Ophelia

Large Medusa Yuan-Ti Ascendant Yuan-Ti (demigod) , Lawful Evil

Actions

Multiattack. Ophelia may use her Petrifying Gaze attack against any valid targets as a free action on her turn, and as a legendary action up to 3x per round at the end of another character's turn. She also makes up to four (4) melee attacks--a piercing + poison with her snake hair, a constrict/restrain attack with her snake-tail if available, and two magical slashing + poison with the Sword of Ophidiel--or two ranged Piercing + Poison attacks with Pit Viper, her enchanted +2 longbow.   Snake Hair. Melee Weapon Attack: 1d20+13 reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 2d4+6 piercing damage plus 6d6 poison damage. Note that Virulent Poison boosts the damage of this poison one level, so effects on targets without resistance are doubled, resistant suffer normal effects, and immune suffer half damage. Note that if somehow Ophelia can be made to poison herself, she would suffer half damage from her own poison.   Constrict/restrain. Melee Weapon Attack: 1d20+13 to hit, reach 10 ft., one Large or smaller creature. Hit: 3d6+6 bludgeoning damage and target is restrained (escape STR save DC 22 at end of creature's next turn). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and takes 3d6+6 bludgeoning damage at the start of each of its turns, and Ophelia can’t constrict another target. Ophelia attacks with melee advantage against her restrained target, and restrained targets have disadvantage on attacks against her, as well as on dex saves.   2 x Shortsword (Sword of Ophidiel). Melee Weapon Attack: 1d20+13 reach 5 ft., one target. Damage: 1d8+6 magical slashing plus 2d6 poison damage. The first time it is drawn per hour, it conjures 1d4 x swarm of venomous snakes which act under her guidance with their own action and reaction on her initiative. Any surviving snakes dematerialize when the sword is sheathed. Requires evil alignment and attunement.   2 x Longbow (Pit Viper). Ranged Weapon Attack: 1d20+11 range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8+5 magical piercing plus 2d6 poison. if the attack has advantage or an ally is within 5' of a struck target, the bow also triggers 6d6 sneak attack damage. Requires attunement.

Legendary Actions

Ophelia can take up to 3 legendary actions per round, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time, and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Ophelia regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.   Petrifying Gaze: Ophelia makes a Gaze Attack on any valid creature within 30', if she can do so without using movement to reach a valid target.   Minion Attack. One creature controlled by or allied with Ophelia makes a single attack as a free action, if it can do so without using movement to reach a valid target. A swarm of snakes counts as one creature.   Ranged Attack. Ophelia makes a single ranged weapon attack.

Lair Actions

On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Ophelia can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; she can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row.  

• Ophelia causes a giant constrictor snake (see the Monster Manual) to appear in any unoccupied space that she chooses within the lair. It vanishes after 1 hour or if it is slain or ever is no longer her ally. She may have a maximum of 4 giant constrictor snakes active in the lair in this manner.
• Up to four giant constrictor snakes that are friendly to Ophelia and that Ophelia can see can use their reactions to move up to their speed and make one weapon attack.
• Twisting roots and vines with a 30' reach arise from the floor, walls or ceiling from a point within 120' of Ophelia, and attempt to grapple and drag or push 1 target up to 30' closer to her, triggering a gaze attack if this brings them within 30' of Ophelia. A DC18 DEX save negates the grapple who does not move, unless the target wishes to.

Ophelia prefers to live in stately enchanted towers, temples or rambling estates built long ago by others. She is hyper-conscious of the advantage of spaces that provide no escape from the 30' range of her petrifying gaze. The area around it may have lovely statues of people and monsters mixed in with abstract works of art, marble fountains fallen into disrepair, and similar old-enchantment charm. Nothing remotely reflective is to be found inside her lair.   Ophelia also maintains a harem of female attendants who act as her assistants, administrators, caretakers, maids and entertainment. These NPCs are generally druids or warlocks of her patronage, ranging in strength from level 0 to level 10, with NPC sheets of their own. They will defend her with a fanatical fierceness if it comes to it, but they also provide a greatly moderating presence that restrains Ophelia's more destructive or vindictive tendencies. Any harm coming to any of them will be met with murderous savagery by Ophelia personally.

Regional Effects

• Trees and other plant life become twisted and sinister in appearance within half a mile. Within 100 yards of the lair, 2d4 Awakened Trees will engage any hostiles in a given area and will perform her commands to the best of their abilities.
• The number of venomous snakes within five miles doubles over time, with a corresponding decrease in rats, wild dogs, cats and other small animals.
• People become lost more easily within a mile of the lair. Non-rangers without the outlander's 'wandering' feature have a 10% chance of misreading map directions and/or mistaking one direction for the next one on the compass whenever making a map or travel check.