Stat adjustments | +2 dexterity, +2 charisma, -2 wisdom |
Innate spells | viper form, detect poison |
Size | medium |
Standard resonances | dark |
Classes allowed | any |
Normal adventuring starting age | 16-19 |
Average life span | 110 |
Venomous Blood | Poison Immunity |
Hardened Skin | +1 natural armor |
Low Light Vision | +2 to sight bonus to see in the dark |
Skilled | +2 to stealth and rope use |
Yuan-ti are an ancient species, proud descendents of interbreeding between humans and the long-lost protosaurian creator race. Due to their long (and relatively unsuccessful) history of attempts at taking over human kingdoms, and the resulting hostilities between the two races, they tend to keep their lairs secret. In modern times yuan-ti have learned that subtlety is more successful than the direct approach, and so they still continue their attempts at the subjugation of humankind, but by infiltration and stealth.
Yuan-ti are arrogant by nature, believing their race to be superior to all others, and that it is only a matter of time before the realm is theirs, much as they are taught that it once belonged to their saurian forebears. They use this belief to justify all kinds of evil - they simply want back what they see as rightfully theirs. Yuan-ti are malicious creatures with a natural disposition towards the dark. They often tend towards the extremes.
Only pureblood yuan-ti are commonly encountered, given their close appearance to humans. They appear much as normal humans do, but with subtle reptilian features (such as snake eyes, forked tongues, pointed teeth, or patches of scaled skin. They are the servants of the yuan-ti half-bloods and abominations, the leaders of their society, whose serpentine features are far more pronounced.
Warning: This is an advanced race, known as a PK-race. It imposes disadvantages on your gameplay: You will be banned in most cities and shunned across the realm. You start with your NOPK-flag turned off and other players may attack you because of your race. You may not, however, attack a player of a standard race without additional provocation.