Serpent of Hell (Tartarus)

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For a list of all dragons, see list of dragons.

Serpent of Hell (Tartarus) D
HP	213-430
HD	17
XP	5959
Speed	14
AC	16
EV	12
Will	180
Attack1	35 (bite: drain experience)
Attack2	15 (claw: plain)
Attack3	15 (trample: trample)
Resistances	rC++ rPois+ rDrown rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Demonic
Size	Giant
Type	dragon, the Serpent of Hell
Flags	Destroys doors See invisible Flying Unique

Seemingly three pairs of lurid magenta eyes hanging in the darkness, the outline of a vast, sinuous dragon is just barely perceptible behind. Its malice is palpable.

Useful Info

The Serpent of Hell is a unique dragon whose elemental affinity varies based on which branch of Hell you encounter it in. When faced in Tartarus, the Serpent is capable of breathing negative energy, vile miasma, and acid at you.

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1	Bolt of Draining (3d24)	Natural flag, Breath flag, Noisy flag
Slot2	Miasma Breath (3d13)	Natural flag, Breath flag, Noisy flag
Slot3	Corrosive Bolt (3d24)	Natural flag, Breath flag, Noisy flag
Slot4	Summon Dragon	Magical flag

Tips & Tricks

• Visiting Tartarus without rN++ or better is just asking for aggravating and disabling levels of draining, and that applies while facing the Serpent of Hell. Even with a full three ranks however, the Serpent's Miasma blasts will still damage, poison, and slow you unless you are immune to poison or miasma. As this simply isn't available to most characters, try to take out this unique fast, and try not to stand around in miasma if you don't have to.
  • If you happen to be carrying one, a scarf of cloud immunity will render you immune to miasma.
• You'll also want rCorr here, as this version of the Serpent of Hell is one of the few sources of acid damage in the hells.

History

• In 0.32, this Serpent of Hell will get Ghostly Fireball and Poison Arrow instead of Bolt of Draining and Corrosive Bolt.
• In 0.16, it got a third breath attack in Corrosive Bolt.