Medusa
3
Natural Armor:-
Natural Armor +30 gp
Natural Weapon(s):-
Medusa Snake Hair
Abilities:-
Medusa Petrifying Gaze
Inventory Equipped:-
Longbow50 gp
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Quiver1 gp
Inventory Unequipped:-
Shortsword10 gp
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20 Arrow0.05 gp
Her allure transcends the tales—more terrifyingly beautiful, more awe-inspiring in ugliness. As you confront her, an unsettling truth anchors you. Her captivating eyes, gleaming like precious gems, hold you captive. Snakes, a writhing nest of serpents, replace her hair—each hissing creature with its own fangs and eyes, an embodiment of mythical dread.
As deadly as they are ravishing, the serpent-haired medusas suffer an immortal curse brought on by their vanity. They lurk in quiet exile among the tumbled ruins of their former lives, surrounded by the petrified remains of past admirers and would-be heroes.
Immortal Splendor. Men and women who desire eternal youth, beauty, and adoration might pray to malicious gods, beg dragons for ancient magic, or seek out powerful archmages to fulfill their wishes. Others make sacrifices to demon lords or archdevils, offering all in exchange for this gift, oblivious to the curse that accompanies it.
Those who strike such bargains gain physical beauty, restored youth, immortality, and the adoration of all who behold them, granting them the influence and power they so desire. However, after years of the living like a demigod among mortals, the price for their vanity and hubris is exacted, and they are forever transformed into medusas. A medusa's hair turns into a nest of venomous serpents, and all who gaze upon the medusa are petrified, becoming stone monuments to its corruption.
Medusa Lairs. Medusas live forever in seclusion, alienated from the world around them by their monstrous form and caprice. Their homes gradually fall into disrepair until they are little more than shadowy ruins covered with thorns and creepers, riddled with obstructions and hiding places. Foolhardy looters and adventurers who enter are often unaware of the medusa's presence until the creature is among them.
A medusa is subject to its own curse. By looking vainly on its reflection, it turns to stone as surely as any living mortal. As a result, a medusa destroys or removes any mirrors or reflective surfaces in its lair.
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