This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Serpentine Bloodline ====== //Your bloodline carries the lingering stain of ancient serpent races that ruled when the world was young; your forebears were likely favored slaves anointed by their reptilian masters and gifted with their cold cunning and subtle manipulation. While deception and a mesmeric charm are your birthright, you may struggle for truth in spite of your heritage.// **Bloodline Skill:** [[priority:skills:diplomacy|Diplomacy]] <WRAP round box> ===== Serpent-tongue ===== **Requirements:** [[chargen:common_terms#core_stats|CST]] 2, Diplomacy 3, 10 EXP Your powers of compulsion can affect even bestial creatures. Whenever you use [[priority:skills:diplomacy|Diplomacy]], or cast a mind-affecting or language-dependent spell, it affects animals, magical beasts, and monstrous humanoids as if they were humanoids who understood your language. </WRAP> ---- <WRAP round box> ===== Serpent's Fangs (Ex) ===== **Requirements:** Serpent-tongue, [[chargen:common_terms#core_stats|CST]] 5, Diplomacy 5, 15 EXP You can grow fangs as a Free Action. These fangs are treated as a primary natural weapon, inflicting 1d6 points of damage plus your Strength modifier (1d4 if you are Small) plus poison (Bite—injury; save Fort DC 10 + your [[priority:magic|CL]]/[[priority:prowess|BaB]] + your Constitution modifier; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1 Con damage; cure 1 save). At [[priority:magic|CL]]/[[priority:prowess|BaB]] 5, these fangs are considered magical for the purpose of overcoming DR and the poison damage increases to 1d2 Con. At [[priority:magic|CL]]/[[priority:prowess|BaB]] 7, your poison requires 2 successful saves to cure. At [[priority:magic|CL]]/[[priority:prowess|BaB]] 11, your poison damage increases to 1d4 Con. </WRAP> ---- <WRAP round box> ===== Serpentfriend (Ex) ===== **Requirements:** Serpent's Fangs, [[chargen:common_terms#core_stats|CST]] 10, Diplomacy 7, 20 EXP You may freely communicate with reptilian animals such as snakes (including various forms of dinosaurs, lizards, and other cold-blooded creatures) as if you shared a language. Additionally, such creatures possess a starting attitude of Friendly towards you. You also gain a viper familiar, as if you had selected the [[paths:arcana_path#find_familiar|Find Familiar]] Talent from the Path of Arcana. </WRAP> ---- <WRAP round box> ===== Snakeskin (Ex) ===== **Requirements:** Serpentfriend, [[chargen:common_terms#core_stats|CST]] 15, Diplomacy 10, 25 EXP You gain a +1 bonus to natural armor, a +2 racial bonus on saves against poison, and the compression universal monster ability. The bonuses increase by 1 for every 6 [[priority:magic|CL]]/[[priority:prowess|BaB]] you possess, to a maximum of +4 natural armor and +5 on saves against poison at [[priority:magic|CL]]/[[priority:prowess|BaB]] 18. Additionally, you no longer suffer penalties whilst prone, and you may stand up without provoking an Attack of Opportunity. </WRAP> ---- <WRAP round box> ===== Den of Vipers (Sp) ===== **Requirements:** Snakeskin, [[chargen:common_terms#core_stats|CST]] 20, Diplomacy 15, 35 EXP You may summon a host of writhing serpents as a Half Action. This power acts as [[priority:magic:spells:tier6:creeping_doom|]], but the swarms’ poison inflicts Con damage instead of Dex, and any creature other than you sharing a space with a swarm is entangled. You may use this ability once per day. </WRAP> ---- <WRAP round box> ===== Scaled Soul (Su) ===== **Requirements:** Den of Vipers, [[chargen:common_terms#core_stats|CST]] 25, Diplomacy 20, 50 EXP You gain the shapechanger subtype, and you can assume the form of a reptilian humanoid (as [[priority:magic:spells:tier2:alter_self|]]) or snake of Diminutive to Huge size (as [[priority:magic:spells:tier5:beast_shape_iii|]]) at will, including magical beasts of this type. You retain the power of speech and the ability to use somatic spell components when transformed. You also become immune to poison and paralysis. You may choose to inflict damage to any ability score with your Serpent Fangs, and they now inflict ability drain instead of damage. </WRAP> ----
