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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 4276387" data-attributes="member: 48965">Really, just really...ok let's test this out.4e description of Basilisk: Basilisks are predatory reptiles that hunt with a deadly gaze attack.  They are not malicious creatures, but their gaze makes them widely feared.3e description of a Basilisk: A basilisk is a reptilian monster that petrifies living creatures with a mere gaze.  Surviving a fight with a basilisk requires either careful preparation or considerable good fortune.     Basilisks are found in nearly every climate, and often in underground areas as well.  They tend to lair in shallow burrows, caves or other sheltered areas.  The entrance to a basilisks lair is sometimes distinguished by lifelike stone statues or carvings, which are actually creatures that ran afoul of the creatures gaze.  Basilisks are omnivorous and able to consume their petrified victims.  They make effective guardians, if one has the magical or monetary resources to capture and contain them.     A basilisk usually has a dull brown body with a yellowish underbelly.  Some specimens sport a short, curved horn atop the nose.  An adult basilisks body grows to about 6 feet long, not including it's tail which can reach an additional length of 5 to 7 feet.  The creature weighs about 300 pounds.I don't think it's nostalgia, faulty memory or unreasonable expectations.  The description in 3.5 is brimming with inspiration for adventures with a basilisk, the 4e one is just flat.</blockquote>

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