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Amenti-Epyp (Serpent Folk of the Steel Realms)
Hidden Knowledge > The Amenti-Epyp of the Steel Realms are a mostly vanished race, long past their prime and relegated to a few pockets of stable population that are hidden from outsiders – they have worked to remove themselves from recorded history (their own history is almost unknown to outsiders or even their own people in many cases). They are not generally a playable race. The fate of the Amenti-Epyp and Druunad are intertwined by the awakened actions of Spiritus Helca itself. Like the Druunad, they are aware of the Aelfpaths of the Steel Realms. Their first city is recorded in the memories of the elves as Sarna Dream-City of the Aelfpaths.
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Description: These characters have a Long Life Thread, living up to 400 years.
d20 Raise Dead and equivalent/d20 Revivify and equivalent: Creatures with a Long Life Thread (ex: Elves) cannot be targeted by either of these spells (they simply fail) – it takes stronger spells to impact the character enough to bring them back from the dead.
Ancient Enmity: The Amenti-Epyp race fought a bitter thousand year war against their ancient enemies the Druunad allied with the humans in the south in the The Nakreha – The Rise of Human Civilization. By the time of the Celestial Epoch, the enmity had virtually driven both extinct, leaving the humans to rule over the Southern Greatlands. The Nakrians referred to the serpent people as “Amenyi”.
Unwelcome:
Accepted
Welcomed:
Perhaps a stranded form of Newtling. They are also called the Amenti-Apep, Ameni-Apep, and Seethlen; the cursed snake folk – a species once sacred to Ssisslenn (Lord of Reptiles), but the dark lord Everdark has sought the remainders out, and bred them with fallen Nurthlings and created an abomination even they could not control. The true origins and story of these creatures is claimed by many, and most consider them a relic of myth. They are certainly not featured in many tales from the last few thousand years.
Point of View:
Outlook
Regarding Adventurers/Player Characters
Player characters of this species typically (or at least eventually) fall outside the normal Point of View of typical species members, and the Natural Wisdom of species lore. As such, generally, they cannot be the target of Favored Prey.
Culture
The Serpent Children of Oscoth
The Serpent Children are a particularly violent and brutal member of the Amenti Epyp family. They are 20-30 feet long, possess tough scales (AC 16 w/3 point damage resistance to each attack of non-magical piercing, bludgeoning, and slashing), have no arms or legs, but a humanoid head. They are all female, and seek out prey in which to lay their eggs. Once they lay a third leg, they begin their transformation into the normal Seethlen by shedding their skin 3 times leaving behind a mass of tissue, bone, and scales. They will try and coil (blows aimed at not hurting the victim are disadvantaged) around their prey, suffocating it until it passes out. It will then carry it to a safe place and implant the egg in the rectum of a normal humanoid. The egg will grow painfully for 3 months before hatching. Destroying the egg releases a deadly toxin directly into the digestive tract of the victim which causes the inner lining of the intestines to slough off. It slowly eats away at the unprotected tissue, preventing the normal formation of mucus and protective bacteria – the victim eventually dies from painful multiple infections.