Cask Snakes and Bottle Vipers (3.5)

[The Mentalist]

Cask Snake
Size/Type: Huge Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 6d10+24 (57 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), climb 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
Armor Class: 14 (-2 size, +1 dex, +5 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+17
Attack: Bite +6 melee (1d6+4 plus poison)
Full Attack: Bite +6 melee (1d6+4 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 15 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Drunken Bite
Special Qualities: Scent
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +6, Will +3
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 12, Con 18, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +10, Climb +11, Hide +3, Listen +7, Spot +7, Swim +11
Feats: Improved Initiative, Improved Grapple, Ability Focus (Drunken Bite)
Environment: Temperate marshes
Organization:Solitary
Challenge Rating: 4?
Advancement: 7-18 HD (Huge)
Level Adjustment: —

The cask snake is a massive snake with the coloration of an oak barrel. Some brewers keep and milk them to add an extra kick to their brews.

Drunken Bite: The Cask Snake's poison is of a more "recreational" sort, in that it's poison is actually rather potent alcohol. The target of it's bite must make a DC 20 Fortitude save or be staggered for six hours or until the target next sleeps. It also adds a +2 to the DC of any ingested poison.


Bottle Viper
Size/Type: Tiny Magical Beast
Hit Dice: ¼d8+2 (3 hp)
Initiative: +7
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), climb 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
Armor Class: 17 (+1 size, +3 Dex, +3 natural), touch 14, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-6
Attack: Bite +4 melee (1d2-2 plus poison)
Full Attack: Bite +4 melee (1d2-2 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 2½ ft./0 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison
Special Qualities: Scent
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +1
Abilities: Str 4, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +11, Climb +11, Hide +15, Listen +6, Spot +6, Swim +5
Feats: Improved Initiative, Weapon FinesseB
Environment: Temperate marshes
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 1/3
Advancement: —
Level Adjustment: —


The bottle viper is a small snake with an amber coloration. Some brewers keep and milk them to add an extra kick to their brews. They are also kept by some alcoholics for a cheap fix.

Drunken Bite: The Cask Snake's poison is of a more "recreational" sort, in that it's poison is actually rather potent alcohol. The target of it's bite must make a DC 12 Fortitude save or be staggered for two hours or until the target next sleeps. It also adds a +1 to the DC of any ingested poison.

[Debihuman]

Somehow I would expect a Huge Snake to have more than 6 HD but otherwise, these look really good.

Debby

[The Mentalist]

I pulled it from the MM for the huge viper.

[Bhu]

from teh googles:

"mamushi-zake (snake in drink) まむし酒
This is what it sounds like mamushi; (pit viper) in sake (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.109). Mamushi-zake is an old folk remedy made by soaking a mamushi in sake or other alcoholic beverage for about a year. A tradition has it that one snake is good for three batches. This beverage is used as a pick me up and is credited with increasing male sexual stamina. Sometimes this drink is called mamushi faito. "

The Japanese has ripped you off

[The Mentalist]

Well cool. I never knew that.