COUATL

Lawful Good Large Monster (extra-planar) (12-ft long)

FREQUENCY: Very rare

NO. APPEARING: 1-4

SURPRISE: 33%

SENSES infravision

ARMOR CLASS: 5

MOVE: 6" — fly 18" (Class A)

HIT DICE: 9 (hp 41)

% IN LAIR: 10%

TREASURE TYPE: B, I

THAC0: 12

MELEE: bite (1d3 plus poison and constrict)

SPECIAL ATTACKS: constrict (2d4), poison, psionics, spells - Hits As: +3

SPECIAL DEFENSES: none

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

INTELLIGENCE: Genius (17-18)

MORALE: +45%

SAVES: Poison 8, Petrify 9, Wand 9, Breath 9, Spell 12

LANGUAGES: see description

PSIONIC ABILITY: 100 + 2d6 x 10; Attack/Defense: Varies

LEVEL: VII (XP 2,400 + 12 per h.p.)

These winged, feathered serpents are rarely found anywhere except in warm, jungle-like regions or flying through the ether. Due to their Intelligence and powers they are regarded with awe by the inhabitants of their homelands and considered to be divine. Couatl rarely interfere in human affairs.

Couatl speak several human languages and most serpent and avian languages as well.

They are able to polymorph themselves and they use magic — as a 5th level magic-user and/or 7th level cleric (45% use magic-user spells, 35% clerical spells, 20% use both).

In melee, they attack both by poisonous bite (saving throw applicable) and constriction; if a constriction attack succeeds, the victim takes 2-8 hit points of damage that melee round and each round thereafter until one or the other is killed.

Couatl are psionically aware and have 2 major and 4 minor disciplines, with commensurate attack and defense modes.

Campaign Rules. The following spells, devotions, and sciences are listed as examples. A couatl uses spells much like dragons do, as Spell-like Abilities. These creatures can use magic items and scrolls in polymorphed form. It is assumed their power of flight is magical in nature (but cannot be dispelled).

Magic-user Spells Prepared. (CL 5; 4/2/1; Cast as Spell-like Abilities)

3rd—slow

2nd—knock, mirror image

1st—alarm, armor, protection from evil, unseen servant

Cleric Spells Prepared. (CL 7; 5/5/2/1; Wisdom 16; Cast as Spell-like Abilities)

4th—protection from evil 10-ft radius

3rd—cure disease, dispel magic

2nd—aid, augury, death's door, hold person, resist fire

1st—command, cure light wounds (x2), detect evil, resist cold

Psionics. (ML 9)

Major—etherealness, telekinesis

Minor—cell adjustment, domination, ESP, invisibility

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