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Number Appearing: 1
Alignment: Any Evil
Languages: Lingua Franca
Treasure: Fine clothes, jewelry, expensive food and drink, perfume and other luxuries
Vain-glorious and hedonistic, the Lamia are a degenerate type of creature, beautiful and alluring as they are dangerous.
Appearance:
Lamia resemble beautiful maidens from the waist up, with long, serpentine bodies from the waist down. They usually have slit-pupil eyes like a snake and often bear some other sign of their reptilian nature, such as patches of scales on their human flesh. They are also known to possess long fangs which they use to inject venom. Some say that Lamia can also use these fangs to drink blood, though scholars dispute whether or not this is possible, or even something the Lamia would seek to do.
As lovers of luxury and finery, Lamia take great pride in their appearances, wearing beautiful garments that emphasize their best qualities, adorning themselves with jewelry, wearing perfume and styling their hair in elaborate and fashionable ways. A Lamia will never present herself to guests unless she has bathed, donned one of her fine outfits, put on her make-up and adorned herself with gold or jewels, though their styles vary depending on personality and the like.
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Lamia
HD 1d3+3
AR 1d4
Atk Venomous Bite (+2 to hit, 1d6 damage only) + Tail Swipe (1d8+1) or Weapon (1d6+2) + Tail Swipe
Mor 11
Saves (7+HD) or less
Immune to Charm and Poison
Venomous Bite: Lamia venom is a narcotic, numbing the area around where a Lamia bites and inducing a sense of euphoria in the one exposed to it. Anyone exposed to Lamia venom must save or be Charmed to her for 1 hour. A Charmed creature must successfully save to act against the Lamia or do anything that could cause her harm. Each time a creature is exposed to Lamia venom, it also causes 1d6 COG damage. If this reduces a creature to 0 COG, he becomes addicted to the Lamia's venom and will be considered constantly Charmed by her.
Constrict: If a creature is struck by a Lamia's tail, the Lamia can halve the damage and automatically grapple the creature. This creature is then grappled and restrained. Each round, the Lamia can crush the creature, causing it to take 1d6 CON damage. If this reduces a creature to 0 CON, that creature dies from a massive heart attack. CON damage done like this is healed as soon as the Lamia's grip is broken.
Tactics:
- Avoid violence if possible
- Grapple a creature with your tail and then Bite them
- Charm all enemies and try to reason with them
- Flee if actually in danger
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To customize a Lamia, roll on the tables below:
How beautiful is she?
1d4
1- Hideous. The Lamia possesses an abundance of serpentine features on her upper half, or perhaps her reptilian lower body is blighted by human-like additions or both. She is disturbing and unnatural to look upon.
2- Not at all. The Lamia is not a horror, but her human half is too reptilian to be anything but unnatural and disturbing. Her closeness to humanity makes her unsettling.
3- Pleasant. The Lamia is pleasant and mostly human from the waist up, but she is nothing truly special. She is likely to be quite insecure about this.
4- Gloriously so. The Lamia is a vision of female perfection and she definitely knows it, reveling in her beauty.
What does this Lamia adorn her body with?
1d8
1- A modified dress of finest silk, heavy with subtle ornamentation. The finest work you have ever seen.
2- A courtesan's gown, revealing and sensual, suitable for a boudoir.
3- A black leather outfit, stiff and forbidding.
4- The furs of a beautiful and exotic creature, such as a tiger or chimera.
5- A parody of a holy woman's garb, modified to be as sexualized as possible.
6- Jewelry and gold. She wears nothing besides this.
7- Body-paint. She may have painted her skin to make it look like she is wearing skin-tight clothing, or may have simply covered herself in ornamental designs.
8- Nothing. She is utterly naked, confident in her own radiance.
What is her current desire?
1d8
1- Sex, and lots of it. She is interested in beautiful people, degenerate people and interesting things to try coupling with.
2- Wine. She is becoming a connoisseur of alcohol and has developed a taste for rare and fine vintages.
3- Drugs. She loves getting high on whatever her current substance of choice is. She is developing a tolerance and will either greater quantities or something stronger.
4- Food. She has become a gourmand, with a taste for delicacies and the beautiful creation of master chefs.
5- Art. She wishes to be immortalized in art and has been collecting artists to produce self-portraits of her in whatever mediums currently strike her fancy.
6- Love. She loves the dance of courtship, of songs and poems composed for her, of desperate lovers pining after her.
7- Sloth. She just wants to do nothing more than laze around and be waited on, hand-and-foot. She desires servants, personal assistants and perhaps slaves.
8- Flattery. She wants to be acknowledged as the most important, beautiful and talented person around, so she will seek to surround herself with people like that.
Does she possess any other abilities?
A Lamia has an X-in-10 chance of having one of the following abilities, where X is her HD.
1d6
1- Hypnotic Gaze. The Lamia possesses the ability to enthrall creatures with her gaze. If you meet her gaze, you must save or be Charmed to her for 1 minute. Creatures affected by her Hypnotic Gaze will be extremely suggestible to orders from the Lamia and will seek to please her or follow any orders given within that one minute. They will not violate their own moral code, unless the order has been so said to not conflict with it. Creatures can make another save if the Lamia orders them to do something evil (according to their standards) or takes a hostile action against them or someone the creature likes.
2- Sorceress. The Lamia is a sorceress and possesses a talent for magic. She has MD equal to her HD and knows the same number of spells. Her magic will specialize in 1d4 [1= Aiding allies and hindering enemies; 2= Escaping or evading danger; 3= Confusing or misleading enemies; 4= Manipulating the Elements.]
3- Water Breathing. The Lamia can breathe underwater and is a powerful swimmer, easily faster than any human or land-dwelling humanoid.
4- Command of Fire. The Lamia can freely control fire as a Free-Form Wizard. She possesses a bonus to control Fire equal to 1/2 her HD and MD equal to her HD.
5- Poison Expert. The Lamia is an expert at poisons. She wields a poisoned weapon or applies poison to the weapons of her allies. She may also apply her own venom to her allies' weapons, to better charm her enemies.
6- Spirit Pact. The Lamia has made a pact with a spirit. In exchange for sacrifices or other services, a Spirit has given her 1d4 [1= The ability to transform into a normal human woman. While transformed, she is totally ordinary and can easily walk among humans without raising any suspicion; 2= Her venom has been enhanced, now instead of a Charm effect, it is mind-controlling. Those affected by her venom must save to disobey her orders; 3= She can teleport up to 50' 3/Day. She can do this on her turn as a free action; 4= She can 1/Day regenerate, recovering 1/2 her HD in HP.]
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A Lamia's Coven:
Lamias are pleasure-seekers, slothful and indolent. They desire only to continuously indulge themselves and avoid anything that would prevent them from doing so, such as being forced to work or physical danger. For this reason, Lamia do their best to accumulate power and wealth to insulate themselves from the world and any consequences of their actions. They do this through a combination of manipulation, seduction and addictive venom.
Lamia prefer to nest in cities and other areas of civilization, even though this obviously puts them in more danger than being out in the wilderness. For this reason, they almost always work through intermediaries and let others handle the bulk of any public-facing work. They do this for their own protection, but also because they'd much prefer someone else do it for them.
A Lamia's first goal will be to find a group of lackeys to protect it and help it to seek out further pleasures.
Who serves the Lamia?
1d6
1- A criminal syndicate. They were seduced through the promises of sex and potential profit. Many of it's members are addicted to her venom and the leader has a 50% of sleeping with her.
2- A warrior brotherhood. She tenderly nurses their wounds and uses her venom to numb their pain. They are fanatically devoted to her and most of them are at least a bit in-love with her.
3- A secret society. The secret society may have some sort of goal or they may simply be an elite social club with overly elaborate secret handshakes, but they are now rapidly transforming into a pleasure cult and a den of depravity for the city's rich and bored, the society's original purpose rapidly falling by the wayside.
4- A band of outcasts. They were already rejected by their own society, so why should they not team up with the weird monster who's nice to them and promises to use her powers to help them?
5- An underground religion. They were forced into hiding because their beliefs were considered heretical. Now the Lamia has been welcomed into their midst as a blessing from their Gods and potentially as a tool to get revenge against their oppressors, maybe even to retake what was once belonged to them?
6- A cult. The cult was either started by the Lamia or by someone else. If the former, then the Lamia encourages her followers to revere her as a divine mother figure and to trust wholly in her leadership, giving everything to her for "safe-keeping". If started by someone else, the leader and the Lamia are working together to grow the cult, keep the members in line and privately engaging in all sorts of debauchery.
What trusted servant or pet does she entrust with her own personal protection?
1d8
1- A Malison, a man with the head of a serpent and great, venomous fangs. There is a 2-in-6 chance this is her own son.
2- A hired mercenary, famed for his legendary skill with blade and bow.
3- An Ogre, who regards her as it's Mother-figure.
4- An Empusai, disguised as a companion or handmaid.
5- A Man-Snatcher Fowl.
6- A Harpy.
7- A Yagra.
8- An Annis Hag.
Her second goal will be to find a wealthy or powerful patron to protect her and help to fund her desired lifestyle.
What powerful person has fallen under the Lamia's influence?
1d8
1- A nobleman. The noble is a 1d4 [1= Local lord; 2= Local Liege Lord who oversees lesser nobles; 3= Minister; 4= In line for the Throne/Part of the royal family.] He provides political cover and dissuades anyone from looking too closely into the Lamia's hidden activities.
2- A pair of wealthy merchants. They are funding the Lamias' indulgences, while competing with each other to outdo each other with lavish gifts.
3- A master thief. He is capable of defeating any lock or defense and can steal anything the Lamia desires.
4- A high-ranking priest. He is a very influential person and under the Lamia's influence, he has started siphoning off Temple resources and funneling them to her.
5- A Warlord. The Lamia can call upon a small army of warriors if she has need of such a thing.
6- A powerful scholar of High Art. The scholar is a 1d3 [1= Alchemist; 2= Wizard; 3= Medium.]
7- A skilled warrior. He is a skilled and famed warrior, known for his mastery of weapons or knowledge of martial arts. He is infatuated with the Lamia and kill anyone she desired him to.
8- A powerful monster, such as a 1d4 [1= Vampire Elder; 2= An Oni; 3= A Rakshasha; 4= A Demon.] This monster is either nearby or is using a disguise to live within civilization.
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Her third goal will be to protect herself from the consequences of her previous actions.
What is her current problem?
1d6
1- One of the young men who serves the Lamia has wealthy and powerful parents, who are concerned for their son. They have hired some adventurers to find him, dig him out of whatever den of sin he has nestled himself inside and drag him home. This risks exposing the Lamia's hidden pleasure-den.
2- One of the men the Lamia has seduced to her side has a vengeful wife who is determined to expose her husband's infidelities. First, she must find out where he keeps disappearing to.
3- The authorities are poking around a rash of mysterious criminal acts, looking for a culprit. This could expose the Lamia, unless she can distract them and push their suspicions onto someone else.
4- Another secret group is planning on staging a coup to take over the city. Their first attempt was botched and now the authorities are on high alert, beating the bushes, looking for the rest of the cult. The Lamia's servants are in danger of being caught and if they are found, they will spill everything, including her existence and location.
5- A rival monster has been traveling the city in disguise, murdering, eating people or otherwise drawing attention. The Lamia will need to stop it, drive it away or direct it to go somewhere else where it being exposed will not harm the Lamia.
6- An army of enemies has descended upon the city or community that the Lamia has nestled herself inside of. She will either need to secretly aid the defenders in some way or find a way to escape before violence engulfs her and destroys everything she has.
What will she attempt to bribe you with if caught?
1d6
1- Wealth. Thanks to her ill-gotten gains, the Lamia is quite wealthy. She will try to pay you off.
2- Her venom. The Lamia will claim her venom has all sorts of useful health qualities and will offer it to you.
3- Her Magic. The Lamia will claim to have access to magical knowledge and will work magic for you, if you just spare her. She will claim this whether or not she has actual access to magic.
4- Her influence. The Lamia has friends in high places. If you need something, she could pull some strings for you. Alternatively, she claims her friends will take vengeance upon you, should you harm her. There may be some truth to this matter. Then again, it could be a bluff. Her powerful friends might be just as happy that a potential liability has neutralized itself.
5- Her abilities. Need someone seduced, pacified or otherwise controlled? The Lamia could easily take care of an enemy for you, make him a valuable ally. A few days of her "persuasion" will convince your enemy to side with her and through her, you.
6- Her servants. The Lamia may have powerful servants. If she doesn't, she will exaggerate their usefulness. She will lend you their services, in exchange for sparing her life.
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