These reptilian monsters possess a gaze that enables them to turn any fleshy creature to stone. Although it has eight legs, its sluggish metabolism allows only a slow movement rate. A basilisk is usually dull brown in color, with a yellowish underbelly. Its eyes glow pale green. The brown bear, of which the infamous grizzly is the most well known variety, is a bear of very aggressive disposition.
Brown bears are more carnivorous than their smaller cousins, the black bears.
The grizzly in particular will often bring down large game such as deer and elk. The carrion crawler is a scavenger of subterranean areas, feeding primarily upon carrion. When such food becomes scarce, however, it will attack and kill living creatures. The monster's head, which is covered with tough hide that gives it Armor Class 3, sprouts eight slender, writhing tentacles. The body of the carrion crawler is not well protected and has an Armor Class of only 7.