D&D General Favorite serpentine monsters?

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Not sure how real this is, but my party will be fighting one.

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View attachment 276741 And... Apparently Nick Cage has one of these, or is one, not sure.

What's the CR of a Photoshop Cobra?

 

[aco175]

What's the CR of a Photoshop Cobra?

He has 5 hit dice and the mirror image spell as a recharge power. Likely a CR1 monster

 

[Swarmkeeper]

Nagini

Or possibly Manda

 

[Steampunkette]

Yeah... it's sort of self-serving but...

 

[RangerWickett]

Why, Rachel, whatever is that fascinating creature whose illustration you just shared? What amazing game product might one be able to find such a being in?

 

[Steampunkette]

Why, Rachel, whatever is that fascinating creature whose illustration you just shared? What amazing game product might one be able to find such a being in?

Love you, too, Ryan! <3

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-Paranormal Power, pg 6

 

[Paul Farquhar]

 

[Voadam]

perhaps even some sorts of dragons.

Linnorms, Sea Serpents, Tatzylwyrms.

 

[Voadam]

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Some of my favorites. Ninjago really pulled through for D&D Yuan-Ti/Snake folk minis.

 

[Voadam]

We're got medusas, and nagas, and good old fashioned Thulsa-Doom-turning-into-a-giant-constrictor, and maybe hydras, perhaps even some sorts of dragons.

What snake and serpent monsters do you like best?

Venomous ones always seemed too nasty to use in ongoing campaigns if you didn't want a decent chance of just random death to loom.

1 HD monsters with save or die poison in B/X and AD&D. Snakes with save or ongoing con damage in 3e and Pathfinder and particularly swarm of snakes with auto poison application by the swarm moving into your square.

The model of you are probably completely OK, but you might get unlucky and be really instantly dead (regardless of level) is not a play model that I particularly like as a DM or player. 3e ability damage is a little more preferable, but con damage is often just death spiral deadly.

I tended to use constrictor snakes much more as a DM.