Nagaji Malison Type 3
Medium humanoid (shapechanger nagaji)- Challenge
- STR
- 3
- DEX
- 2
- CON
- 1
- INT
- 2
- WIS
- 1
- CHA
- 3
- Fort
- +1
- Ref
- +3
- Will
- +3
Magic Resistance. The nagaji malison type 3 has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Malison Type. The nagaji malison type 3 has one of the following types:
Type 1: Human body with snake head
Type 2: Human head and body with snakes for arms
Type 3: Human head and upper body with a serpentine lower body instead of legs
Type 4: Human form with one or more serpentine tails
Type 5: Human form covered in scales
Maneuvers. The nagaji malison type 3 uses maneuvers (maneuver save Difficulty 13). It has 3 stamina dice which are d8s, a dice limit of 1, regains all expended stamina dice when it finishes a long rest, and regains half its total stamina dice when it finishes a short rest. It knows the following maneuvers:
At will: grapple (Constrict only)
1 stamina die: spring attack
Shed Skin (1/long rest). Once on its turn, the nagaji malison type 3 can shed its skin to free itself from a grapple, shackles, or other restraints. If the nagaji malison type 3 spends 1 minute eating its shed skin, it regains health equal to half its maximum health.
Spellcasting (Nagaji form only). The nagaji malison type 3 uses Occult (cha) to cast spells (spell save Difficulty 13, +4 to hit with spell attacks). It has 3 mana, a mana limit of 1, regains all expended mana when it finishes a long rest, and regains half its total mana when it finishes a short rest. It knows the following spells:
At will: animal friendship (snakes only)
Cantrips (at will): poison spray
1 mana: blinding poison, confusion poison, detect poison, envenomed weapon, hypnotize, lingering poison, poison burst, poisoning strike, protection from poison, putrefy food and drink, sicken, slowing poison, toxic fumes
Actions (2)
Bite (Snake form only). Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.
Constrict (1/turn). Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage. If the nagaji uses the grapple maneuver, the target is restrained until the grapple ends, and the nagaji can’t constrict another target.
Scimitar (Nagaji form only). Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage.
Dagger (Nagaji form only). Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 1 m. or range 3/10 m. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage.
Longbow (Nagaji form only). Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 20/200 m. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.
Change Shape (1/turn). The nagaji malison type 3 can polymorph into a Medium snake, or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It doesn’t change form if it dies.
Acid Slime (1/turn). The nagaji malison type 3 can coat its body in a slimy acid that lasts for 1 minute. A creature that touches the nagaji malison type 3 or hits it or misses it by 4 or less with a melee attack while within 1 meter of it takes 3 (1d6) acid damage.
Any nonmagical weapon made of metal or wood that hits the nagaji malison type 3 corrodes. After dealing damage, the weapon is corroded 1 until the end of the creature’s next turn. Nonmagical ammunition made of metal or wood that hits the nagaji malison type 3 is destroyed after dealing damage.
Snake Antipathy (Recharge 6). The nagaji malison type 3 targets a creature it can see within 10 meters of it. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or feel an intense urge to avoid snakes and snakelike creatures (including nagaji); as if affected by the antipathy spell. The save Difficulty is 13.
Maneuvers
As an action, make a melee weapon attack and a Brawn check to grapple the creature.
Enhance
You can add the stamina die to the attack’s damage (add half on a miss by 4 or less) for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action, you can use the Dash action. If you move at least 3 meters straight toward a creature, you can make a melee weapon attack against it.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
Spells
1 minute
As an action, you can convince an animal within 5 meters that can see and hear you that you mean it no harm. The creature must make a Will saving throw. If the animal’s Intelligence is −3 or higher, the spell has no effect on it.
On a failure, it is charmed by you for the duration.
The spell ends if you or your allies attack, damage, or attempt to negatively effect the charmed creature in any way.
As an action, you extend your hand toward a creature that you can touch or see within 5 meters and project a puff of noxious gas from your palm. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 1d6 poison damage and has disadvantage on the next attack it makes before the end of its next turn.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
At higher levels
This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 9th level (2d6) and 17th level (3d6).
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As an action, you a poison blooms around a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 2d6 poison damage and is blinded for the duration.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 4d6 for each additional mana expended.
As an action, your poison assaults and twists a creature’s minds, spawning delusions and provoking uncontrolled actions. Choose a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. The target must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or it is confused until the end of its next turn.
Augment
You can expend 1 additional mana so the duration changes to 1 minute/mana, concentration and the creature is confused for the duration. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
You can target one additional creature for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.
(ritual); concentration, 5 minutes/mana
As an action, you can sense the presence and location of poisons and poisonous creatures within 5 meters of you. You also identify the kind of poison or poisonous creature in each case. The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 30 centimeters of stone, 2 centimeters of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 1 meter of wood or dirt
concentration, 5 minutes/mana
As an action, a weapon you touch drips with poison. For the duration, the weapon deals an extra 1d4 poison damage.
Alternatively, you can touch a quiver containing arrows or bolts, granting the ammunition pulled from it the same effect. The spell’s magic ends on a piece of ammunition when it hits or misses.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 1d4 for each additional mana expended.
You can expend 1 additional mana to cause an additional weapon you touch to drip with poison.
As an action, your soft words can magically enthrall a creature that you can touch or see within 5 meters of you. If the target can see or hear you, it must succeed on a Will saving throw or be charmed until the end of its next turn. The charmed creature is immobilized, it cannot speak, and the creature is incapacitated and visibly dazed.
The effect ends for the creature if you move more than 5 meters away from it, if it can neither see nor hear you, or if it takes damage.
Augment
You can target one additional creature for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.
You can expend 2 additional mana so the duration changes to 1 minute/mana, concentration and the creature is incapacitated for the duration. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As an action, lingering poison rattles the body of a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. At the start of each of its turns for the duration, the creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 3d8 poison damage and is poisoned until the end of its next turn.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage and and the effect ends.
On a critical success, it takes no damage and the effect ends.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 3d8 for each additional mana expended.
As a reaction, which you use when you are hit by an attack or missed by 4 or less, poison bursts from your skin. If the creature who damaged you is within 10 meters, it must make a Reflex saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 4d6 poison damage.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 4d6 for each additional mana expended.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As an action, make a weapon attack.
On a hit, add 2d8 + your spellcasting ability poison damage to the attack’s damage roll and the creature must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or it is poisoned for the duration.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 3d8 for each additional mana expended.
1 hour/mana
As an action, you have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and resistance to poison damage for the duration.
If you are poisoned, you neutralize the poison. If more than one poison afflicts you, you neutralize one poison that you know is present, or you neutralize one at random.
Augment
You can target one additional willing creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.
Immunity. You can expend 2 additional mana so you are immune to the poisoned condition and poison damage.
Dampen Poison
As a reaction, which you use when you take poison damage, you gain resistance to poison damage until the start of your next turn.
Augment
You can expend 1 additional mana to trigger the spell when a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters takes poison damage. The creature gains the resistance instead.
(ritual)
As an action, all nonmagical food and drink within a sphere centered on a point of your choice within 5 meters is putrefied. If a creature consumes the putrefied food or water it must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 1d8 poison damage and is poisoned for 1 hour.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Every 10 minutes, a poisoned creature can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 1d8 for each additional mana expended.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As an action, sickening greenish energy lashes out toward a creature within 10 meters. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 3d10 poison damage and is poisoned for the duration.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 4d10 for each additional mana expended.
concentration, 1 minute/mana
As an action, your poison slows the processing and reaction time of up to two creatures that you can touch or see within 10 meters and within 5 meters of each other. Each target must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or be slowed 1 for the duration.
A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Augment
You can target two additional creatures for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.
You can increase the slowed level by 1 for each additional mana expended.
As an action, a green mist shoots forth from your outstretched hands. Each creature in a cone or line must make a Fortitude saving throw.
On a failure, it takes 2d10 poison damage and is poisoned until the end of its next turn.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
A creature killed by this spell is affected by rigor mortis.
Augment
You can increase the damage by 1d10 for each additional mana expended.