Sea snake

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

sea snake S
HP	42-87
HD	10
XP	742
Speed	12 (swim: 40%)
AC	2
EV	15
Will	40
Attack1	24 (bite: strong poison)
Resistances	rDrown
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Amphibious
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	snake, sea snake
Flags	Cold-blooded

A brightly coloured snake, very comfortable in the water. It has a highly potent venomous bite. “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.” -Pseudo-Apollodorus , _Library and Epitome_, 1.9.11. circa 150 BC. trans. Sir James George Frazer, 1913. “A snake, with mottles rare, Surveyed my chamber floor, In feature as the worm before, But ringed with power.” -Emily Dickinson, “In Winter In My Room”. circa 1860.

Useful Info

Sea snakes are found in the Shoals and the Snake Pit, usually lying in ambush in the water. They're quick, beefy, and carry a hefty poisonous bite that is only weakened by poison resistance.

Tips & Tricks

• Poison resistance reduces their damage output tremendously.

History

• As of 0.12, they no longer flee when moderately injured.
• Prior to 0.11, sea snake poison could not overwhelm rPois.