"Ah yes, Basilisks. Huge, blackened crocodile-like beast with six legs, beady yellow eyes on the side of their heads and heavy tails the size of a healthy tree. When you see one, fucking run. These things are no joke - let me tell you the story of one-armed pete..."
Instinct: to defend its territory

• Bite with sword-like fangs, delivering petrifying toxin that slowly but surely spreads
• Ambush its prey, strike when they are weak or asleep
• Outright ignore blows from normal weaponry
• Swipe them with a tail like a log
• Retreat into the water