You are a cobra and therefore divine.
You were raised in a temple. The child of a supplicant trod on your tail, a toddler’s mistake – but you bit him for his sacrilege, nonetheless. Maybe he died. Maybe you feel guilty.
What is the meaning of snake-hood? Is venom a necessary part of who you are? You have decided to leave your temple. Life abroad will test your answers.
You are longer than two persons are tall. You have HD, saves, and proficiency progression as a Fighter.
You are quicker than screams. +2 dexterity.
Your form describes creation. +1 wisdom.
You are a prince among serpents. You have advantage in interactions with snakes and snake-like creatures.
Your bite is fearful. d6 damage, delivers venom. A living victim exposed to your venom must save every ten minutes or suffer:
1: Blurred vision. They are blinded.
2: Vertigo. They are knocked prone.
3: Agony. Disadvantage on all checks.
4: Somnolence. They fall unconscious.
5: Nerve death. Full paralysis of a limb.
6: Visions. They see you as a dead relative.
A victim keeps rolling saves until they receive treatment, or a day has passed. If they suffer all six symptoms, they die.
Your temple was dedicated to the divine principle of:
1: Appetite. You may home in, compass-like, on any creature whose skin you have tasted.
2: Grace. You traverse vertical inclines and ceilings as easily as you would level ground.
3: Healing. Your venom, dried into salts, neutralises poisons from any other living creature.
4: Change. Once per day, you may put on human form. This is quite clumsy. Lasts an hour.
5: Rain. You may control a liquid volume equal to your weight, moving it like another body.
6: Wealth. Your hood buds two pearls every month. Crushed, a pearl casts a random spell.
Your first love was the temple’s:
1: Warden. You left them devastated. +2 to checks involving petty theft and pursuit. You have a whistle local authorities always hear.
2: Scrivener. It is still awkward. +2 to checks involving calligraphy and ciphers. You have a pen that only accepts living blood as ink.
3: Priestess. She pitied you, really. +2 to checks involving rituals and flattery. You have a codex considered obscene by most sects.
4: Sculptor. An unrequited crush. +2 to checks involving wood and whitesmithy. You have a bird statue, bone. It screeches gibberish.
5: Steward. You gorged on each other. +2 to checks involving sweets and ledgers. You have a jar of honey, a gift from a wasp god.
6: Piper. Your heart will never recover. +2 to checks involving patterns and choreography. You have a pet viper, faithful as any dog.
(Another character class for A Thousand Thousand Islands, like the Quick Jackfruit. Was going to writing each one for a different RPG ruleset – but I just fell into a D&D groove, I guess. There’s always the next one.
Mun Kao’s art suggests this snake is a charmer (geddit?), so it will likely get class abilities related to beguiling “disciples”.
These characters will probably get cleaned up and posted as free downloads on the webstore, eventually.)
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