In the section of the Basilisk is the following diplayed: "Rule 4: No one carves statues of frightened warriors. If you see one, keep your eyes closed and your ears open." 

Yet it doesn't matter whether you are Blinded or not in regards to its Petrifying Gaze smh.

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In the section of the Basilisk is the following diplayed: "Rule 4: No one carves statues of frightened warriors. If you see one, keep your eyes closed and your ears open." 

Yet it doesn't matter whether you are Blinded or not in regards to its Petrifying Gaze smh.

 Exactly. In 2014 we had a rule description for averting the gaze. Not satisfied here.

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In the section of the Basilisk is the following diplayed: "Rule 4: No one carves statues of frightened warriors. If you see one, keep your eyes closed and your ears open." 

Yet it doesn't matter whether you are Blinded or not in regards to its Petrifying Gaze smh.

 If I were to hazard a guess, this will be changed in the coming months (either the ability or the quote).

Wow the 2024 version is way scarier, no averting your eyes! 

I like the artwork but he looks more...cute than the old one.

His gaze is now a bonus action instead of a trait And you have to stand in a cone to get multiple hits. Not bring able to cover against it was weird at first but now that its a cone players can position himself in a way they dont get turned to stone all at once. 

Overall its more "logical" i guess, that he cant see 360 degree jut something just feels odd. 

There's no mention of how to un-paralyze people, anyone know a way a lvl 2 party could save one of them who got paralysed?

I came here thinking of a giant snake with a paralysis gaze, not a multi-legged lizard with a petrification gaze. Oh well.

The only change that this lizard got was the transfer of the petrifying gaze from a trait to a bonus action with a recharge, which is honestly a little terrifying. The fact that the recharge is 4-6 means that it has a 50% chance of recharging it when it rolls. I like how it states that if the basilisk can see its reflection, it must make the save. The snake in Harry Potter must have succeeded then with the cat. 

No fusion. This one is better. Use it. 

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There's no mention of how to un-paralyze people, anyone know a way a lvl 2 party could save one of them who got paralysed?

Generally the answer is "pay a spellcaster" - so, check the PHB rules under "Equipment" for the price of spellcasting services, check the spell you need (I believe it's Greater Restoration), and decide where you think they should be able to go to find a powerful enough healer.

Or, if you prefer, you tell them where to find the antidote. Or you let them haul the petrified PC away, wait until they're a higher level (while the player plays a different PC in the meantime), and eventually they'll be able to heal them.

Greater Restoration is lvl 5, so that's town or city only, and 2,000 gp for the spell PLUS 100 gp of diamond dust as the material component - rather beyond a lvl 2 party. I think I'll just give them a Greater Restoration spell scroll, even though it's technically Rare. Thanks!

Could a basilisk use petrifying gaze against another?

Goofy thought is to use minor illusion or prestidigitation to trick one of them into gazing at another...

Personally, the old version of Petrifying Gaze is much better, so I use it instead of the new one.

Can you train a basilisk to be a friendly creature?

Why are you having a level 2 party face a CR 3 creature?

I didn't HAVE them face it, they just went into the megadungeon for the first time and decided to do a speedrun down to the fifth level, with predictable results. One died and one got paralysed, wherupon they decided they should probably retreat.

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I didn't HAVE them face it, they just went into the megadungeon for the first time and decided to do a speedrun down to the fifth level, with predictable results. One died and one got paralysed, wherupon they decided they should probably retreat.

 Oh dear. So, they did it to themselves.  Nice :-)