Message no. 1

From:	Mon goose <landsquid@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Evil Security / basilisk biology
Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 1997 11:28:16 PDT

>>Umm ... you get this info from exactly where?
>>I've never seen anything statting that a basilisk EATS stone, so I
highly
>>doubt that the gaze attack is used for HUNTING.
If a Basilisk's gaze is ON all the time there
>will be A LOT of stone statues out in the wildernes and the Basilisk
will be
>a threat to nature comparable to toxic dumps etc.

Actually, by the powers description, there is a limited number of
creatures that the basilisk can have petrified at once- equal to
essence, I think. I'd also figure, that bieng so, it could voluntarilly
de-petrify a victim. That WOULD make it usefull for hunting- pertify
your prey, let it fall or break itup yourself, then un-petrify it and
eat the dead body.
It would also mean that any corp using basilisk guards, or traps,
is unlikely to keep the statues for more than a few days.

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