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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>
 
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==Useful Info==
 
==Useful Info==

Revision as of 05:39, 9 April 2014

Version 0.13: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

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

guardian serpent SGuardian serpent.png
HP 30-58
HD 8
XP 457
Speed 15
AC 6
EV 14
Will 64
Attack1 26 (hit: plain)


Resistances rPois+
Vulnerabilities None
Habitat Land
Intelligence Normal
Uses Uses nothing
Holiness Natural
Size Large
Type guardian serpent, guardian serpent
Flags Actual spells
See invisible
Speaks
Spellcaster
Warm-blooded
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.

Useful Info

Guardian serpents are fast, can see invisible, and cast some vicious spells. However, unlike most major serpents they lack a constriction attack.

Normally, they reside on the last two floors of the Snake Pit and are guaranteed to be guarding the serpentine rune itself. However, they may be randomly generated in the main dungeon starting on D:15 (or earlier as rare out-of-depth monsters), or in vaults as early as level 9.

Spells

Spell set
Slot1 Venom Bolt (3d13)
Slot2 Slow (50% success rate when MR=32)
Slot3 none
Slot4 none
Slot5 Blink Allies Encircling
Slot6 none

Tips & Tricks

Poison resistance and an amulet of stasis (or high magic resistance) are recommended.

History

In 0.14, they will have a mostly new spell set, changing Teleport Other and Minor Healing for Blink Allies Encircling.