Behemoth Tiger Snake

The greater form of the Tiger Snake, an alpha that grew up with their keen sense to Nature Chakra not commonly seen in their lesser cousins. Behemoth Tiger Snakes, while influenced by natural chakra, they do not have any natural use of the chakra but have a significant resistance to it and are outright immune to the effects of a sage's aura. Behemoth Tiger Snakes are solitary predators, standing at eight feet at the shoulder and sixteen feet in length from head to tail. These Behemoth creatures take after every trait their lesser brethren do except now consuming their meat induces petrification in those foolish enough to consume its meat with the tainted natural chakra within them. Their jaws can even unhinge and split in two, allowing them to swallow prey whole and devour things smaller than themselves, when they do this the belly expands to twice the Tiger Snake's size. Their stomach acids are highly corrosive, being able to dissolve anything from flesh and bone to stone and weak metals. Interestingly, some people keep both the Lesser and Behemoth Tiger Snakes as livestock to eat undesirable objects and some even used for eating ore and other minerals as their stomach acids will not break down precious metals or gems. Behemoth Tiger Snake bile is often used for many medicinal purposes as well for curing diseases or enhancing poisons. A unique quirk of the Behemoth however is the spines along their head are hollow and inject the bacteria into victims who are unfortunate enough to get nicked by them.

Behemoths are highly aggressive and will not flee from a fight unlike their lesser kin, instead they will stand off against creatures larger than themselves. It isn't unknown to find a Behemoth with a pack of Tiger Snakes swarming with it, the creature acting as their alpha. Behemoths are intelligent and adapt to a situation quickly, making them far more dangerous than a passing glance as they can even understand human speech and devise tactics. They too have a sac of toxic bacteria in a gland in the jaw that oozes over the teeth when they bite down onto a creature. Yet unlike the lesser Tiger Snakes, a Behemoth's stomach acids are corrosive and they've devised a means of weaponizing the food they eat and upchucking it at other monsters or even shinobi while their body's natural toxins pose a danger as well. A Behemoth Tiger Snake can and will eat anything, often they eat trees, rocks, even dirt just to expand their stomach and to have solid matter to vomit out at a foe. These monsters are among some of the most dangerous and the most intrusive in the wild with no natural predators to speak of, these are often seen in forests and other similar climates but they themselves are quite rare. A Behemoth is often created by accident, but can be forcibly made when they're introduced to natural energy or even demon or yokai chakra.

## Techniques

### Basic Combat | Rank E-S | Stamina

Basic attacks with claws, body and tail. These attacks deal Tiered Poison equal to the rank of the attack.

### Incite Combination Attack | Rank X | Passive

Once every [6] posts, the Behemoth Tiger Snake can incite the lesser Tiger Snakes into performing their combination attack as an activation. For the Tiger Snakes, their activations put into the Combination attack are considered Supplementary.

### Swallow Whole | Rank E-S | Stamina

The Behemoth will attempt to devour a creature smaller than itself and consider its victim grappled, this applies Suffocation to the Victim every post upon the initial post and then Tiered Corrosion starting on the next post, increasing each tier as the consumption continues. This activates Expand Stomach while the victim is in the stomach or if the Behemoth consumes other animals, rocks, trees, etc to make use of its body.

### Expand Stomach | Rank B | Passive

Upon using Swallow Whole, the Behemoth's stomach expands the body to twice the creature's size. While this is active, the Behemoth's stomach is considered Heavy Armor and suffers from its Drawbacks. However once this armor is broken by even a tier, the Behemoth's stomach will deflate and lose its special armor but will allow Upchuck to be used as a Supplementary Activation for one use.

### Upchuck | Rank B-S | Complex OR Spiritual

The Behemoth Tiger Snake can spit up the food they eat to attack prey at a range, taking advantage of the caustic stomach acids and using their body in orthodox ways. They can spit up to [30] Feet with Food or [50] with just vomit. The Behemoth has two uses of this ability, the first is they can spit pure liquid at a foe to deal up to Tier 4 Corrosion and is considered Spiritual for technique interactions. Secondly, they can upchuck food they eat to physically impact a foe up to Tier 2 Corrosion, this attack is considered Overwhelming and the food spat up splatter and create a caustic hazard of 5 feet that deals Tiered Corrosion if touched. Upchucking Food [3] times will deflate the stomach of the Behemoth.

### Toxic Body | Rank -- | Passive

A Behemoth Tiger Snake's body and blood is highly toxic and is inedible to anything that consumes it. Consuming meat from a Tiger Snake inflicts Tier 4 Disease and Tier 4 Poison at once, getting blood from a Tiger Snake into a wound, sore, or otherwise into the body inflicts Tier 2 Disease and Tier 2 Poison. When a Tiger Snake is Bleeding, they pose a danger to disease others. Behemoth Tiger Snake blood now will impose a danger of Senjutsu Petrification to organic life in addition to the previous effects. Touching a Spine of the Behemoth will also inflict Tier 4 Disease, attacking the Behemoth with unprotected hands will cause the attacker to be infected.

## Loot

* Behemoth Tiger Snake Hide | Rare
* Terrifying Scales | Rare