Water Elemental Serpent
- Habitat
- Wells, fountains, pools and any still water
- Biomes
- +water, +settlement, summoned
- Spawn
- solo, any
- Temper
- Hostile; drowns living things on sight
- Threat
- Moderate
- Rarity
- Very Rare
- Move
- run.
- Special
- Water weird: rises as a serpent and strikes as a powerful creature; a struck victim can be pulled under and held down to drown unless it breaks free; immune to most weapons (sharp blades barely scratch it, cold merely slows it, purifying its water slays it), and it re-forms moments after being disrupted.
- STR14
- DEX11
- CON16
- INT12
- Health152
- Damage26
- Mana115
- Armor24
A water elemental serpent is a spirit of living water that lurks unseen within a basin, well or pond. To any glance it is only still water, until a creature draws near and the surface gathers itself upward into a glistening serpent that strikes and coils. Anything it seizes is yanked beneath the surface to drown, the elemental feeding on the spilled life-essence. Blades pass through it almost harmlessly; only blunt blows or purifying its water can unmake it, while cold merely slows it. Cunning and chaotic, it is often a captive bound to a pool by a sorcerer and watches always for a chance to slip its leash.
Behavior
- Hides motionless, indistinguishable from ordinary water
- Rises into a lashing serpentine column when prey comes within reach
- Drags victims under and holds them down to drown
- Re-forms after being scattered, resuming the attack
- Can be reasoned with by the clever, though its bargains are never sure
Abilities
- Drowning Coils. Pulls a grabbed victim underwater; escape requires breaking free before breath runs out.
- Fluid Body. Sharp weapons barely harm it; blunt force is far more effective, while cold only slows it.
- Re-Form. When dispersed it reconstitutes after a moment rather than dying outright.
- Pure-Water Bane. Magically purifying its water annihilates it instantly.
Drops & Crafting
- Distilled water-essence (alchemical reagent)
- Elemental binding-stone (if captured rather than slain)
- Purified water residue (preserving, brewing)
- Mineral silt and shells left in its drained basin