Yuan-ti

Yuan-ti

The yuan-ti are serpent-folk of the Serpent Hills, north of Boareskyr Bridge. Deez Nuts first met them — dead, staked ten feet high at the bridge's southern entrance — in Session 54, and killed three of their own before the day was out.

What the company knows

• They live mostly north of the Trade Way, in and around the Serpent Hills; it is rare for them to come as far south as the Winding Water.
• They are excellent fighters with magic of their own, and are generally held to be evil — though "they don't think they're evil, they just think all other humanoids should die."
• They worship the serpent god, and remake their own bodies toward its image: over years of devotion a yuan-ti progresses into one of many serpent forms — some keep lips, some trade hands for snake-mouths, some aspire to the writhing pile itself. (The table's term of art, ratified by the DM: snake-maxing.)
• The pinnacle of that transformation is the Anathema — a great serpent body with arms and many snake heads (see below).
• Their spies disguise themselves only by hiding their faces — a deep hood is the whole trick. Under it: green skin, thin lips, scale-rash creeping up the neck. Groups of them travel together; the word for such a group is a clutch.
• They speak a mixture of Abyssal and Draconic.
• They are strong swimmers — the Anathema at Boareskyr Bridge came out of the river.

The yuan-ti and Varram

A clutch of yuan-ti spies infiltrated Boareskyr Bridge in the weeks before the company arrived. Varram the White unmasked and killed several of them — earning the toast "Varram, the hero of Boareskyr Bridge" — and the party killed the rest, including the Anathema. But a yuan-ti corpse found on Varram's trail (throat slit, left for dead) carried a drawing of Varram sewn into secret pockets in its own flesh: the yuan-ti are hunting the Wyrmspeaker deliberately, by name and face. Nobody knows why. Attacks on travelers have also been reported on the Trade Way between the bridge and Dragonspear Castle.

The Anathema

The Anathema fought at Boareskyr Bridge (Session 54) revealed, the hard way:

• Resistant to fire and lightning; immune to poison damage (though not the poisoned condition) and to thunder. Cold, force, and piercing landed in full.
• Advantage on saving throws against spells and magical effects.
• A spellcaster — it opened with Entangle — but every spell it knows has a verbal component, so a single Silence shut its casting down entirely.
• Melee-only once silenced; the one at the bridge died without completing a single attack.

Harvest Profile (Anathema)

CR 12 — Very Rare ceiling. Rules: Monster Harvesting. Component assignments pending DM confirmation.

Component	Tool	Rarity	Effect	Primary for	Contributor to
Anathema Venom Glands (signature)	Poisoner's	Very Rare	Many-fanged venom — virulent, layered neurotoxin	Poison, Bomb	Weapon
Gemlike Serpent Eyes	Jeweler's (or Thieves' fine work)	Very Rare	Serpent gaze — gem-focus stock; beguilement and suggestion	Wand, Wondrous	Staff
Mageward Ichor	Alchemist's	Very Rare	Spell-turning essence — warding against magic	Potion, Wondrous	Staff, Armor
Anathema Scale Coat	Smith's	Very Rare	Layered serpent-scale plating — fire- and lightning-warded	Armor	Wondrous, Weapon
Heat-Pit Clusters	Navigator's	Very Rare	Heat-sense — perceive warm bodies through darkness; divination	Wondrous	Wand, Staff
Antivenin Organ	Herbalism	Rare	Antitoxin — resist & neutralize poison	Potion	Poison, Wondrous
Six-Skull Crowns	Smith's	Rare	Serpent skull-crowns — helm and trophy stock	Armor	Wondrous, Weapon
Anathema Hide	Leatherworker's	Rare	Vast serpent-leather — supple and warded	Armor	Wondrous
Coiled Muscle Sinew	Leatherworker's	Rare	Constricting sinew — strength & grip	Armor	Weapon, Wondrous
Envenomed Fangs	Poisoner's / Smith's	Uncommon	Venom-channeled fangs	Weapon	Poison
Serpent Musk Gland	Alchemist's	Uncommon	Beast-calming serpent musk	Potion	Wondrous
Abyssal Ichor	Alchemist's / Calligrapher's	Uncommon	Faintly abyssal blood-ink; sigil reagent	Wondrous	Wand
Heat-Pit Membranes	Navigator's	Uncommon	Lesser heat-sense membranes	Wondrous	—
Supple Scale-Skin	Leatherworker's	Uncommon	Shed-ready scale-skin; light leather	Armor	Wondrous
Serpent Blood	Alchemist's / Poisoner's	Common	Structure only	—	Potion, Poison, Bomb
Anathema Fangs	Smith's	Common	Structure only	—	Armor, Weapon
Scale Handfuls	Smith's	Common	Structure only	—	Armor, Weapon
Rib Bones	Smith's	Common	Structure only	—	Armor, Weapon
Sinew Cords	Leatherworker's	Common	Structure only	—	Armor, Wondrous
Serpent Meat	Cook's	Common	Structure only	—	Rations

(The Very Rare count runs over the standard 3 slots — the original drafting held five, and nothing established is removed.)

Harvest Record

Harvested in Session 54; quantities include margin bonuses. Banked totals: Harvested Materials.

Component	Status	Recovered by
Anathema Venom Glands (signature)	Recovered ×2 (signature +1 at margin 10)	Shade (30)
Gemlike Serpent Eyes	Recovered ×2 pairs	Gootcha (27)
Mageward Ichor	Recovered	Xanphina (21)
Anathema Scale Coat	Recovered	Baelgrum (20)
Heat-Pit Clusters	Recovered	Keyleth (20)
Antivenin Organ	Recovered	Karma (17)
Six-Skull Crowns	Recovered ×2	Baelgrum
Envenomed Fangs	Recovered ×5	Shade
Serpent Musk Gland ×3 · Abyssal Ichor ×3	Recovered	Xanphina
Heat-Pit Membranes	Recovered ×3	Keyleth
Serpent Blood ×13 · Anathema Fangs ×9 · Scale Handfuls ×4	Recovered	column sweeps
Anathema Hide · Coiled Muscle Sinew · Supple Scale-Skin · Sinew Cords	Left on the carcass — no leatherworker	—
Serpent Meat · Rib Bones	Left on the carcass	—

Appearances

• Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30) — spies unmasked and killed; the Anathema slain and harvested