Serpent of Hell (Tartarus)

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For a list of all dragons, see list of dragons.

Serpent of Hell (Tartarus) D
HP	213-430
HD	17
XP	6689
Speed	14
AC	16
EV	12
Will	180
Attack1	35 (bite: drain experience)
Attack2	35 (bite: drain experience)
Attack3	35 (bite: drain experience)
Attack4	25 (trample: trample)
Resistances	rC++ rPois+ rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Demonic
Size	Giant
Type	dragon, Serpent of Hell
Flags	See invisible Flying Unique Crashes doors Tall tile Named with the Evil

Seemingly three pairs of lurid magenta eyes hanging in the darkness, the outline of a vast, sinuous dragon is just barely perceptible behind. Its malice is palpable.

Useful Info

The Serpent of Hell is a unique dragon whose elemental affinity varies based on which branch of Hell you encounter it in. When faced in Tartarus, the Serpent is capable of breathing negative energy, vile miasma, and acid at you.

Spells

Tile	Name	Damage	Range	Flags
	Miasma Breath	3d13	5	Natural flag, Breath flag, Noisy flag
	Summon Dragon	—	—	Magical flag, Noisy flag
	Ghostly Fireball	3d21	5	Natural flag, Breath flag, Noisy flag
	Poison Arrow	3d24	6	Natural flag, Breath flag, Noisy flag

Tips & Tricks

• Visiting Tartarus without rN++ or better is just asking for aggravating and disabling levels of draining, and that applies while facing the Serpent of Hell. Even with a full three ranks however, the Serpent's Miasma blasts will still damage, poison, slow, and rot you unless you have rot resistance. As this simply isn't available to most characters, try to take out this unique fast before it gets a chance to rot you much, and try not to stand around in miasma if you don't have to.
  • If you happen to be carrying one, a scarf of cloud immunity will render you immune to miasma.
• You'll also want rCorr here, as this version of the Serpent of Hell is one of the few sources of acid damage in the hells.

History

• In 0.32, this Serpent of Hell will get Ghostly Fireball and Poison Arrow instead of Bolt of Draining and Corrosive Bolt.
• In 0.16, it got a third breath attack in Corrosive Bolt.