FREQUENCY: Rare
FREQUENCY: Rare ([Dungeon Level V])


FREQUENCY: Rare ([Tropical Wilderness Forest], [Tropical Wilderness Swamp])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Tropical Wilderness Mountains], [Tropical Wilderness Hills], [Tropical Wilderness Plains], [Tropical Wilderness Desert])

NO. APPEARING: 1-3
ARMOR CLASS: 5
MOVE: 12"
HIT DICE: 5+1
% IN LAIR: Nil
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2 ~ 15
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-3 (bite) / 2-7 (constriction) <1>
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Gaze, constriction
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: V | 350 + 6

The boalisk, a variety of tropical  snake, is nearly identical to the constrictor snake (q.v.) in all respects,
and it has a gaze attack.
It gazes each
round in addition to making normal attacks of biting && constriction;
this gaze is usu. (75%) directed at its opponent in melee (if applicable).
Compleat surprise (1-2 on 1d6) indicates that someone has met the gaze
and gets no save. Otherwise, any creature meeting its gaze
(indicated by failing a save vs. petrification) becomes inflicted
with a rotting disease identical to that of the touch of a mummy (q.v.). A
character refusing to look at the boalisk may automatically AVOID the
gaze effect but is 20% easier to hit (4 penalty to AC) while so
doing. In tropical climes, constrictors encountered may be accompanied
by boalisks (25%), and vice versa. A boalisk cannot constrict more than 1
victim at a time.