Hive Mind. The Blighted Sand Serpent shares a hive mentality with other Blighted creatures, allowing them to coordinate attacks. If one Blighted creature is aware of a hostile creature, all others in the hive mind are also aware.
Blighted Scourge. Natural weapon attacks by the Blighted Sand Serpent can infect creatures with the Blighted Scourge. A creature hit by the Blighted Sand Serpent’s attack must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or contract the Blighted Scourge.
Tunneler. The Blighted Sand Serpent can burrow through solid rock at half its burrow speed, leaving a 5-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be infected with the Blighted Scourge.
Blighted Coil. The Blighted Sand Serpent attempts to constrict a creature within 10 feet. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d4 + 4) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 12). Until this grapple ends, the creature is restrained and takes 5 (1d4 + 3) necrotic damage at the start of each of its turns.
Description
The Blighted Sand Serpent slithers beneath the dunes of corrupted deserts, its form an eerie blend of shifting sand and blighted energy. Its cracked scales pulse with an unnatural glow, and its venom drips with the taint of the Blighted Scourge. A true hunter of the wastelands, it tunnels through solid rock with ease, ambushing its prey from below before constricting and infecting them.
Wherever the Blighted Sand Serpent moves, it leaves behind trails of corruption, withering plant life and draining the land of its vitality. The air around it is dry and oppressive, carrying the faint, sickly scent of decay. This cursed predator is the nightmare of travelers, striking with unnatural precision before vanishing into the dunes once more.
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