colored scales of green, brown and grey, and striking luminous yellow eyes. Unknowing adventurers have sometimes mistaken this beast for a basilisk, leading to a not uncommonly held belief that basilisks are snakelike in appearance. The boalisk's gaze afflicts victims with a rotting condition rather than petrification, which enables it to feed upon animals too large for it to kill in direct confrontation. After biting prey, the boalisk stalks them until they succumb to the rot, and eats their easily-digestible remains. Unlike basilisks, boalisks have a brille (clear membrane) over their eyes that prevents them being affected by their own gaze. This body part is valued by wizards and alchemists as it can be used to make eye cusps that prevent gaze attacks from affecting the wearer. The boalisk inhabits dismal swamps and jungles, generally in warmer climates. Its origin is unknown, but thought to be from similar processes or dark magic that created the basilisk. (Boalisks first appeared in 1st edition Monster Manual II in 1983) (By the way, have been using the buffed troglodyte leaders on multiple encounters in my campagin - players were surprised by the range of the warchief's warstench) PS: you left a stray closing bracket on the volcano pig.... [/QUOTE]

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