Game Master reference / Monster
Description and lore
A low reptilian predator watches from the shade, its eyes more threatening than its teeth. The party must decide how closely it dares to look.
Its hunting ground is quiet enough to hear scales passing over grit. The animal waits where shadow breaks its outline.
The eyes remain fixed while the rest of the head scarcely moves. Looking away feels safer, and less certain.
At a glance
A low reptilian predator watches from the shade, its eyes more threatening than its teeth. The party must decide how closely it dares to look.
| Vitality | Intellect | Might | Tact | Agility | Spirit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d6 | d6 | d8 | d6 | d8 | d8 |
Affinities: Vitality d6, Might d8, Agility d8, Intellect d6, Tact d6, Spirit d8.
Skill overrides: Evade d6, Block d6, Ward d6.
Resolve 16; Stamina 7; Mana 6. Movement 30 feet.
Player Book idea: Reptilian predator associated with a dangerous gaze.
Use: Basic attack · Bite: Might + supplemental d8 Wound (piercing).
Effect - Signature: Stone Gaze: Action + 2 Mana, one target within 20 feet that can see its eyes; Invoke versus Composure + Tact, success Hinders until its next turn. Repeat exposure can reapply Hinder, never automatically cause permanent petrification. Venom after bite.
Counterplay/relationship: A target may avert its gaze, avoiding Stone Gaze but taking Disadvantage on attacks against the basilisk until its next turn. Statues can foreshadow the encounter; permanent transformation needs a separate ritual rule.
Scales rasp over the ground. In the darkness beneath a fallen slab, two eyes remain perfectly still.