Description:
Lamia have the appearance of women that have somehow become fused with serpents. Their heads and torsos are humanoid but instead of legs they have long tails ending in rattles like a rattlesnake's which they slither around on. Lamias' bodies are covered in small hard green scales, usually with a diamond pattern formed from darker scales on their backs. Down their fronts are larger, light green scales that look rather like boney plate armour. Their hair is dark green. Their other unusual feature is the fact that Lamia do not have arms. Instead they have two venomous snakes where their arms should be!
Lamia live in hot places since they are cold blooded and therefore being cold would slow them down or even harm them. Their presence is announced by the rattle on the ends of their tails and they can speak in hissing voices as they still retain their intelligence (albeit now evil) rather than being mindless beasts. They seem to get along quite well with hssaar.
Their scales provide good armour and their main attack is with their snake arms whose bites are highly poisonous and have lightning-fast strikes. Lamias can also lash at an enemy with their tail. They are not particularly brave creatures and if they are outnumbered or likely to be overpowered then they will try to escape.
Average Statistics
Diet: carnivore.
Alignment (if any): evil
Life expectancy: unknown
Deity: Anshu, goddess of lies.