Spitting Cobra

These venomous snakes are 1d5+5 feet long. As with other cobras, spitting cobras also rear up and flatten their necks into hoods when threatening, but these serpents can also spit venom at targets up to 10 feet away. When it bites a victim, a spitting cobra causes 1d6 damage from swelling and necrosis, and the target must succeed in a DC 16 Fort save or be paralyzed for 1d6 turns, with another DC 16 Fort save at the end of this period to avoid death. A spitting cobra can spit venom at its opponent’s eyes and face. If successful, the target takes 1d4 -1 damage and is blinded for 1d5 minutes. At the end of this time, blinded victims must succeed in a DC 16 Fort save or the blindness is permanent. 10% of spitting cobras can spray their venom in a mist rather than a stream. This gives them a +1d shift towards hitting opponents, but lowers the save DC to avoid permanent blindness to 12. A thief can extract 1d5 doses of venom from a spitting cobra (living or dead) with a successful Handle Poison check, but there is a -2d shift on the attempt if the cobra is alive, with failure indicating being hit by spit venom. Copperhead: Init +2; Atk bite +7 melee (venom); AC 14; HD 1 hp; MV 20’ or climb 20’; Act 1d16; SP venom (Fort DC 10 or 1d3 Stamina damage; 1 point is permanent on natural “1”), camouflage +6; SV Fort -2; Ref +4; Will +0; AL N. Adult copperheads are 1d16+20 inches long on average. They strike without warning when threatened, and their tendency to rely on camouflage as a defense makes stepping on or near one altogether too possible. Their venom tends to be mild, compared to other venomous snakes. A thief can extract 1d4 doses of venom from a bush viper (living or dead) with a successful Handle Poison check.