Lamia

Armor Class: 2 [17]
Hit Dice: 6+1
Attacks: Bite or Weapon (1d6+2)
Special: poison, paralysis, spells, hold/grab, constriction (1d6+2/round)
Move: 36
HDE/XP: 8/800

Description

With the upper body of a beautiful woman, and the lower body of a venomous snake, Lamia are dangerous monsters often found near human settlements, where they prey on unsuspecting stragglers from the settlement, especially favouring children.

A lamia possesses a poisonous bite that causes paralysis for 1d4 turns when a victim fails a saving throw against poison. It uses this poison to subdue its prey before devouring them. A lamia can wield weapons, often favoring bows, spears, and pole-arms.

A lamia can also constrict its victims in the coils of it's lower body, they must first successfully grapple its target. This requires a successful attack roll. If the attack roll is successful, the lamia can then wrap its lower-body around the target, beginning the constriction. Every round after that, the lamia automatically deals 1d6+2 points of constriction damage. Their hold may be broken by rolling beneath the characters strenth on 1d20.Lamia are also skilled in the art of magic and may cast spells as if they were a 5th-level Magic-user.

Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.