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![]() ![]() They had a human-like head but a snakelike tail instead of legs. Mageslayers Another rare type of yuan-ti, mageslayers were bred for the special purpose of battling or hunting down human magic-users, and most of their abilities are magical rather than psionic. Holy guardians A rare breed specifically bred as temple guards, holy guardians uniformly had a serpentine tail in place of legs and a snakelike head. They were truly bizarre in appearance, with a body like a 25-foot-long serpent a pair of humanoid arms with clawed, three-fingered hands and six serpentine heads rising from its shoulders. In addition to the three main breeds, other breeds have been described as well:Īnathemas By far the most powerful and loathsome of yuan-ti, anathemas were worshiped as divine incarnations of Merrshaulk. Abominations Abominations were almost completely snakelike, with only a few human features, such as arms or a humanoid head. Known subgroups of halfbloods included mind whisperers, pit masters, and nightmare speakers. Halfbloods Also called malisons, halfbloods were humanoid in shape but had a wide variety of noticeable serpentine features, such as a snakelike tail in place of legs, a complete covering of scales, a hood like a cobra, a snake's head, or snakes in place of arms. The three most prevalent were as follows: Purebloods Purebloods appeared mostly human, with minor reptilian features, such as slit eyes, a forked tongue, or patches of scales on their skin. The yuan-ti came in several distinct castes or breeds. Only the most human-like forms wore clothing, but all varieties wielded weapons if they had means to carry them. Yuan-ti gave off almost no scent that a human could detect, but animals could sense a dry, musty odor from their bodies. ![]() Scale colors were usually simple greens and browns, but more elaborate swirls, stripes, or diamond patterns were possible, even in blues and reds. The appearance of yuan-ti varied greatly from nearly human-like to nearly snake-like, but all had some serpentine features. ![]()
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