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BasilcockWatch September 2021
4 years ago
General
Miniatures and RPG's
A little D&D miniature that follows the classic look that I remember from the monster manual, coming to tabletops near you! It has a similar tail tip "puff" that my husband adds to my tail...fancy.
And I always knew that I'd be a great assistant or a familiar in the RPG world. I definitely could do better than that guy.
The News
A little article to raise awareness of the old Is he a basilisk or is he a cockatrice debate, this one's pretty light reading but had good references for anyone to go read up on later.
A slight variation of the myth...a cousin of mine perhaps has some duck in his ancestry instead! I've even heard of variations involving storks, so a duck (should be a drake!) laying an egg that is incubated by a toad isn't so off the wall.
An exploit named Water Basilisk has been set up to phish for Bitcoin and Ethereum theft. The article I found didn't explain the origin of the name. They have a Chinese water dragon as an illustration, too--not a basilisk. Is this slander or libel?
An update to the Basilisk mouse that I currently use for work. Flashy and colorful now...but beware, the colors are meant to draw in your attention for a good long look.
And finally, Artwork:
This link probably won't work for very long, as it's an auction. I have mixed feelings about it for several reasons...I guess it's based on the Witcher, a cockatrice, and Pepe the frog. Pepe Witcher Killing Cockatrice. I think it's one of those NFT things...non-fungible tokens...I don't get it, but whatever. If I can't turn it into a rock, what good is it?
And an album release from Toom, Behold the Basilisk. Haven't listened to it yet but the cover art makes me wonder...is that victim wearing a floatation device tube, or is that one of the basilisk's serpentine coils? It looks like he's getting pretty friendly with her.
That was about it for September!
A little D&D miniature that follows the classic look that I remember from the monster manual, coming to tabletops near you! It has a similar tail tip "puff" that my husband adds to my tail...fancy.
And I always knew that I'd be a great assistant or a familiar in the RPG world. I definitely could do better than that guy.
The News
A little article to raise awareness of the old Is he a basilisk or is he a cockatrice debate, this one's pretty light reading but had good references for anyone to go read up on later.
A slight variation of the myth...a cousin of mine perhaps has some duck in his ancestry instead! I've even heard of variations involving storks, so a duck (should be a drake!) laying an egg that is incubated by a toad isn't so off the wall.
An exploit named Water Basilisk has been set up to phish for Bitcoin and Ethereum theft. The article I found didn't explain the origin of the name. They have a Chinese water dragon as an illustration, too--not a basilisk. Is this slander or libel?
An update to the Basilisk mouse that I currently use for work. Flashy and colorful now...but beware, the colors are meant to draw in your attention for a good long look.
And finally, Artwork:
This link probably won't work for very long, as it's an auction. I have mixed feelings about it for several reasons...I guess it's based on the Witcher, a cockatrice, and Pepe the frog. Pepe Witcher Killing Cockatrice. I think it's one of those NFT things...non-fungible tokens...I don't get it, but whatever. If I can't turn it into a rock, what good is it?
And an album release from Toom, Behold the Basilisk. Haven't listened to it yet but the cover art makes me wonder...is that victim wearing a floatation device tube, or is that one of the basilisk's serpentine coils? It looks like he's getting pretty friendly with her.
That was about it for September!
Then Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets came out. "Oh," people said. "I thought you'd be a big snake."
I started using "cockatrice" more frequently then. It once in a while provokes some comments from well-meaning gamers and tabletop RPG players correcting me for mislabeling, but that's better than trying to explain something to someone starting from scratch.