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Basilisk

CR 3 monstrosity • D&D 5e Homebrew Creature

Created by @LightReign

Basilisk

Medium monstrosity, Unaligned

UNCOMMON
CHALLENGE
3
700 XP

Introduction

A slow but relentless predator, the basilisk turns prey to stone with a single gaze. Few who meet its eyes live to describe the experience.

Ability Scores

STR
16(+3)
DEX
8(-1)
CON
15(+2)
INT
2(-4)
WIS
8(-1)
CHA
7(-2)
ARMOR CLASS
15
HIT POINTS
52
8d8 + 16
SPEED
20 ft.
INITIATIVE
9
-1

Saving Throws

STR+3
Base modifier
DEX-1
Base modifier
CON+2
Base modifier
INT-4
Base modifier
WIS-1
Base modifier
CHA-2
Base modifier
Senses
Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9

Actions

Bite

Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft.

Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) Piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) Poison damage

The basilisk lunges with surprising ferocity for such a lumbering creature, its powerful jaws clamping down with bone-crushing force. The bite itself is devastating enough, but the venom that coats its teeth is perhaps more feared — a slow-acting poison that leaves victims weakened and sluggish, making escape all the more difficult.

Bonus Actions

Petrifying Gaze
4-6

Constitution Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. If the Basilisk sees its reflection in the Cone, the Basilisk must make this save.

First Failure: The target has the Restrained condition and repeats the save at the end of its next turn if it is still Restrained, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Second Failure: The target has the Petrified condition instead of the Restrained condition.

The basilisk's most dreaded weapon requires no movement, no attack — only eye contact. Those caught in its gaze feel their limbs stiffen, their skin tightening as stone creeps slowly through their body from the outside in. The lucky ones look away in time, left trembling but alive. The unlucky stand frozen forever — perfect, silent monuments to the moment they made the fatal mistake of looking back.

Creator Notes

Official D&D 5th Edition creature from the System Reference Document 5.2. Stats, abilities, and descriptions are faithful to the original SRD text. Extracted and formatted for Rolling Realm to provide a comprehensive library of official monsters as templates and references for homebrewers.

Created by @LightReign
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