Homebrew Yuan-ti Abomination Species Details

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 people who mix characteristics of humans and snakes.

Blessed with resistance to magical and poisonous effects by the rituals that created them, the outwardly monstrous yuan-ti abominations are also endowed with great strength more than capable of holding and crushing whatever manner of beast or humanoid that has the ill fortune of falling into its clutches, and a fanged bite that can deliver deadly venom directly into the victim's bloodstream. They can also call upon their reptilian heritage to commune with snakes, and even attempt to mesmerize other intelligent beings.

Though a great deal rarer to witness slithering upon the surface world than their pureblood kin, those few yuan-ti abominations that have escaped the confines of their under-empires' malefic influence can prove themselves as deadly warriors and spellcasters in the service of those who might recognize the true intent dwelling behind their inhuman eyes, and ignore their threatening, unfeeling ophidian exteriors. Often possessed by a grandiose sense of self-worth derived from their roots as the pinnacle of yuan-ti society, many abominations that fall under neutral or good alignments have traded ritualistic sadism and unfeeling cruelty for a cold sense of pride and accomplishment in themselves and their chosen means by which they carve their way through the multiverse.

Yuan-ti Abomination Traits

As a yuan-ti abomination, you have the following racial traits.

Creature Type

You are a Monstrosity.

Size

You are Medium.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Magic Resistance

You have advantage on saving throws against spells.

Poison Resilience

You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the poisoned condition on yourself. You also have resistance to poison damage.

Bite

You have envenomed fangs that you can use to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, you deal 1d6 + your Strength modifier poison damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Constrict

The serpentine form of a yuan-ti abomination is adept at catching and ensnaring enemies in their insidious coils. You have advantage on initiating and maintaining grapples.

Serpentine Spellcasting

You can cast Animal Friendship an unlimited number of times with this trait, but you can target only snakes with it. Starting at 3rd level, you can also cast Suggestion with this trait. Once you cast it, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast it using any spell slots you have of 2nd level or higher.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).