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{{monster
|name=guardian serpent
|glyph={{White|S}}
|tile=[[File:Guardian serpent.png]]
|flags={{See invisible flag}}<br>{{Speaks flag}}<br>{{Warm blood flag}}
|resistances={{Poison resistance}}
|vulnerabilities=None
|max_chunks=4
|meat={{Mutagenic corpse}}
|xp=457
|holiness={{Natural}}
|magic_resistance=60
|hp_range=28-61
|avg_hp=44
|armour_class=6
|evasion=14
|habitat=Land
|speed= 15
|size={{Large}}
|item_use={{Uses nothing}}
|attack1=26 ({{Hit type}}: {{Plain flavour}})
|attack2=
|attack3=
|attack4=
|hit_dice=8
|base_hp=3
|extra_hp=5
|fixed_hp=0
|intelligence={{Normal intelligence}}
|genus=guardian serpent
|species=guardian serpent
}}
{{Flavour|Serpents are distinct and rare members of scaly society. They are light and swift like snakes, yet also intelligent like nagas. Their lack of hands, together with an extreme sense of duty, makes them renowned guardians. It is said that a guardian serpent would rather die in battle than leave anything to an intruder.
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“The latter lived in the country, and before his house there was an oak, in which there was a lair of snakes. His servants killed the snakes, but Melampus gathered wood and burnt the reptiles, and reared the young ones. And when the young were full grown, they stood beside him at each of his shoulders as he slept, and they purged his ears with their tongues. He started up in a great fright, but understood the voices of the birds flying overhead, and from what he learned from them he foretold to men what should come to pass.”<br>
-Pseudo-Apollodorus , _Library and Epitome_, 1.9.11. circa 150 BC.<br>
trans. Sir James George Frazer, 1913.<br>
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“A snake, with mottles rare,<br>
Surveyed my chamber floor,<br>
In feature as the worm before,<br>
But ringed with power.”<br>
-Emily Dickinson, “In Winter In My Room”. circa 1860.}}
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==Useful Info==
'''Guardian serpents''' are dangerous support units which aid their [[list of nagas|naga and salamander]] allies. Although capable of dealing moderate [[poison]] damage on their own, their real danger lies in their ability to blink multiple nearby enemies into the spaces adjacent to you, immediately surrounding you. They are fairly common in the lower portions of the [[Snake Pit]], occasionally show up in the [[Desolation of Salt]], and make rare appearances in [[the Vaults]] and [[the Depths]].

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==Spells==
{{Spellcaster3
|number=
|slot1=[[Venom Bolt]] (3d13)
|flags1={{Wizard slot flag}}
|slot2=[[Slow]]
|flags2={{Wizard slot flag}}
|slot3=[[Blink Allies Encircling]]
|flags3={{Wizard slot flag}}
}}
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==Tips & Tricks==
*Standing in narrow hallways or up against corners will limit the number of spaces around you, limiting the number of foes a guardian serpent can surround you with at once. Ideally, however, you can kill the serpent before it has a chance to do so. Of course, [[Axes|axe-specialists]] may welcome the opportunity to buff themselves and then cleave through 7 enemies at a time.

==History==
Prior to [[0.14]], they knew [[Teleport Other]] and [[Minor Healing]] in place of [[Blink Allies Encircling]].