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Dungeon Master’s Guide
As a Magic action, you can throw this staff so that it lands in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, causing the staff to become a Giant Constrictor Snake in that space. The snake is under your
location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself.
As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space, and you can’t use the staff's property again
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
As a Bonus Action, you can turn the head of this staff into that of an animate, venomous snake for 1 minute or revert the staff to its inanimate form.
When you take the Attack action, you can make
and 3d6 Poison damage.
The snake head can be attacked while it is animate. It has AC 15, HP 20, and Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage. If the head drops to 0 Hit Points, the staff is destroyed. As
Magic Items
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
’t detonated, its damage increases by 2d6, to a maximum of 10d6.
Staff to Snake. You throw the staff to an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, and the staff becomes a giant poisonous snake. The
location.
If you use a bonus action to speak the command word again, or if the snake is reduced to 0 hit points, the snake reverts to staff form in its current space.
Thunderclap. You point the
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
, Ligotti, is a semisapient remnant of a tentacle attack, spawned by the warlock's intercessor patron god. Though entirely alien to the material plane (and often appearing in the form of a staff), Ligotti
uses the stat block of a poisonous snake with these changes:
It has an Intelligence score of 12 (+2).
It has telepathy out to a range of 30 feet.
Staff of the Python
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Basic Rules (2014)
You can use an action to speak this staff's command word and throw the staff on the ground within 10 feet of you. The staff becomes a giant constrictor snake under your control and acts on its own
initiative count. By using a bonus action to speak the command word again, you return the staff to its normal form in a space formerly occupied by the snake.
On your turn, you can mentally command the
Staff of the Adder
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
You can use a bonus action to speak the staff's command word and make the head of the staff become that of an animate poisonous snake for 1 minute. By using another bonus action to speak the command
word again, you return the staff to its normal inanimate form.
You can make a melee attack using the snake head, which has a reach of 5 feet. Your proficiency bonus applies to the attack roll. On a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself. As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space
, and you can’t use the staff’s property again for 1 hour. If the snake is reduced to 0 Hit Points, it dies and reverts to its staff form; the staff then shatters and is destroyed. If the snake reverts to staff form before losing all its Hit Points, it regains all of them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself. As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space
, and you can’t use the staff’s property again for 1 hour. If the snake is reduced to 0 Hit Points, it dies and reverts to its staff form; the staff then shatters and is destroyed. If the snake reverts to staff form before losing all its Hit Points, it regains all of them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
you. The staff becomes a giant constrictor snake (see the Monster Manual for statistics) under your control and acts on its own initiative count. By using a bonus action to speak the command word again
, you return the staff to its normal form in a space formerly occupied by the snake. On your turn, you can mentally command the snake if it is within 60 feet of you and you aren’t incapacitated. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
you. The staff becomes a giant constrictor snake (see the Monster Manual for statistics) under your control and acts on its own initiative count. By using a bonus action to speak the command word again
, you return the staff to its normal form in a space formerly occupied by the snake. On your turn, you can mentally command the snake if it is within 60 feet of you and you aren’t incapacitated. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, and if at the end of your turn the orb hasn’t detonated, its damage increases by 2d6, to a maximum of 10d6. Staff to Snake. You throw the staff to an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, and the
staff becomes a giant poisonous snake. The snake is under your control and shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. On your turn, you can mentally command the snake if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
animate poisonous snake for 1 minute. By using another bonus action to speak the command word again, you return the staff to its normal inanimate form. You can make a melee attack using the snake head
poison damage. The snake head can be attacked while it is animate. It has an Armor Class of 15 and 20 hit points. If the head drops to 0 hit points, the staff is destroyed. As long as it’s not destroyed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Staff of the Adder Staff, Uncommon (Requires Attunement) As a Bonus Action, you can turn the head of this staff into that of an animate, venomous snake for 1 minute or revert the staff to its
inanimate form.
When you take the Attack action, you can make one of the attack rolls using the animated snake head, which has a reach of 5 feet. Apply your Proficiency Bonus and Wisdom modifier to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
poisonous snake, with these changes: The serpent is a construct that understands and obeys whoever was holding the staff when it transformed. It has immunity to poison damage and the poisoned
condition. It doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. When it drops to 0 hit points, roll a d6. On a roll of 1, the snake turns to dust and is destroyed. On any other roll, it changes back into a staff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
a series of conflicts that came to be known as the Manshoon Wars.
A Flying Snake of the Zhentarim
Now the original Manshoon is dead, and it’s widely believed that all his clones were destroyed
humanoid (human), lawful evil
Armor Class 19 (robe of the archmagi, staff of power)
Hit Points 126 (23d8 + 23)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
10(+0)
DEX
14(+2)
CON
12(+1)
INT
23(+6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
top carved to resemble a human hand grasping a snake. Staff 6 is made of chardalyn (see "Chardalyn") and is suffused with Netherese magic. While holding the staff, a creature is immune to the
know why the city crashed, but she believes that the broken obelisk (see area Y21) can turn back time to repair the damage. To activate its magic, Veneranda says she needs Iriolarthas’s staff of power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
parts. If the characters can’t figure out what the cylinders have to say, Pelk or another staff member at Candlekeep can give them instructions. The first step is to remove some of the clay from its bag
. Still standing is the grippli’s temple to their deity, which has been taken over by the snake creatures. Unbeknownst to the characters at this time, the ancient story told on the cylinders is unfolding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
form of a staff), Ligotti uses the stat block of a poisonous snake with these changes: It has an Intelligence score of 12 (+2). It has telepathy out to a range of 30 feet. K’thriss Drow’b
Medium
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
start. He has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in swampy terrain. In addition to his weapons, Torbit carries one piece of a shattered jade staff (see “Treasure” below). Treasure. The
foot-long piece of jade that Torbit carries was found in the muck. He doesn’t realize that it’s a fragment of a jade staff crafted by ancient yuan-ti that was discarded in Undermountain by Halaster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
panther from an outcropping above. He holds a metal staff with a loop in its end. It looks like a shepherd’s crook.
The three niches on both the northern and southern walls are five feet wide and
handling a constrictor snake. Around him stand three costumed tribal warriors. One, dressed as a winged serpent, holds a spear; another is dressed as a bear with razor claws; the third represents a coyote
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hunting. Some individuals feel a calling to a particular deity’s service and claim that god as a patron. Particularly devoted individuals become priests by setting up a shrine or helping to staff a holy
shattered one-eyed skull
Zehir, god of darkness and poison
CE
Trickery, Death
Snake in the shape of a dagger
This pantheon draws in several nonhuman deities and establishes them as universal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
from the cave to the northeast.
Small fish swim along the edge of the water, but the pool is also inhabited by a larger creature: a giant constrictor snake. If the characters pass through this area
, the snake slithers from the water and attacks the character at the back of the party. Pool. The pool is 20 feet deep in the middle. The stream to the northeast is 3 feet deep, and the ceiling of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
of mild surprise. The monk in the center, an older aasimar, leans on a snake-headed cane and says, “Enter in peace, friends.”
The aasimar is Hierarch Anish (see M15). He and eleven monks (a mix of
Small and Medium Commoners) are gathered here to discuss what to do about Ronnom Daamos and his bodyguards. Anish’s cane is a Staff of the Python. If the characters were led here by a monk (see areas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
widens, creating a cavern-like chamber. Small, two-foot-diameter holes riddle the node. A dim fiery glow shines out of one such hole.
Creature. In the glowing hall rests a fire snake. Belak used magic to
, and a fire snake lurks inside one of these openings. It emerges if anyone pokes into or closely examines the holes. If the snake comes out, a character who reaches into the snake’s burrow can recover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
any likely adventurers who stop by (see “Kaylessa’s Tale,” below). Kaylessa’s staff are uniformly attentive and good at their work. However, two have secret masters. Ghileeda (female Tethyrian human
servers work shifts at the Helm; most nights, two cover the ground floor and one waits on guests on the upper floor. The staff at the Helm don’t gossip, but they direct anyone who questions them to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Actions
Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) bludgeoning damage, or 5 (1d8 + 1) bludgeoning damage when used with two hands.
Marlos Urnrayle Marlos
polished surface within 30 feet of him and in an area of bright light, Marlos is, due to his curse, affected by his own gaze.
Actions
Multiattack. Marlos makes three melee attacks, one with his snake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
features: Set into the alabaster floor is a large symbol in black marble, depicting a winged snake biting a coin. Characters recognize this as the symbol of the Zhentarim. (The coin conceals an alarm
banners hanging on the back wall, each displaying the symbol of the Zhentarim — a black, winged snake biting a coin. The lower part of the room contains a black marble table surrounded by high-backed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
warns armed guests to keep their blades sheathed during their stay. Urgala has three mastiffs (hunting dogs) that sleep in the ground floor common room, and she employs a staff of six loyal, well-paid
Tolmara drugged him and sealed him in a barrel with a poisonous snake, which killed him with its bite. Mirak has no clue why Tolmara killed him, and Tolmara is too addled to remember the incident or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the room. Door Trap. Any creature in the room when the trap on the double doors triggers must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, a creature is transformed into a poisonous snake for
. The tentacle surprises anyone who fails the check. The enormous tentacle uses the stat block of a giant constrictor snake with these changes: It can reach anywhere inside this room. It has no bite