Monsters / Snake, Venomous
Snake, Venomous
CR 1 - 400 XP - N Medium Animal
Stat block
AC14 (touch 11, flat-footed 13)HP13 (2d8+4)SavesFort +5, Ref +4, Will +1Meleebite +2 (1d4-1 plus poison)Speed20 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 20 ft.AbilitiesStr 8, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 2BAB / CMB / CMD+1 / +0 / 11Senseslow-light vision, scent; Perception +9Environmentany temperate or warm
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (2 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
skirmisher (from abilities)
abilities: Dex 13 over Str 8 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
abilities: Dex 13 over Str 8 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
strikes-first (from feats)
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
From the entry
Bite:
Countless species of poisonous snakes dwell in the wild, their bites capable of bringing down creatures much larger than themselves. Snakes of the size presented here are thankfully rarer than their smaller kin, but many species of rattlesnake, cobra, and similar reptiles can grow to this size.
Venomous snakes are generally far more aggressive than constrictor snakes, and even larger variants do exist: you can create stats for a king cobra, for example, by applying the advanced and giant simple templates to the stats given above.