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 Sep 17 2010, 11:58 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 347 Joined: 28-June 10 Member No.: 18,765  |
QUOTE are they vegetarians? Who knows but they look a bit like chickens... and they may be just an awakened chicken and not a species that mates. QUOTE The basilisk is called "king" because it is reputed to have on its head a mitre- or crown-shaped crest. Stories of the basilisk show that it is not completely distinguished from the cockatrice. The basilisk is alleged to be hatched by a cockerel from the egg of a serpent or toad (the reverse of the cockatrice, which was hatched from a cockerel's "egg" incubated by a serpent or toad).
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Sep 17 2010, 05:03 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 10-August 10 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 18,916 |
Running Wild says they are awakened komodo dragons.
Since the petrification power is channeled, the basilisk has to sustain it. It takes a complex action, so it's not always active. Theoretically, once the basilisk stops channeling the power, whatever they are petrifying has suffocated and returns to deliciously edible flesh. Additionally, basilisks can hold their breath for up to 8 minutes. In a basilisk fight, whoever holds their breath longer wins. |
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Sep 17 2010, 05:17 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 347 Joined: 28-June 10 Member No.: 18,765 |
Komodo dragon makes sense when you think about how they are drawn in things like D&D and Magic the Gathering.
As an interesting factoid, basilisks are actually a real world genus of lizard named after the mythical beast because they have an unusual ridge on their head that looks, from profile, a little like a crown. They are the genus of lizards that can run on water with their hind legs for about 14 feet before needing to swim. The so called Jesus lizard. |
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Sep 17 2010, 05:40 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Sep 17 2010, 06:35 AM)  How and what do they eat? Stone? Or are they vegetarians? thought i recalled earlier editions of basilisks eating the shattered stone remains of the victims of their petrification power, could be wrong though. so petrified flesh, i guess. |
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Sep 17 2010, 10:03 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,989 Joined: 28-July 09 From: Somewhere along the brazilian coast Member No.: 17,437 |
QUOTE (Badmoodguy88 @ Sep 17 2010, 02:17 PM) Komodo dragon makes sense when you think about how they are drawn in things like D&D and Magic the Gathering. As an interesting factoid, basilisks are actually a real world genus of lizard named after the mythical beast because they have an unusual ridge on their head that looks, from profile, a little like a crown. They are the genus of lizards that can run on water with their hind legs for about 14 feet before needing to swim. The so called Jesus lizard. They are amazonian lizards by the way. |
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