Why, that's still a Yuan-ti Rampant! Kind of...

There's only one comment so far on last week's "Weekly What the Heck", so I'm leaving it up for another week to see if I can get any more. Since last week's monster seemed pretty popular, and I got a great suggestion for a variant, I'm going to stat that up instead for this week.

I'd like to thank Ripper and ChaoticBlackSheep for the idea:

Yuan-ti Restrainer

A yuan-ti restrainer is created by a ritual known to the yuan-ti malisons. It is usually performed on snaketongue cultists, implanting the restrainer seed in them which gestates and eventually hatches into a completely snakelike creature.

Level 13 Minion

Snaketongue Restrainer

XP 200

Medium natural humanoid

Initiative +9 Senses Perception +8
HP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.
AC 29; Fortitude 25, Reflex 24, Will 23
Speed 6

mBite (standard; at-will)

+19 vs. AC; 6 damage, and the target is grabbed (until escape). The snaketongue restrainer can grab only one creature at a time.

MConstrict (standard; at-will)

Affects a target the snaketongue restrainer has grabbed; +17 vs. Fortitude; 12 damage.

Acid Blood (when reduced to 0 hit points) * Acid

Close burst 1; automatic hit; 6 acid damage, and ongoing 3 acid damage (save ends).

Alignment Chaotic Evil Languages -
Str 19 (+10) Dex 16 (+9) Wis 15 (+8)
Con 16 (+9) Int 10 (+6) Cha 11 (+6)

Snaketongue Restrainer Tactics

Snaketongue restrainers are usually crazed with the pain of the transformation and attack mindlessly.

Level 14 Soldier

Yuan-ti Restrainer

XP 1,000

Medium natural magical beast (blind, reptile)

Initiative +14 Senses Perception +12; blindsight 10
HP 140; Bloodied 70; see also acid blood
AC 30; Fortitude 27, Reflex 26, Will 26
Speed 7, climb 7

mBite (standard; at-will)

+21 vs. AC; 2d6 + 6 damage, and the target is grabbed (until escape). The yuan-ti restrainer can grab only one creature at a time.

MConstrict (standard; at-will)

Affects a target the yuan-ti restrainer has grabbed; +19 vs. Fortitude; 2d8 + 12 damage, and the target is dazed until the end of the yuan-ti restrainer’s next turn.

Acid Blood (when first bloodied; encounter) * Acid

Close burst 1; automatic hit; 3d8 acid damage, and ongoing 10 acid damage (save ends).

Alignment Chaotic Evil Languages -
Str 23 (+13) Dex 20 (+12) Wis 20 (+12)
Con 20 (+12) Int 8 (+6) Cha 8 (+6)

Yuan-ti Restrainer Tactics

A yuan-ti restrainer singles out prey even in the middle of large groups. The restrainer bites its chosen victim, grabs him, and then tries to squeeze him to death in subsequent rounds.

Yuan-ti Restrainer Lore

A character knows the following information with a successful Nature check.
DC 20: A yuan-ti restrainer gestates inside a humanoid, gradually transforming it into a fully reptilian creature. In the final stage of gestation the few remaining vestiges of mammalian tissue are shed violently.
DC 25: The yuan-ti restrainer has acidic blood that burns those who dare to harm it.

Encounter Groups

Yuan-ti encounters usually consist of a mixed group of yuanti malisons, yuan-ti rampants, yuan-ti restrainers, and snaketongue cultists.

Level 12 Encounter (XP 3,500)
* 2 snaketongue restrainers (level 13 minion)
* 2 snaketongue rampants (level 13 minion)
* 1 yuan-ti abomination (level 14 soldier)
* 1 snaketongue celebrant (level 11 controller)
* 4 snaketongue zealots (level 12 minion)
* 1 snaketongue assassin (level 9 lurker)

Level 14 Encounter (XP 5,000)
* 2 yuan-ti restrainers (level 14 soldier)
* 1 yuan-ti rampant (level 14 skirmisher)
* 1 yuan-ti malison sharp-eye (level 13 artillery)
* 3 snaketongue restrainers (level 13 minion)
* 3 snaketongue rampants (level 13 minion)

Yes, I'm being kinda lazy this week. Sue me (or, better, go leave lots of comments on last week's "Weekly What the Heck").