Actions/Abilities/Traits: (OSR)
Special
|Dance of Death|Paralysis
A necrophidius can entrance opponents by swaying back and forth. All creatures within 30 feet who can see the necrophidius when it uses its dance of death must succeed on a Death save or be dazed for 2d4 rounds. This is a mind-affecting effect.
Special
|Dance of Death|Paralysis
Any living creature that is bitten by a necrophidius must succeed on a Paralysis save or be paralyzed for 1d4 rounds.
Actions/Abilities/Traits: (Pathfinder 2e)
Ability
Dance of Death
(enchantment, mental, occult, visual) The necrophidius sways, its serpentine form undulating and clattering in a hypnotic rhythm. Each creature that witnesses the dance must attempt a DC 18 Will save. Critical Success The creature is unaffected and is temporarily immune for 24 hours. Success The creature is unnerved by the swaying and becomes flat-footed until the end of the necrophidius's next turn. Failure The creature is distracted by the swaying, becoming stunned 1. After it recovers, it is flat-footed until the end of the necrophidius's next turn. Critical Failure As failure, but stunned 3.
Ability
Necrophidic Paralysis
(incapacitation, occult, necromancy) A living creature bitten by a necrophidius must succeed at a DC 20 Fortitude save or become paralyzed. It can attempt a new save at the end of each of its turns, and the DC cumulatively decreases by 1 for each save attempted. A creature that succeeds at this save is temporarily immune to necrophidic paralysis for 24 hours.
Offense
Melee
Circumstance: combat round (melee)
jaws +8 [+4/+0] (agile, finesse), Damage 1d10+3 piercing plus necrophidic paralysis
Trait
Construct
A construct is an artificial creature empowered by a force other than necromancy. Constructs are often mindless; they are immune to bleed damage, death effects, disease, healing, necromancy, nonlethal attacks, poison, and the doomed, drained, fatigued, paralyzed, sickened, and unconscious conditions; and they may have Hardness based on the materials used to construct their bodies. Constructs are not living creatures, nor are they undead. When reduced to 0 Hit Points, a construct creature is destroyed.
Trait
Mindless
A mindless creature has either programmed or rudimentary mental attributes. Most, if not all, of their mental ability modifiers are -5. They are immune to all mental effects.
Immunity
bleed
death effects
disease
doomed
drained
fatigued
healing
mental
necromancy
nonlethal attacks
paralyzed
poison
sickened
unconscious
Perception
darkvision
Weakness
bludgeoning 5
Habitats