SNAKES! at the Game Table

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Bards and Sages has released SNAKES!, a 13 pg PDF by Keith Nielsen. SNAKES! takes the dry, boring snakes of the SRD and presents customized, detailed information using real world snakes. From snake-derived products like snake oil and antivenin to new rules for handling snakebite injuries, SNAKES! makes these amazing reptiles more interesting and useful in your campaign world.

Plus, get new information on 12 real world snakes, useable in your fantasy or modern d20-style games. Snakes profiled include the anaconda, boa constrictor, python, black mamba, death adder, golden tree snake, king cobra, northern adder, rattlesnake, sea snake, spitting cobra, and water moccasin.

SNAKES! is available exclusively through Onebookshelf.com sites, so get your copy from the ENWORLD Download shop today!

 

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The Perils of Snake Hunting

Funny that I just found this article today! It's a great piece that really demonstrates the instinctive reactions people have to snakes.

"Vietnam had so many species of poisonous snakes that they were tongue-in-cheek nicknamed by the potency of their venom. I didn't think of them as dangerous reptiles but the living embodiment of slithering evil. Their bites not only killed but caused a central-nervous-system-paralyzing, muscle-seizing, mouth-foaming, body-shaking, hallucination-filled, agonizing death. Somewhere in the undergrowth were steel-gray cobras, agile black mambas, and banana-shaped kraits, deadliest of all "one steppers.” Snakes were easy to find, even inside our perimeter since our refuse attracted rats and they in turn attracted snakes."

Read more of the article:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977117328