Serpent of Lust

The **Serpent of Lust** is a magical chain whip in the *Devils Might Surrender* continuity of Nat19. It is a parasitic Devil Arm once carried by Lilith. Upon Lilith's defeat, the chain arose from her disintegrated remains and wrapped around Mariley, attuning to her instantly.

## Features

* **Gaining Style Points**: When your turn starts and you are grappling more than one creature with the Serpent of Lust, you gain 1 style point.
* **Guided By Intuition**: The Serpent of Lust's attack and damage rolls can use your Charisma modifier instead of your Strength or Dexterity modifier. You can also use your Charisma in place of Dexterity for your acrobatics checks, as the chain moves to help you keep balance, secure yourself, etc.
* **Style Actions**:
	+ **E Rank, Courting**: When you hit a creature with the Serpent of Lust you can spend 1 style point to cause it to wrap around them and pull yourself towards them, landing in an unoccupied space within 15 feet of them. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.
	+ **D Rank, Caress:** When you hit a creature with this weapon you can spend 2 style points to cause them to be affected by the weapons stimulating hallucinogenic toxin. They must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failure the creature is paralyzed for 1 minute, overwhelmed by sensuous or relaxing thoughts. A creature immune to being charmed cannot be affected by this feature. The paralyzed creature reattempts the saving throw at the end of their turn and each time they take damage, ending the effect on a success, A creature that succeeds any save against this feature cannot be affected by it again for 24 hours.
	+ **C Rank, Polyamory**: As an action, you can spend 3 style points to cause the serpent to refract itself and strike hundreds of times around you. Choose up to 6 creatures within 30 feet of you. Those creatures must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed saving throw they take 3d8 slashing damage plus 3d10 psychic damage and aren't restrained on a successful save.
	+ **B Rank, Submission**: When you hit a creature with this weapon you can spend 4 style points to have it leap your possession and dig itself into them, wrapping around their body and attempting to beguile the senses. You cast dominate monster on them, using the Serpent of Lust's DC for the spell save DC. While that creature is dominated it stays with them, so you cannot use the Serpent of Lust or any of its features. If this fails or the effects ends the Serpent of Lust immediately returns to you.
	+ **A Rank, Breathless**: As an action, you can spend 5 style points to immediately make 4 weapon attacks with advantage against one creature using the Serpent of Lust. If at least one hits the creature must make a Constitution saving throw, and on a failure is poisoned for 1 minute. Once all four attacks resolve you gain temporary hit points equal to the weapon damage you dealt.
	+ **S Rank, Master of Length**: On your turn you can spend 6 style points to empower the Serpent of Lust. For 1 minute its reach extends up to 50 feet and you can make one extra weapon attack each turn using it.
	+ **SS Rank Swinger**: When you hit a creature with this weapon you can spend 7 style points to wrap the Serpent of Lust's chains around a section of their body and try to hurl them at another creature. That creature must make a Strength saving throw. On a failure, they are lifted and are hurled up to 60 feet from you in any direction, and at another target or creature in that area if you wish. When they land they fall prone and are stunned until the start of their next turn. On a successful save they are knocked prone.
		- A thrown creature takes a certain amount of damage based on its size: a medium or smaller creature takes 8d8 bludgeoning damage, and for each size category larger they take an additional 2d8 bludgeoning damage (10d8 for large, 12d8 for huge, 14d8 for gargantuan). If the creature was hurled at another creature, that creature must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, they also take the damage and fall prone, but are not stunned.
	+ **SSS Rank, Area of Domination**: As an action, you can spend 8 style points to cause the Serpent of Lust to create a boundary (defined by a long length of the chain that surrounds it and countless lengths of chain that appear from and disappear into warps in space) centered on a space you choose within 60 feet, which remains in place for 1 minute. This boundary is a 20-foot radius sphere, in which the area is considered difficult terrain. Creatures that attempt to move through it take 1d4 slashing damage and 1d4 psychic damage for every 5 feet they move as the chains grind along them. You are exempt from the harmful effects of this area, and you can make weapon attacks using the Serpent of Lust at any range against anyone inside the boundary by causing lengths to appear via warp and lash at them.

## Known Wielders

* Lilith †
* Mariley Injusteez