Serpent of Hell

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Serpent of Hell D [[File:{{{tile_name}}}.png|32px]]
HP	98 - 140
HD	20
XP	15000
Speed	14
AC	12
EV	9
Will	346
Attack1	35 (bite: plain)
Attack2	15 (claw: plain)
Attack3	15 (trample: plain)
Resistances	Standard: rPois+, rRot, rN+, rTorm Gehenna: Add damnation Cocytus: Add rC+
Vulnerabilities	Holy, Dragon Slaying
Habitat	land
Intelligence	High
Uses	Open doors
Holiness	Demonic
Size	Huge
Type	serpent of hell, serpent of hell
Flags	Spellcaster Flying Sense invisible Evil

Gehenna: A huge red glowing dragon, burning with hellfire. It seems to be possessed by the very essence of Gehenna and its eternal fire. Cocytus: You can barely move through the hellish cold that's freezing your soul. It emanates from this massive white dragon. Your eyes hurt from the temperature, and from the gleam of shards of ice covering the demonic beast. Tartarus: A pair of lurid magenta eyes hang in the darkness before you. You can just barely trace the outline of a vast, sinuous dragon. Its malice for you is palpable. Dis: A huge metallic dragon, glowing with power.

Useful Info

The Serpent of Hell is a unique demonic dragon that appears in one of the four branches of Hell. Although its stats are mostly identical wherever you encounter it, it will have two different breath weapons which vary based on the branch you encounter it in:

• File:Serpent of Hell Gehenna.png In Gehenna, it will have 3d20 hellfire and 3d40 fire breath. Only the latter is resistable. It will also resist fire completely.
• File:Serpent of Hell Cocytus.png In Cocytus, it will have Freezing Cloud and 3d40 cold breath. It will also resist cold completely.
• File:Serpent of Hell Tartarus.png In Tartarus, it will have miasma and 3d24 draining breath.
• File:Serpent of Hell Dis.png In the Iron City of Dis, it will breathe metal splinters for 3d32 and quicksilver bolts for 3d20.

Tips & Tricks

Regardless of where you encounter it, the Serpent's breath attack can deal heavy damage if you aren't prepared. Generally speaking though, preparation for each branch of Hell will make it much less dangerous. It isn't terribly durable, and only the Gehenna and Cocytus versions have any elemental resistances, so most forms of dealing damage quickly should work fine here. The Cocytus version is probably the least dangerous, as it is the only version whose breath attacks can both be resisted. Be very careful of the Tartarus version if you are living; miasma will slow you and rot your HP even if you are poison resistant.