Boomslang

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Boomslang (minor) by Stone Gargoyle

The superbeing has saliva similar in chemical makeup to nitroglycerin.

1. Resistances: The hero is resistant to poisons and toxins (half damage and duration) and has a +10% bonus to Save vs. Coma/Death. Trauma effects are also halved.

2. Explosive Spit: The hero can spit up to 6 feet away, causing damage when the saliva detonates on impact. The saliva explodes when hitting the target, doing 2d6 damage, plus 1d6 additional damage per level, to all targets within a 2 foot radius of the point of impact. This uses one attack. The hero can only attack in this fasshion using half his attacks for the melee round (so a character with eight attacks could spit at four targets but would have to use his other attacks/actions in other ways) to allow time for the saliva to build back up. Such strikes get no bonuses to hit and suffer penalties to hit due to wind, since wind would blow the spit off-course. The superbeing is immune to his own explosions.

3. Vocal Amplification: The hero can set off the saliva in his mouth to amplify his voice by generating energy that the hero can convert to sound waves. He can increase the loudness of his voice by 20 decibels by doing this. Anyone within two feet of the hero's face, however, will take 1d6 damage as the sound explodes from the hero's mouth outward.

4. Other Abilities and Bonuses:

Resistant to Sonic Attack (half damage and effects)
+1d4 PE