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Bestiary
Monsters
Aarakocra
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 12
Acolyte
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 10
Air Elemental
Elemental
CR 5
AC 15
Allosaurus
Beast
CR 2
AC 13
Animated Armor
Construct
CR 1
AC 18
Ankheg
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 14
Ankylosaurus
Beast
CR 3
AC 15
Ape
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 12
Awakened Shrub
Plant
CR 0
AC 9
Awakened Tree
Plant
CR 2
AC 13
Axe Beak
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 11
Azer
Elemental
CR 2
AC 17
Baboon
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Badger
Beast
CR 1
AC 10
Bandit
Humanoid
CR 0.125
AC 12
Bandit Captain
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 15
Banshee
Undead
CR 4
AC 12
Barbed Devil
Fiend
CR 5
AC 15
Barlgura
Fiend
CR 5
AC 15
Basilisk
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 15
Bat
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Bearded Devil
Fiend
CR 3
AC 13
Berserker
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 13
Black Bear
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 11
Black Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 2
AC 17
Black Pudding
Ooze
CR 4
AC 7
Blink Dog
Fey
CR 0.25
AC 13
Blood Hawk
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 12
Blue Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 3
AC 17
Blue Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 2
AC 15
Boar
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 11
Bone Naga
Undead
CR 4
AC 15
Brass Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 1
AC 16
Bronze Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 2
AC 17
Brown Bear
Beast
CR 1
AC 11
Bugbear
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 16
Bugbear Chief
Humanoid
CR 3
AC 17
Bulette
Monstrosity
CR 5
AC 17
Bullywug
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 15
Cambion
Fiend
CR 5
AC 19
Camel
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 9
Carrion Crawler
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 13
Cat
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Centaur
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 12
Chuul
Abberation
CR 4
AC 16
Cockatrice
Monstrosity
CR 0.5
AC 11
Commoner
Humanoid
CR 0
AC 10
Constrictor Snake
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 12
Copper Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 1
AC 16
Couatl
Celestial
CR 4
AC 19
Crab
Beast
CR 0
AC 11
Crawling Claw
Undead
CR 0
AC 12
Crocodile
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 12
Cult Fanatic
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 13
Cultist
Humanoid
CR 0.125
AC 12
Darkmantle
Monstrosity
CR 0.5
AC 11
Death Dog
Monstrosity
CR 1
AC 12
Deep Gnome(Svirfneblin)
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 15
Deer
Beast
CR 0
AC 13
Dire Wolf
Beast
CR 1
AC 14
Displacer Beast
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 13
Doppelganger
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 14
Draft Horse
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 10
Dretch
Fiend
CR 0.25
AC 11
Drow
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 15
Drow Elite Warrior
Humanoid
CR 5
AC 18
Druid
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 11
Dryad
Fey
CR 1
AC 11
Duergar
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 16
Duodrone
Construct
CR 0.25
AC 15
Dust Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.5
AC 12
Eagle
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Earth Elemental
Elemental
CR 5
AC 17
Elephant
Beast
CR 4
AC 12
Elk
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 10
Ettercap
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 13
Ettin
Giant
CR 4
AC 12
Fire Elemental
Elemental
CR 5
AC 13
Fire Snake
Elemental
CR 1
AC 14
Flameskull
Undead
CR 4
AC 13
Flesh Golem
Construct
CR 5
AC 9
Flumph
Abberation
CR 0.125
AC 12
Flying Snake
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 14
Flying Sword
Construct
CR 0.25
AC 17
Frog
Beast
CR 0
AC 11
Gargoyle
Elemental
CR 2
AC 15
Gas Spore
Plant
CR 0.5
AC 5
Gelatinous Cube
Ooze
CR 2
AC 6
Ghast
Undead
CR 2
AC 13
Ghost
Undead
CR 4
AC 11
Ghoul
Undead
CR 1
AC 12
Giant Badger
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 10
Giant Bat
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 13
Giant Boar
Beast
CR 2
AC 12
Giant Centipede
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 13
Giant Constrictor Snake
Beast
CR 2
AC 12
Giant Crab
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 15
Giant Crocodile
Beast
CR 5
AC 14
Giant Elk
Beast
CR 2
AC 14
Giant Fire Beetle
Beast
CR 0
AC 13
Giant Frog
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 11
Giant Goat
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 11
Giant Hyena
Beast
CR 1
AC 12
Giant Lizard
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 12
Giant Octopus
Beast
CR 1
AC 11
Giant Owl
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 12
Giant Poisonous Snake
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 14
Giant Rat
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 12
Giant Scorpion
Beast
CR 3
AC 15
Giant Sea Horse
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 13
Giant Shark
Beast
CR 5
AC 13
Giant Spider
Beast
CR 1
AC 14
Giant Toad
Beast
CR 1
AC 11
Giant Vulture
Beast
CR 1
AC 10
Giant Wasp
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 12
Giant Weasel
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 13
Giant Wolf Spider
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 13
GiantEagle
Beast
CR 1
AC 13
Gibbering Mouther
Abberation
CR 2
AC 9
Githyanki Warrior
Humanoid
CR 3
AC 17
Githzerai Monk
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 14
Gladiator
Humanoid
CR 5
AC 16
Gnoll
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 15
Gnoll Fang of Yeenoghu
Humanoid
CR 4
AC 14
Gnoll Pack Lord
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 15
Goat
Beast
CR 0
AC 10
Goblin
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 15
Goblin Boss
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 17
Gold Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 3
AC 17
Gorgon
Monstrosity
CR 5
AC 19
Gray Ooze
Ooze
CR 0.5
AC 8
Green Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 2
AC 17
Green Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 2
AC 15
Green Hag
Fey
CR 3
AC 17
Grell
Abberation
CR 3
AC 12
Grick
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 14
Griffon
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 12
Grimlock
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 11
Guard
Humanoid
CR 0.125
AC 16
Half-Ogre
Giant
CR 1
AC 12
Harpy
Monstrosity
CR 1
AC 11
Hawk
Beast
CR 0
AC 13
Hell Hound
Fiend
CR 3
AC 15
Hemled Horror
Construct
CR 4
AC 20
Hill Giant
Giant
CR 5
AC 13
Hippogriff
Monstrosity
CR 1
AC 11
Hobgoblin
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 18
Hobgoblin Captain
Humanoid
CR 3
AC 17
Homunculus
Construct
CR 0
AC 13
Hook Horror
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 15
Hunter Shark
Beast
CR 2
AC 12
Hyena
Beast
CR 0
AC 11
Ice Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.5
AC 11
Imp
Fiend
CR 1
AC 13
Incubus
Fiend
CR 4
AC 15
Indigo Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 2
AC 15
Intellect Devourer
Abberation
CR 2
AC 12
Jackal
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Jackalwere
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 12
Kenku
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 13
Killer Whale
Beast
CR 3
AC 12
Knight
Humanoid
CR 3
AC 18
Kobold
Humanoid
CR 0.125
AC 12
Kuo-Toa
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 13
Kuo-Toa Whip
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 11
Lamia
Monstrosity
CR 4
AC 13
Lemure
Fiend
CR 0
AC 7
Lion
Beast
CR 1
AC 12
Lizard
Beast
CR 0
AC 10
Lizardfold King
Humanoid
CR 4
AC 15
Lizardfold Queen
Humanoid
CR 4
AC 15
Lizardfold Shaman
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 13
Lizardfolk
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 15
Magma Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.5
AC 11
Magmin
Elemental
CR 0.5
AC 14
Manes
Fiend
CR 0.125
AC 9
Manticore
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 14
Mastiff
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 12
Merfolk
Humanoid
CR 0.125
AC 11
Merrow
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 13
Mezzoloth
Fiend
CR 5
AC 18
Mimic
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 12
Minotaur
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 14
Minotaur Skeleton
Undead
CR 2
AC 12
Monodrone
Construct
CR 0.125
AC 15
Mud Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.25
AC 11
Mule
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 10
Mummy
Undead
CR 3
AC 11
Myconid Adult
Plant
CR 0.5
AC 12
Myconid Sovereign
Plant
CR 2
AC 13
Myconid Sprout
Plant
CR 0
AC 10
Needle Blight
Plant
CR 0.25
AC 12
Night Hag
Fiend
CR 5
AC 17
Nightmare
Fiend
CR 3
AC 13
Nothic
Abberation
CR 2
AC 15
Ochre Ooze
Ooze
CR 2
AC 8
Octopus
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Ogre
Giant
CR 2
AC 11
Orange Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 1
AC 15
Orc
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 13
Orc Eye of Gruumsh
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 16
Orc War Chief
Humanoid
CR 4
AC 16
Orog
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 18
Otyugh
Abberation
CR 5
AC 14
Owl
Beast
CR 0
AC 11
Owlbear
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 13
Panther
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 12
Pegasus
Celestial
CR 2
AC 12
Pentadrone
Construct
CR 2
AC 16
Peryton
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 13
Phase Spider
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 13
Piercer
Monstrosity
CR 0.5
AC 15
Pixie
Fey
CR 0.25
AC 15
Plesiosaurus
Beast
CR 2
AC 13
Poisonous Snake
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 13
Polar Bear
Beast
CR 2
AC 12
Pony
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 10
Pseudodragon
Dragon
CR 0.25
AC 13
Pteranodon
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 13
Quadrone
Construct
CR 1
AC 16
Quaggoth
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 13
Quasit
Fiend
CR 1
AC 13
Quipper
Beast
CR 0
AC 13
Rat
Beast
CR 0
AC 10
Raven
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Red Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 4
AC 17
Red Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 1
AC 15
Red Slaad
Abberation
CR 5
AC 14
Reef Shark
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 12
Revenant
Undead
CR 5
AC 13
Rhinoceros
Beast
CR 2
AC 11
Riding Horse
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 10
Roper
Monstrosity
CR 5
AC 20
Rug of Smothering
Construct
CR 2
AC 12
Rust Monster
Monstrosity
CR 0.5
AC 14
Saber-Toothed Tiger
Beast
CR 2
AC 12
Sahuagin
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 12
Sahuagin Baron
Humanoid
CR 5
AC 16
Sahuagin Priestess
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 12
Salamander
Elemental
CR 5
AC 15
Satyr
Fey
CR 0.5
AC 14
Scarecrow
Construct
CR 1
AC 11
Scorpion
Beast
CR 0
AC 11
Sea Hag
Fey
CR 2
AC 14
Sea Horse
Beast
CR 0
AC 11
Shadow
Undead
CR 0.5
AC 12
Shadow Demon
Fiend
CR 4
AC 13
Shambling Mound
Plant
CR 5
AC 15
Shrieker
Plant
CR 0
AC 5
Silver Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 2
AC 17
Skeleton
Undead
CR 0.25
AC 13
Slaad Tadpole
Abberation
CR 0.125
AC 12
Smoke Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.25
AC 11
Spectator
Abberation
CR 3
AC 14
Specter
Undead
CR 1
AC 12
Spider
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Spined Devil
Fiend
CR 2
AC 13
Sprite
Fey
CR 0.25
AC 15
Steam Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.25
AC 10
Stirge
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 14
Succubus
Fiend
CR 4
AC 15
Thri-Kreen
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 15
Tiger
Beast
CR 1
AC 12
Triceratops
Beast
CR 5
AC 13
Tridrone
Construct
CR 0.5
AC 15
Troglodyte
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 11
Troll
Giant
CR 5
AC 15
Twig Blight
Plant
CR 0.125
AC 13
Umber Hulk
Monstrosity
CR 5
AC 18
Unicorn
Celestial
CR 5
AC 12
Vampire Spawn
Undead
CR 5
AC 15
Vine Blight
Plant
CR 0.5
AC 12
Violet Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 2
AC 15
Violet Fungus
Plant
CR 0.25
AC 5
Vulture
Beast
CR 0
AC 10
Warhorse
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 11
Warhorse Skeleton
Undead
CR 0.5
AC 13
Water Elemental
Elemental
CR 5
AC 14
Water Weird
Elemental
CR 3
AC 13
Weasel
Beast
CR 0
AC 13
Werebear
Humanoid
CR 5
AC
Wereboar
Humanoid
CR 4
AC
Wererat
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 12
Weretiger
Humanoid
CR 4
AC 12
Werewolf
Humanoid
CR 3
AC
White Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 2
AC 16
Wight
Undead
CR 3
AC 14
Will-o-wisp
Undead
CR 2
AC 19
Winged Kobold
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 13
Winter Wolf
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 13
Wolf
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 13
Worg
Monstrosity
CR 0.5
AC 13
Wraith
Undead
CR 5
AC 13
Xorn
Elemental
CR 5
AC 19
Yellow Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 1
AC 15
Yeti
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 12
Young Remorhaz
Monstrosity
CR 5
AC 14
Yuan-Ti Malison
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 12
Yuan-Ti Pureblood
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 11
Zombie
Undead
CR 0.25
AC 8
Monstrosity
CR 3
Basilisk
M
Monstrosity
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700 XP
AC
15
HP
52
Speed
20
Ability Scores
STR
16
DEX
8
CON
15
INT
2
WIS
8
CHA
7
Senses
darkvision 60 ft.-passive Perception 9
Lore
Description
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.
Adaptable Predators
Basilisks thrive in arid, temperate, or tropical climates. They lair in caves or other sheltered sites. Most often, basilisks are encountered underground.
Basilisks thrive in arid, temperate, or tropical climates. They lair in caves or other sheltered sites. Most often, basilisks are encountered underground.
Gaze of Stone
Basilisks are ponderous for hunting creatures, but they needn’t chase prey. Meeting a basilisk’s supernatural gaze can be enough to affect a rapid transformation, transforming a victim into porous stone. Basilisks, with their strong jaws, are able to consume the stone. The stone returns to organic form in the basilisk’s gullet.
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.
Traits
Abilities
Petrifying Gaze
If a creature starts its turn within 30 feet of the basilisk and the two of them can see each other, the basilisk can force the creature to make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw if the basilisk isn’t incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature magically begins to turn to stone and is restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends. On a failure, the creature is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic. A creature that isn’t surprised can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the start of its turn. If it does so, it can’t see the basilisk until the start of its next turn, when it can avert its eyes again. If it looks at the basilisk in the meantime, it must immediately make the save. If the basilisk sees its reflection within 30 feet of it in bright light, it mistakes itself for a rival and targets itself with its gaze.
Combat
Actions
Bite
Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.