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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Yuan-ti: Snake People The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The medusa makes one Constrict attack, one Final Blade attack, and one Snake Hair attack. Alternatively, it makes two Wrathful
the hit.
Snake Hair. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Snake Hair"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (1d10 + 6);{"diceNotation":"1d10+6
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
him from his slumber by sacrificing Humanoids to him. They are the most traditionalist yuan-ti and believe that they are best equipped to achieve the goals of their people.
Pit masters are deeply
and argue for a slow, cautious approach in all matters.PoisonChange Shape. The yuan-ti transforms into a Medium snake or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. If it dies, it stays in its current form.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to impress visitors by reciting epic poetry.
4
The only people I’m interested in are those who know history and those who make history.
5
I like to adopt the personas of characters
;t know I’m here—safer for me and safer for them. (Any)
2
Observation. People lie. Histories lie. Even dragons lie. But actions always ring true. (Lawful)
3
Storytelling. There
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
people who became yuan-ti were one of the original human civilizations. Their society built great temples of stone and forged metal into armor, tools, and weapons. In their ceremonies they paid homage to
the snake as the embodiment of the qualities they most appreciated. They developed a philosophy of separating emotion from intellectual pursuits, allowing them to focus their energy on personal
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
people who mix characteristics of humans and snakes.
Blessed with resistance to magical and poisonous effects by the rituals that created them, each of these yuan-ti manifests their serpentine heritage
in a variety of ways: a forked tongue, snake eyes, a snakelike nose, or some other ophidian characteristic. However a yuan-ti looks, they have the power to pursue great good or evil in the multiverse
Deep Dragon Wyrmling
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
I rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature.
Deep Dragon Ideals
d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ideal
wyrmling with an experimental bent has created a “garden” of gray ooze;gray oozes.
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An orphaned deep dragon wyrmling is cared for by a giant constrictor snake that is the recipient of a druid’s awaken spell.
Poison, Psychic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Features From... 1 Bargaining parts of its soul to a pantheon of serpentine demigods. 2 A curse laid on its people in the distant past. 3 The dream-venom of Merrshaulk, a slumbering snake god. 4
are giants that are more snake than human. Typically, the more snakelike yuan-ti are, the greater esteem they hold among their kind.
Yuan-ti might gain their reptilian features through dangerous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
a new people who mix characteristics of humans and snakes. Blessed with resistance to magical and poisonous effects by the rituals that created them, each of these yuan-ti manifests their serpentine
heritage in a variety of ways: a forked tongue, snake eyes, a snakelike nose, or some other ophidian characteristic. However a yuan-ti looks, they have the power to pursue great good or evil in the multiverse.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
gargoyles and “snake people” that watch over the city. It also knows things about other nearby landmarks or locations, as you determine.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
infrastructure, martial law, rats and vermin, wererats Mist Talismans: Plague mask, rat’s tail, snake-oil curative Like a pendulum, Richemulot swings perpetually between hope and despair. Some days, the
sun rises over Pont-a-Museau as if it were an ordinary city, and not one in which many of the buildings stand empty and abandoned. On those days, people move freely through the open gates, and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Crime Scene In the wake of the explosion, people emerge from their houses and shops to survey the devastation. The fireball didn’t set any buildings ablaze, but it left eleven people dead: One
) check reveals the following: One of the dead male humans has a black, winged snake (the symbol of the Black Network) tattooed on his right forearm. The dead gnome has dry waste on his boots and cloak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
people congregate. Many agoras are surrounded by stoas, covered walkways that lead to other areas of the settlement. People in the agora might retreat beneath the awnings for privacy and shade, while
others stand on the roofs of the porticos to shout messages to the assembled crowds. In addition to activities involving art, commerce, politics, and religion, people come to the agora for socializing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
their nightmares to the great serpent. A yuan-ti malison (Ras Nsi) wielding a flaming sword and wearing a gold crown set with a black opal leads the snake people to a great door to the underworld. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
on aspects of the snake, but the cost of the change was high, requiring many sacrifices for each person to be transformed. Entire households of slaves in one city-state were killed and eaten to create
conquered enemies finally loosened the yuan-ti’s hold over nearby lands. The serpent people withdrew to their fortified cities and underground temples, ceding the rest of their territory to their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Humans Transformed The people who became yuan-ti were one of the original human civilizations. Their society built great temples of stone and forged metal into armor, tools, and weapons. In their
ceremonies they paid homage to the snake as the embodiment of the qualities they most appreciated. They developed a philosophy of separating emotion from intellectual pursuits, allowing them to focus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Hierophant Medusa Sometimes deeply devout people, usually either Humanoids or medusas, dedicate themselves to a cause and are transformed by a deity or magic into hierophant medusas—beings with
inspire followers, protecting their people and guiding them to fulfill the medusa’s divine purpose. The Divine Purpose table offers suggestions for motivations. Roll on the table, or use the entries as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. They are the most traditionalist yuan-ti and believe that they are best equipped to achieve the goals of their people. Pit masters are deeply involved in yuan-ti’s long-term plan to take over Humanoid
. The yuan-ti transforms into a Medium snake or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. If it dies, it stays in its current form.
Yuan-ti TempleView Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of transformation, becoming a yuan-ti malison. As a yuan-ti, Ras Nsi imposed his terrible will on the evil snake people and became their leader. Beneath the cracked and broken streets of Omu lies a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Forbidden City gives birth to a terrible new god! The snake-men know! They know!” Then he stumbles away into the crowd. Passersby tell the adventurers to ignore the beggar, and that his predictions are
wrong most of the time. 6 Alarm horns declare that undead are attacking Malar’s Throat. Mercenaries keep the monsters out of the city proper, but people are trapped in the temple of Tymora and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
wilderness, companioning with animals: most people wouldn’t view these things as obvious assets for the rough-and-tumble business of running an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise. But most people are
. Urban Beast Friends d10 Beast
1 Rat
2 Pigeon
3 Skunk
4 Crow
5 Raccoon
6 Possum
7 Snake
8 Toad
9 Giant beetle
10 Lizard
No Weapons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the affairs of the universe. People gather in public shrines to worship gods of life and wisdom, or meet in hidden places to venerate gods of deception or destruction. Each deity in a pantheon has a
nobly and in the cause of justice. People in most D&D worlds are polytheistic, honoring deities of their own and acknowledging pantheons of other cultures. Individuals pay homage to various gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
leads up ten feet to a higher cave area in the north. Water burbles down from that upper cave and collects in a large pool. Two small mushroom-like people are working amid the mushrooms near the pond
at most. The two mushroom people are myconid sprouts named Molen and Kraz. They are spreading fertilizer from area B3, while two myconid adults named Hipsiz and Rugoso tend the mushrooms near the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
amounts of rubble and dirt come spilling into the room. Several large stones appear to have wedged themselves tightly, closing the collapse.
The figures of people and animals in all of the dioramas
are loose and can be picked up and manipulated. If any of the people, and some of the animals, are removed from a display and placed on the floor of this vault, the item grows to full-size dimensions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bladesinging Bladesingers are elves who bravely defend their people and lands. They are elf wizards who master a school of sword fighting grounded in a tradition of arcane magic. In combat, a
with it grant the bladesinger more agility in combat.
Snake. Practitioners of these styles use a flail, chain, or whip. Viper style uses a whip, despite its inelegance as a weapon, and has almost as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
skin shed by the spirit snake Chimagua. The stone table bears two empty stone candle holders. Tainted Mist. The same tainted mist from area A3 fills this chamber and the tunnel leading back to the
Feywild creature, not a natural snake, and that the skin has become riddled with disease as it rotted. C2: Meditation Nook Several sleeping mats circle an empty firepit in this small side cave. Upon a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
floor, topped by a crimson runner that leads into the dining hall beyond. From the corner of your eye, you see a formally attired figure.
Normally a place where people socialize while they wait for
four statues.
A student’s magic trick, the stoles in both these areas each animate into a fire snake if any character moves within 5 feet of the busts. The fire snakes wink out of existence when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
The Zhentarim The Zhentarim—also known as the Black Network—is a loose affiliation of merchants, mercenaries, and malefactors. Common folk know the Zhentarim as the people to talk to when you need
, seeking out or being approached by a Zhentarim agent is an easy way for you to provide it. A typical Black Network agent is a highly capable adventurer with no scruples. Some Zhentarim have winged snake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Zhentarim The Doom Raiders try to contact evil-aligned or morally ambiguous characters. A flying snake with a parchment tied about its body visits one character in the dead of night. The message
Network, at least initially. Over drinks, he shares the following information: Davil is a retired adventurer. He and his adventuring companions joined the Zhentarim a few years back. They help people in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
perfect homeland for their people. (That was the problem there, of course. You’ll miss out on a wealth of beauty it you’re always looking for the perfect gem.) Not finding it in the world, some elves (sun
, Evermeet took my breath way. Coiled in the basket like a snake, with cramps in every limb, I was desperate not to give myself away, yet I could feel the magic of Evermeet seep through my body, soothing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Merchant Princes Seven merchant princes rule Port Nyanzaru, each one with an equal vote in matters of state. All are Chultan. Their single qualification is that they’re the seven richest people in
Beast Ifan’s Price Flying monkey, giant lizard, or hadrosaurus 100 gp Ankylosaurus, deinonychus, or flying snake 250 gp Triceratops 500 gp Jessamine Deals in plants, poison, and assassination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Spellplague. In those years, Savras’s clergy were valued because they could keep tabs on the activities of the inscrutable yuan-ti. The snake people still loom large as bogeymen in the imaginations of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
The Zhentarim The Zhentarim—also known as the Black Network—is a loose affiliation of merchants, mercenaries, and malefactors. Common folk know the Zhentarim as the people to talk to when you need
, seeking out or being approached by a Zhentarim agent is an easy way for you to provide it. A typical Black Network agent is a highly capable adventurer with no scruples. Some Zhentarim have winged snake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Zhentarim The Zhentarim—also known as the Black Network—is a loose affiliation of merchants, mercenaries, and malefactors. Common folk know the Zhentarim as the people to talk to when you need
, seeking out or being approached by a Zhentarim agent is an easy way for you to provide it. A typical Black Network agent is a highly capable adventurer with no scruples. Some Zhentarim have winged snake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, attacks them. Y19b. Ballroom Chamber music washes over you as you enter this ballroom. In contrast to the desolate, frozen ruins outside, a dozen people mill around in here, dressed in flowing silk
garments and holding colorful hand masks and feathered fans. Noble courtiers laugh and gossip as servants move among them, offering sugared treats on silver platters.
The music, people, food, decor, and