5e24:Staff of the Python

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Staff of the Python exists in other D&D editions see:

Staff of the Python (disambiguation).

D&D 5e (2024)
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 SRD 5.2 

Staff of the Python  
Magic Staff, Uncommon (requires attunement)
Treasure Type: Arcana

As a Magic action, you can throw this staff so that it lands in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, causing the staff to become a Giant Constrictor Snake in that space. The snake is under your control and shares your Initiative count, taking its turn immediately after yours.

On your turn, you can mentally command the snake (no action required) if it is within 60 feet of you and you don’t have the Incapacitated condition. You decide what action the snake takes and where it moves during its turn, or you can issue it a general command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself.

As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space, and you can’t use the staff’s property again for 1 hour. If the snake is reduced to 0 Hit Points, it dies and reverts to its staff form; the staff then shatters and is destroyed. If the snake reverts to staff form before losing all its Hit Points, it regains all of them.

End of the SRD 5.2 material

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Giant Constrictor Snake

Giant Constrictor Snake
Huge Beast (Snakes), Unaligned
AC: 12Initiative: +2 (12)
HP: 60 (8d12+8)
Speed: 30 ft., Swim 30 ft.
Mod Save   Mod Save Str 19 +4 +4   Int 1 -5 -5 Dex 14 +2 +2   Wis 10 +0 +0 Con 12 +1 +1   Cha 5 -3 -3
Skills: Perception +2
Senses: Blindsight 10 ft., Passive Perception 12
Languages: —
CR: 2 (XP 450; PB +2)
Actions Multiattack. The snake makes one Bite attack and uses Constrict. Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +6, reach 10 ft. Hit: 11 (2d6+4) Piercing damage. Constrict. Strength Saving Throw: DC 14, one Large or smaller creature the snake can see within 10 feet. Failure: 13 (2d8+4) Bludgeoning damage, and the target has the Grappled condition (escape DC 14).
+  Additional Properties Familiar: Habitat: Desert, Forest, Swamp, Underwater Mount: False Movement Type: Walk, Swim Plane: Unstated

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