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Returning 25 results for 'type serpent'.
Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
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Malison Type. The yuan-ti malison (type 3) has a Human head and upper body with a serpentine lower body instead of legs.Multiattack (Yuan-ti Form Only). The yuan-ti makes
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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
The Great Old One
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
might be unaware of your existence or entirely indifferent to you, but the secrets you have learned allow you to draw your magic from it.
Entities of this type include Ghaunadar, called That Which
Lurks; Tharizdun, the Chained God; Dendar, the Night Serpent; Zargon, the Returner; Great Cthulhu; and other unfathomable beings.
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Ye cannot goad one of the serpent folk into hatred or fear, or evoke in it love or friendship. They may feign such things to cozen ye, but within they are always coldly, calmly calculating.
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; Elminster
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 their flesh
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Yuan-ti were originally humans who transformed themselves into serpent folk through ancient rituals. Most yuan-ti were corrupted into monsters by those rites, but some yuan-ti instead became a new
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Creature Type
Every creature in D&D, including each player character, has a special tag in the rules that identifies the type of creature they are. Most player characters are of the Humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
succeeds on a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check made with disadvantage catches sight of the serpent folk as they withdraw. If this encounter occurs within 25 miles of Omu, the patrol is instead made up
of 1d4 yuan-ti malisons (type 1), and it takes a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot them. If the characters chase after the malisons, they transform into snakes and vanish into the jungle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
city. Treasure The type 3 malison’s longbow is painted and carved like a serpent with tiny amber gemstones for eyes. The weapon is worth 250 gp as an art object.
zigzags up the cliff to their hideout. The group consists of two type 1 malisons, two type 2 malisons, and one type 3 malison. They follow the characters into Omu and shadow them through the streets. Their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Dendar the Night Serpent). Standing around the edge of the hole are three yuan-ti purebloods wearing desert robes and six yuan-ti malisons. Two of the malisons are type 1 (human body with a snake head
-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
the lower body of a snake.
Yuan-ti priests use the pool to commune with Dendar the Night Serpent. Three priests named Arakiti, Kultha, and Nyss are here at all times. They are loyal to Fenthaza and
are type 3 yuan-ti malisons, with these changes: Add the following to the list of spells that the yuan-ti can innately cast at will: eldritch blast (2 beams; +5 to hit; 1d10 + 3 force damage per beam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
5. Fenthaza’s Quarters Two type 2 yuan-ti malisons stand guard in the corridor outside this room. Combat in the hallway alerts the yuan-ti broodguards in area 6, which arrive in 1 round. The room can
next to a stone urn covered with snake carvings. A creature with the head and upper body of a dark-skinned woman and the lower body of a serpent coils in the middle of the room.
Fenthaza, a yuan-ti
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
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The following events are unfolding as the party enters. Lashed to a makeshift altar are two neutral good yuan-ti, a type 1 yuan-ti malison named Maaz and a yuan-ti pureblood named Vorsa. They are
being tortured by an evil yuan-ti abomination that is presiding over a ritual. An enormous sarcophagus rests behind them, its exterior carved with serpents. Two yuan-ti malisons, a type 1 and a type 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
through a wound or washed off. A creature that takes piercing or slashing damage from an object coated with the poison is exposed to its effects. Poisons Item Type Price per Dose Assassin’s blood
Oil of taggit Contact 400 gp Pale tincture Ingested 250 gp Purple worm poison Injury 2,000 gp Serpent venom Injury 200 gp Torpor Ingested 600 gp Truth serum Ingested 150 gp Wyvern poison Injury 1,200 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
character learns that Fenthaza had a prophetic dream about the Black Opal Crown, a treasure which the yuan-ti believe has the power to usher forth Dendar the Night Serpent. 76–90 Clean the yuan-ti nests in
21. The characters find a folded-up piece of parchment hidden on the dead prisoner. On one side, it bears a crude map of the temple. Temple Roster Area Creature(s) Notes 1 Nahth (type 1 yuan-ti
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
D) guard the captives for Overseer Issar, a type 3 yuan-ti malison wearing a red cloth headdress. Issar is more interested in gazing at his own reflection in a hand mirror than overseeing anyone
healthy, but their wills have been broken by mental trauma and tranquilizing drugs. Their emotions surface only during rest, when the dreams of the Night Serpent wrench them screaming from their troubled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
serpent gods of the primordial world heeded the prayers of these people and hissed dark demands into their ears. The people tainted their souls by performing human sacrifices in the name of the gods
, although live births aren’t uncommon. A mating between yuan-ti of different types almost always produces eggs that hatch into yuan-ti of the weaker parent, so most choose partners of the same type in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Sample Poisons Item Type Price per Dose Assassin's blood Ingested 150 gp Burnt othur fumes Inhaled 500 gp Crawler mucus Contact 200 gp Drow poison Injury 200 gp Essence of ether Inhaled 300 gp
Malice Inhaled 250 gp Midnight tears Ingested 1,500 gp Oil of taggit Contact 400 gp Pale tincture Ingested 250 gp Purple worm poison Injury 2,000 gp Serpent venom Injury 200 gp Torpor Ingested 600 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Sample Poisons Example poisons are detailed here in alphabetical order. Each poison’s description includes the suggested price for a single dose of the poison, its type (contact, ingested, inhaled
successful one. Serpent Venom (200 GP) Injury Poison A creature subjected to Serpent Venom must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) Poison damage on a failed save or half as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Sample Poisons Example poisons are detailed here in alphabetical order. Each poison’s description includes the suggested price for a single dose of the poison, its type (contact, ingested, inhaled
successful one. Serpent Venom (200 GP) Injury Poison A creature subjected to Serpent Venom must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) Poison damage on a failed save or half as
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
here — 3 yuan-ti purebloods, 2 yuan-ti malisons (type 2), and 1 yuan-ti abomination priestess — along with any yuan-ti and lizardfolk that retreated from previous encounters. The yuan-ti and
passage beneath one of the serpent statues in the temple. Within the space is the enclave’s treasure hoard, comprising 800 gold pieces, 100 pp, 2 cloudy emeralds worth 500 gp each, a necklace of 22
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. The Great Old One might be unaware of your existence or entirely indifferent to you, but the secrets you have learned allow you to draw your magic from it. Entities of this type include Ghaunadar
, called That Which Lurks; Tharizdun, the Chained God; Dendar, the Night Serpent; Zargon, the Returner; Great Cthulhu; and other unfathomable beings. Expanded Spell List The Great Old One lets you choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
yuan-ti are here—3 yuan-ti purebloods, 2 yuan-ti malisons (type 2), and 1 yuan-ti abomination priestess—along with any yuan-ti and lizardfolk that retreated from previous encounters. The yuan-ti and
beneath one of the serpent statues in the temple. Within the space is the enclave’s treasure hoard, comprising 800 gp, 100 pp, 2 cloudy emeralds worth 500 gp each, a necklace of 22 chrysoprase beads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
puzzle cubes have been taken from their shrines, Ras Nsi begins to set ambushes. When the characters arrive at their next shrine, three type 1 yuan-ti malisons and six yuan-ti purebloods ambush them
. Their orders are to capture characters and bring them to the Fane of the Night Serpent for interrogation. Once eight puzzle cubes have been claimed, Ras Nsi steals the ninth cube for himself and leaves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Sample Poisons Each type of poison has its own debilitating effects. Assassin’s Blood (Ingested). A creature subjected to this poison must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it
. Serpent Venom (Injury). This poison must be harvested from a dead or incapacitated giant poisonous snake. A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
sacrifices to Dendar the Night Serpent in a sprawling underground temple beneath the ruins of Omu’s royal palace (area 20); the temple is described in chapter 4. The yuan-ti guard the entrances to the
ambush. When night falls, Salida uses a lantern to signal the yuan-ti attack. The attacking force consists of one type 3 yuan-ti malison and two yuan-ti purebloods per party member. Ras Nsi is keen to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
character spends digging for coins yields 100 coins of each type (copper, silver, and gold). It takes 60 hours to retrieve all the gold coins in this way. Treasure. The dragons’ hoard consists of 90,000
a nest. The nest is littered with humanoid bones and also contains a rotted wooden chest with a black serpent formed in the shape of an “S” burned into its lid. It contains 1d4 magic items. Roll on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Demon Types Demonologists organize the chaotic distribution of demons into broad categories of power known as types. Most demons fit into one of six major types, with the weakest categorized as Type
1 and the strongest as Type 6. Demons outside the six main types are categorized as minor demons and demon lords. Demons by Type Type Examples 1 barlgura, shadow demon, vrock 2 chasme, hezrou 3






