A large, unblinking eye rests in a mechanical eye socket wordlessly offering the owner the natural powers of the Basilisk.
Any creature attuned to this magic item gains a Petrifying Gaze:
If a creature starts its turn within 30 ft. of the Basilisk Eye and the two of them can see each other, the owner of this item can force the creature to make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw if the owner isn't Incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature magically begins to turn to stone and is Restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a success, the Effect ends. On a failure, the creature is Petrified until freed by the Greater Restoration spell or other magic.
A creature that isn't surprised can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the start of its turn. If it does so, it can't see the Basilisk Eye until the start of its next turn, when it can avert its eyes again. If it looks at the Basilisk Eye in the meantime, it must immediately make the save.
If the owner of this item sees its reflection within 30 ft. of it in bright light, they are subjected to their own Petrifying Gaze.
While the Basilisk Eye rests where the owner's former eye rested, the owner can not see through the Basilisk Eye and has disadvantage on all perception checks relying on sight.
Notes: By any character with an empty eye socket
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