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’ animal form, such as wolves, serpents, or birds.
You have Advantage on Strength saving throws while you’re within 5 feet of the pack, and when you move on your turn, you can also move the
ends its turn there, you can force that creature to make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 3d10 Slashing damage. A creature makes this save only once per turn.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d10 for each spell slot level above 3.
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
Spellcasting. The mage is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14, +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with
spell attacks). The mage has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, mage armor, magic missile
Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
;t transformed. It doesn’t change form if it dies.
Innate Spellcasting (Yuan-ti Form Only). The yuan-ti’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). The yuan-ti can
; surrender.
Forsaken Humanity. The yuan-ti were once humans who thrived in the earliest days of civilization and worshiped serpents as totem animals. They lauded the serpent’s sinuous flexibility, its
Vampire Spellcaster
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.
Spellcasting. The vampire is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell
save DC 16, +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The vampire has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
next turn. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage, and its speed isn’t reduced.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell
components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 23, +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
1/day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, gruel for the ghoul.”
The stench of rotting flesh wafts from the bronze serpents. Close examination reveals dried blood in each statue’s mouth and tiny tubes at the back of its neck. The tubes extend
. The blood drips into the chambers holding the ghasts, driving them into a slurping frenzy that can be heard through the serpents’ open mouths. Once sated with blood, the ghasts yank chains to hoist the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Large pack of spectral, intangible animals in an unoccupied space you can see within range. The pack lasts for the duration, and you choose the spirits’ animal form, such as wolves, serpents, or birds
Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 3d10 Slashing damage. A creature makes this save only once per turn. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d10 for each spell slot level above 3.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Large pack of spectral, intangible animals in an unoccupied space you can see within range. The pack lasts for the duration, and you choose the spirits’ animal form, such as wolves, serpents, or birds
Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 3d10 Slashing damage. A creature makes this save only once per turn. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d10 for each spell slot level above 3.
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents, becoming like the gods in
drugs and spell scrolls, blackmail merchants, and influence kings. But lacking any proof, I can’t believe such tales.
— Volo
Ye should.
— Elminster
Roleplaying a Yuan-ti
When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
shushes them again. If asked why it’s important to remain quiet, he says: “Two serpents are asleep in the brambles, just outside the tower door. If you awaken them, they might put the squeeze on you
, or worse, devour me.”
See “Snakes” below for more information about the two serpents. The characters can’t see Sir Talavar from the ground, because he is locked in a birdcage inside the basket that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Tattered rugs woven with images of tigers battling scorpions cover the floor. The walls are painted with faded images of serpents.
Furnishings. A wooden bed carved with serpentine motifs stands
serpents retreated into the woods and died long ago.)
Altar. Against the northwest wall stands a bloodstained wooden altar decorated with silver and bronze designs of claws, fangs, beaks, and eyes. Piled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Yuan-ti Abomination Monstrous serpents with burly humanoid torsos and arms, abominations form the highest caste of yuan-ti society, and they most closely resemble the race as the serpent gods
. It doesn’t change form if it dies.
Innate Spellcasting (Abomination Form Only). The yuan-ti’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). The yuan-ti can innately cast the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
unfolds as it should. They resemble serpents with rainbow wings, and each is a manifestation of a divine edict, a truth or fate that a righteous god decrees must hold true for all time. Most couatls
spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At Will: Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
to an archway that forms the entrance. Reliefs of coiled serpents flank the entrance.
Four jaculis (see appendix D) lurk in the courtyard, using their camouflage to hide while coiled around tree
trunks. If the characters enter the courtyard, the jaculis spring forth and attack. 6B. Trapped Passage The walls of this rubble-strewn corridor are carved with serpents, and arrow slits are spaced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
pottery lead up to the coffin, whose painted lid shows a leopard with serpents sprouting from its shoulders.
If intruders are heard within the tomb, the terracotta warriors rise to defend it (see
magic spell or similar effect reveals that each rune has a different aura — strong, steady conjuration magic from the eastern rune; flickering conjuration magic from the northern rune; and a combination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
3. Serpents of the Sands Two rows of sandstone pillars support the ceiling of this vast chamber. Before Iymrith claimed it as her own, this room was once a secret temple belonging to a sect of desert
-dwelling yuan-ti mystics called the Serpents of the Sands. These mystics worship Dendar the Night Serpent (see the yuan-ti entry in the Monster Manual for more information on this deity). Iymrith
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
9. The Fane An underground cathedral opens before you. At one end, a sculptured balcony perches atop five rearing stone serpents. Blood dribbling from the serpents’ jaws falls into a semicircular
get closer to Ras Nsi. The transformation can be undone only by a wish spell or divine intervention. A human that undergoes and survives the ritual retains its traits and gains the following yuan-ti
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
of obsidian is set in its face. The lintel of the door is carved in the form of entwined serpents.
The southern door is plated in bronze. Etched on it is a symbol of two circles joined. The path
appears to open outward, but when a character pushes against it, three arms spring out from the lintel and surround the character. Spotting these arms among the entwined serpents in the lintel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
22. Temple The heart of the yuan-ti settlement, this huge chamber features giant stone statues of serpents along the east and west walls, their open mouths guttering green flames. The leaders of the
worth 20 gp each, and 2 spell scrolls, one of levitate and the other of call lightning. The passage leads to the exit the yuan-ti use to leave the complex without passing through the crypt. The exit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of the living like a demigod among mortals, the price for their vanity and hubris is exacted, and they are forever transformed into medusas. A medusa’s hair turns into a nest of venomous serpents
, becoming petrified on a failure or ending the effect on a success. The petrification lasts until the creature is freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
Unless surprised, a creature can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
necklace in the form of entwined serpents (250 gp), and a spell scroll of modify memory. 15d. Unused Laboratory A wooden table covered with alchemist’s supplies stands against the north wall of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
reflects human ideas about art and beauty. Over time this perspective was skewed toward the concept that the snake is the perfect form, so serpents are a common theme in their aesthetic. The major
cities and forming deadly covert societies that sell drugs and spell scrolls, blackmail merchants, and influence kings. But lacking any proof, I can’t believe such tales.
— Volo
Ye should.
— Elminster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
22. Temple The heart of the yuan-ti settlement, this huge chamber features giant stone serpents along the east and west walls, their open mouths guttering green flames. The leaders of the yuan-ti are
chrysoprase beads worth 20 gp each, and 2 spell scrolls, one of levitate and the other of call lightning. The passage leads to the exit the yuan-ti use to leave the complex without passing through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Confronting Vecna When the spellcasters’ Wish spell goes awry in chapter 2 of this adventure, the player characters are shunted to the sanctum in Sigil. Kas doesn’t expect this development, but the
, you can use an action to cast the spell associated with that piece, as listed on the Rod Pieces table. Once that piece of the rod has been used to cast a spell, it can’t be used that way again until the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
finishing a long rest, a corrupted creature can make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the corruption effect ends. A dispel evil and good spell or any magic that removes a curse also ends
the effect. If a corrupted creature doesn’t leave the plane within 1d4 + 2 days, its alignment changes to chaotic evil. Casting the dispel evil and good spell on the creature restores its original
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, and Elvish. She has the detect thoughts spell prepared in place of misty step. She carries a bag of holding and wears a robe of serpents (see appendix B) with six snakes. Pow Ming keeps hundreds of
, she casts a detect thoughts spell to confirm or put to rest her suspicions. If she becomes convinced that someone is cheating, she uses her suggestion spell to convince the individual to take a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
about infinitely long, psychedelic serpents. When the creature awakes, it gains inspiration. Secret Path. A character who searches this cavern and succeeds on a DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check
. Every few years, a ghost orchid colony grows a black pod as thick as a human fist that holds three soft, black seeds. A creature that consumes one of these black seeds is affected by the spell feign
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
enough. She uses a sending spell to contact Manshoon as soon as the characters arrive. Manshoon sends his simulacrum (see appendix B) to unlock the door to area E2 and greet the new arrivals. It takes 1
minute for the simulacrum to arrive (from area E7), during which time Kaevja uses another sending spell to inform a random character that “Your gracious host is on the way, and looks forward to meeting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
wardrobes with nine-pointed stars carved into their doors. A pair of tall, slender mirrors are mounted on the west wall, their stone frames carved with serpents. Stacked in the middle of the room are six
, Asmodeus. The massive bowl at the foot of the statue was also fashioned with stone shape spells; it radiates a strong aura of conjuration magic when subjected to a detect magic spell or similar magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
clouded white crystal. To the right of the mosaic is a closed door.
A character who examines the relief with a Detect Magic spell or similar magic finds that the relief’s mouth radiates conjuration magic
the Devil’s Door. The relief is the key to opening the door to area T6. The door can be opened in no other way. When a creature standing within 5 feet of the relief casts a spell using a spell slot