Venomous snakes, often wrongly called poisonous snakes, were snakes no more than 7 ft (2.1 m) long with venom glands and hollow fangs who bit their prey, injecting various venoms into the preys bodies.[6][4]
Behavior[]
All types of venomous snakes were ambush predators and would conceal themselves in foliage or underneath rocks, waiting for prey to amble near whereupon they would strike out and bite, injecting their venom into the target.[3][4]
Combat[]
Venomous snakes could pose a danger in two different ways; The first was by having a strong venom that would induce sickness or even death in normal sized or larger targets. The other by slithering in swarms of up to 6 members and overwhelming their prey by the combined wight of their venomous bites. Of course the greatest danger was when they combined both and a swarm of snakes with deadly venom would work together to bring down even hardy foes.[5][3][4]
Species[]
- Adder
- A venomous snake found in the Duskwood.[7]
- Asp
- A common species of venomous snake.[6]
- Boomslang
- A small and docile snake with a very dangerous bite.[4]
- Cobra
- A venomous snake with an expandable hood near the neck.[8]
- Fer-de-lance
- A formidable, aggressive type of pit viper.[9]
- Nightviper
- A venomous snake of the Nelanther Isles. А poison called Nightviper venom was extracted from its fangs.[10]
- Tundra Widowmaker
- A venomous snake.[11]
- Viper
- A common type of venomous snake that came in various sizes and colorings.[12]
- Water moccasin
- A common species of venomous snake.[6]
History[]
Various venomous snakes were all over the place, from the Calim Desert in Calimshan,[13] in the midwood of the Cormanthor forest,[14] to the Umber Marshes near Thay.[15]
Notable Venomous Snakes[]
- Ssura, an awakened snake who worshipped the god Merrshaulk and inhabited the Shrine of Fangs during the late 15th century DR.[16]
- Y'zleth, another awakened snake and companion to Ssura who likewise worshipped Merrshaulk.[16]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
- Giant venomous snake, the often far larger and somewhat more dangerous type of venomous snake.
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References[]
- ↑ unknown (2025). Monster Manual 5th edition (revised). (Wizards of the Coast), p. 372. ISBN 978-0-7869-6954-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 334. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 320. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Kevin Melka (January 1997). “The Dragon's Bestiary: Venomous!”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #237 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 45–46.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 111. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), pp. 320–321. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Explorer's Manual”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 7. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ Kevin Melka (January 1997). “The Dragon's Bestiary: Venomous!”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #237 (TSR, Inc.), p. 46.
- ↑ Kevin Melka (January 1997). “The Dragon's Bestiary: Venomous!”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #237 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 43–44.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (March 2002). “Elminster's Guide to the Realms: The Missing Minotaur”. In Jesse Decker ed. Dragon #293 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 75.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (March 2005). The Crystal Shard. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 94. ISBN 0-7869-1606-0.
- ↑ Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 280–281. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ Scott Haring (1988). Empires of the Sands. (TSR, Inc), p. 49. ISBN 0-8803-8539-1.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Cormanthor”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 10. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Matt Forbeck, Sean K. Reynolds (May 2003). Unapproachable East. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 99. ISBN 0-7869-2881-6.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Christopher Perkins, Jeremy Crawford (September 2017). The Tortle Package. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 21.