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{{flavour|A jade snake coiled around a nagaraja's name-day egg. Transforms the user into a giant, cold-blooded, poison-resistant serpent, ready to wind their coils around foes and crush them to death. Shapeshifting skill increases the armour provided by the snake's scales. While transformed, any equipped weapons and armour are melded.}}
[[File:serpent talisman.png]] A '''serpent talisman''' is a [[talisman]] that changes you into '''Serpent Form''', a giant, [[constrict]]ing snake.

==Useful Info==
When e'''V'''oked, this talisman turns you into Serpent Form, which lasts until you end the form. Entering or exiting a form takes 5 turns.

Serpent Form has the following effects:

'''Combat Bonuses'''
*'''HP Bonus:''' 120% HP
*'''Innate AC:''' Linearly scales from the following points, rounding down:
**Below minimum: 1 AC (0 skill) - 9 AC (10 skill)
**Above minimum: 9 AC (10 skill) - 15 AC (19 skill) ; +1 AC per 1.67 levels
*'''[[Unarmed Combat]]:''' 10 base damage.
*'''[[Constriction]]:''' When making a melee attack, you initiate [[constriction]]. You can constrict 1 [[large]] (or smaller) foe at a time.
*'''[[Strength|Stat Bonus]]:''' +5 strength.

'''Resistances'''
*[[Poison resistance|rPois]]

'''Restrictions'''
*'''[[Transformation#Useful Info|Melded Gear]]:''' All [[armour]], [[weapon]], and [[shield]]. (Can only wear [[jewellery]])
*You cannot [[throw]] items.

'''Other'''
*'''[[Cold-blooded]]:''' You will be [[slow]]ed when hit by certain cold attacks. Negated by any amount of [[cold resistance]].
*'''[[Amphibious]]:''' Can swim in [[water]], immune to [[drowning]] damage. Note that unless your species is already amphibious, you can't recover items from [[deep water]].
*'''[[Large]]''' size: Species smaller than large will have reduced [[EV]] in this form. (Being large also lets you constrict large opponents and increases your resistance to knockback effects such as [[trample]].)
*Suppresses many [[mutation]]s. Species [[movement delay]] set to 1.0.

Serpent Form has a minimum [[Shapeshifting]] skill of 10, below which you get an [[Talisman#Skill|HP penalty]], and the AC bonus scales down. It has a maximum skill of 19, where skill has no further impact.

[[Aizul]] always carries a serpent talisman.

==Strategy==
Constriction is a strong effect, inflicting a large EV penalty while dealing extra damage. Because Serpent Form is [[large]], it can constrict large monsters like [[list of centaurs|centaurs]], [[list of ogres|ogre]]s, and [[yak]]s (which base Octopodes cannot).

Serpent Form also gives a fair bit of AC. For many characters first entering [[the Lair]], it offers slightly more AC than lighter armours, without the [[encumbrance]] of heavy armour. When combined with the 120% HP and the innate poison resistance, it's a moderately durable form. However, the lack of [[shield]] will reduce your defense in the long run.

===Tips & Tricks===
*This form can be very useful for [[Naga]]s (fittingly enough), as it lets them move at normal speed. [[Barachim]] can also move normally, though they'll lose their hop.
*Being cold-blooded can be risky when fighting monsters with [[freezing]] weapons or other types of cold damage. Note what activates cold-blooded and what doesn't; e.g. certain spells like [[Flash Freeze]] won't cause the mutation to activate.
*If you haven't found a source of [[flight]] yet, Serpent Form will let you pass through deep water even at 0 Shapeshifting skill (though using it at such low skill will greatly reduce your maximum HP).

{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
! Serpent Form || Felid || Gargoyle
|-
| [[File:Serpent form.png]] || [[File:Serpent form felid.png]] || [[File:Serpent form gargoyle.png]]
|}

==History==
{{CBA|0.33|Serpent Form will have two heads, letting the player wear two helmets. This does not apply to [[Felid]]s.}}
*Serpent talismans were introduced in [[0.31]], along with talismans themselves. Serpent Form had no previous counterpart, but is similar in role to [[Ice Form]].

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