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.
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