Water Naga

Naga, Water

Slender spines and brightly colored frills stretch back from the human-like face of this massive water snake. Every motion of the serpent's long form sets its brightly patterned scales and glistening fins to flashing like gems in the surf.

XP 3,200

N Large aberration

Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +17

DEFENSE

AC 20, touch 15, flat-footed 14 (+6 Dex, +5 natural, -1 size)

hp 76 (8d8+40)

Fort +7, Ref +10, Will +9

OFFENSE

Spd 30 ft., swim 50 ft.

Melee bite +8 (2d6+4 plus poison)

Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.

Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 7th; +11 ranged touch)
3rd (5/day)—protection from energy, suggestion (DC 16)
2nd (7/day)—acid arrow, invisibility, mirror image
1st (7/day)—expeditious retreat, magic missile, obscuring mist, shield, true strike
0 (at will)—acid splash, daze, detect magic, light, mage hand, open/close, read magic

STATISTICS

Str 16, Dex 23, Con 20, Int 10, Wis 17, Cha 16

Base Atk +6; CMB +10; CMD 26 (cannot be tripped)

Feats Combat Casting, Eschew Materials^B, Lightning Reflexes, Skill Focus (Perception), Skill Focus (Stealth)

Skills Bluff +7, Knowledge (local) +7, Perception +17, Spellcraft +11, Stealth +12, Swim +18

Languages Aquan, Common

ECOLOGY

Environment temperate aquatic

Organization solitary, pair, or nest (3-4)

Treasure Value 2,600 gp

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Poison (Ex) Bite, level 7, save Fort DC 19, frequency 1 round (10), effect 1 Con damage, cure 1 save.

Spells (Sp) A water naga can cast spells as a 7th-level sorcerer.

Shimmering in all the colors of the tropical ocean, a water naga's natural brilliance belies its deadliness.

Although doubtlessly intelligent, these nagas bear more in common with normal snakes than most of their kind, preferring to be left to their own devices and lashing out at any creature that would disturb them. Water nagas measure 10 feet long and weigh 250 pounds.

Where many nagas claim particular lairs as their homes, water nagas typically have a number of retreats, migrating from one to the next with the seasons.

Preferring warmer waters, these nagas keep summer and winter lairs, with several favored shelters in between, making a circuit of familiar rivers and coasts at predictable times throughout the year. Fiercely territorial when it comes to their lairs, water nagas typically attack any who intrude upon their sanctuaries, only bothering to question interlopers once such creatures have been weakened by poison, if at all.

As their yearly treks make many water nagas especially well traveled, those who live near the serpents' lairs- usually lizardfolk, fey, and human tribes-often court the snake creatures' good graces with offerings of rich local delicacies, hoping to learn of nearby lands and pass on their own stories to distant neighbors. Enjoying flattery, exciting tales, and the adoration of those they see as lesser creatures, most water nagas take pride in their roles as travelers. However, while rarely malicious, they quickly grow bored of repetitive, mundane anecdotes and often embellish the stories they've heard with their own fictions-caring little for the repercussions such misleading tales might cause for their listeners. The congeniality of some water nagas does not extend to the entire race, however, and many unwary souls, even those with the best intentions, might face these serpentine creatures' deadly kiss.