WizKids Yuan-Ti Abomination

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This dungeon has two variants: the pre-ascension dungeon is built for level 5-6 and takes place just days before Ssilkashla’s ritual is completed. The post-ascension dungeon is built for levels 7-9 and takes place several days after the ritual is completed. Some of the rooms in this dungeon have different contents depending when the adventure takes place, described under the Pre-Ascension and Post-Ascension headers. She is wearing a ring of mind shielding, which makes her immune to magic that allows other creatures to read her thoughts, determine whether she is lying, or know her alignment or creature type. The ring is invisible. If all goes well, the yuan-ti may try to retreat with a fresh body or two (the unconscious PC and perhaps another with a well worded suggestion) to turn into a brood guard. Ophidians are an unrelated race of serpent-people who are nonetheless commonly associated with the yuan-ti. Ophidians are not very intelligent, and are easily impressed by shows of power by yuan-ti, evil nagas, and dragons, whom they frequently serve as willing slaves. Their most potent weapon is their venom, which can change humans into degenerate ophidians. Most ophidians worship their yuan-ti masters as gods. A yuan-ti hatchling sheds its skin 5-6 times before reaching maturity, which happens in 4 years for purebloods, 6 years for halfbloods, and 8 years for abominations. Rarely, adults may undergo another growth spurt, as a sign of divine favor. Purebloods can live about 2,000 years, halfbreeds 4,000 years, and abominations about 6,000 years.

Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd, Darrin Drader (July 2004). Serpent Kingdoms. ( Wizards of the Coast), p. 10–11. ISBN 0-7869-3277-5. Heat Hunter. the yuan ti is not a hunter by sight, but by heat. As a bonus action you may take in the heat signatures around you to ‘see’ for up to 30 feet. This is unaffected by magical darkness and lasts till the beginning of your next turn. You cannot see constructs, oozes, or undead with this feature.

Only the most human-like forms wore clothing, but all varieties wielded weapons if they had means to carry them. [6] Varieties [ ] Major Subraces Mike Mearls, et al. (November 2016). Volo's Guide to Monsters. Edited by Jeremy Crawford, et al. ( Wizards of the Coast), pp. 202–206. ISBN 978-0786966011. 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 with that of snakes, producing a caste-based society of hybrids in which the most snakelike are the leaders and the most humanlike are spies and agents in foreign lands.

This room is simply furnished with a small wooden chest and four sleeping rolls scattered across the floor. Yuan-ti had their own language, [6] [4] [7] which used the Draconic alphabet, [21] and most could also speak Common. [6] [4] [7] Draconic [4] and Abyssal were also typically known. [4] Some sages reported that all yuan-ti could also communicate readily with any snake or snake-like creature. [6] [7] Architecture [ ] Purebloods, being the most human-like, were the caste involved in negotiations with outside races. [6] Religion [ ] Unusual Abilities offers four traits that DMs can use to customize an individual yuan-ti or a group of them:Yuan-ti gave off almost no scent that a human could detect, but animals could sense a dry, musty odor from their bodies. [6] Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1. The yuan-ti were devout demon-worshipers. [7] Their worship often involved bloody sacrifices. [6] Most worshiped Sseth, with other serpentine deities that some have worshiped over the years either being masks worn by Sseth or a false deity of the Scaleless Ones. All yuan-ti must act in accordance with the Sacred Way of Sseth - that is, subtly. Whenever possible, yuan-ti choose manipulation over open confrontation, the whisper over the fang. Followers of the Sacred Way of Sseth know their foes, think ahead, and plan forward. [20] Language [ ] Haste turns the anathema’s strongest lieutenant into a yuan-ti Cuisinart. Also a concentration spell. Pre-Ascension: Ssilkashla is the only Yuan-Ti Abomination currently residing in the temple. She lives in room 15B but is rarely found outside of her ritual chambers (room 20).