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Zarrin
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Posted - 19 Mar 2019 :  06:21:03  Show Profile Send Zarrin a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Hello friends.

Recently i started replaying Icewind Dale 2, and i found a feat i never really used before. Snake Blood. Is choosing snake blood making the character into something like a tainted one from third edition storywise? Or is it your yuan-ti ancestors of some kind affecting your blood. Is there any material to read on this?

Gary Dallison
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Posted - 27 Mar 2025 :  09:48:58  Show Profile Send Gary Dallison a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Serpent Kingdoms is the best source for all things serpentine related.

I interpreted snake blood as you having yuan ti ancestry, but not enough to actually be a yuan ti.

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Galuf the Dwarf
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Posted - 29 Mar 2025 :  21:35:52  Show Profile Send Galuf the Dwarf a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Gary Dallison

Serpent Kingdoms is the best source for all things serpentine related.

I interpreted snake blood as you having yuan ti ancestry, but not enough to actually be a yuan ti.



Correct. Yuan-Ti have been known to interbreed with humans, so there are people with some heritage of those reptilians in them.

Outside of the game and the official rules for the feat, I also could see an alternate version that treats the character as naturally psionic and possibly give them 1 to 3 Power Points, given that Yuan-Ti are shown to have psionic potential.

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