Banelar naga

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Banelar nagas are evil nagas creatures whose mastery of spells and magic items makes them deadly opponents.

A banelar naga has a snakelike body covered in dark, purple-green scales and an oversized humanoid head. Its eyes are green-white and glistening with malice, and tiny tentacles grow in a ring about its mouth. Its brown tail ends in a wicked-looking stinger.

Although its tentacles are too weak to wield weapons, they can be used to wear, manipulate, or carry minor items such as rings, keys, wands, and bits of food. Banelar nagas can breathe air or water with equal ease. Due to racial traits the banelar is highly resistant, but not immune, to petrification spells or abilities.

Banelar nagas speak Common, Draconic and Orc with their horrid, hissing voices.

[edit] Combat

A banelar attacks with its bite and the stinger at the end of its tail, both of which inject venom. As a side effect of the poison, the victim's skin turns blue around the wound. In addition, the creature can choose from a wide rage of magical abilities to complement these attacks. A banelar is able to cast clerical and magical spells from the evil, magic and water domains.

Banelar nagas collect magic items and use them freely in combat. Their tentacles can wear or manipulate amulets, rings, wands, rods, potions, and similar small items.

[edit] Society

Though named for the many alliances they have made with priests of Bane, these monsters worked with the church of Cyric during the fourteen years when Bane was dead. Upon the return of the Black Lord, some banelar nagas decided to continue their allegiance to the Dark Sun, while others returned to their former alliance with the church of Bane. Two prominent Cyricist temples in Faerûn, the Twin Towers of the Eternal Eclipse in Amn and the House of Cyric in Skullport, have banelar allies. Banelar nagas are also known to be working with the Cyricist western Zhentarim based in Darkhold, but whether they do so with loyalty or as agents of Fzoul Chembryl is unknown.

[edit] References

• Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd, Darrin Drader (July 2004). Serpent Kingdoms, p. 74. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3277-5.