Yuan-ti Pureblood
The most human-appearing of the yuan-ti — serpentine humanoids who can pass as human with careful grooming and deliberate suppression of their more obvious features. Yuan-ti culture prizes cold intelligence and a long view of history; they are patient in the way that only creatures who measure time in centuries can be.
Racial Traits
Creature Type: Monstrosity (Humanoid) Darkvision: 60 ft. Poison Immunity: Immune to poison damage and the poisoned condition. Magic Resistance: Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Innate Magic: Poison Spray (cantrip); Animal Friendship (snakes only, at will); Suggestion (once per long rest). Charisma is the spellcasting ability. Languages: Common, Abyssal, Draconic.
Appearance
Human-like in build and proportion. The serpentine heritage shows in: slightly scaled skin (easy to miss with clothing); slit pupils; a faint, cold quality to the eyes; and a stillness of expression that most mammals don’t possess. They are often beautiful by conventional standards — Yuan-ti have long understood that appearing appealing is a social tool.
Society
Yuan-ti are not inherently evil, but their culture is built around a hierarchy of serpentine transformation — the more serpentine, the higher the status. Purebloods are the lowest caste among Yuan-ti but the most capable of operating in the wider world.
Found In
The Shessian Empire — a Yuan-ti and Vanakuti human shared civilisation in the Nesian subcontinent. Yuan-ti Purebloods are the most likely to be encountered outside this region.
See also: Species Index | Other Species | Humans | ChapterTwo_RacesOfAmantia_09March2024.pdf