Snakebite

Snakebite(Major) by Stone Gargoyle

"My bark is not worse than my bite. Not by a long shot."

This was developed as an alternative to Super-Consumption. The superbeing has jaws and a digestive tract similar to a snake, capable of swallowing objects, animals and even small children whole.

1.Jaw: The superbeing's mandibular bones never fused at birth, allowing him to seperate the two sides of his jaw, widening it and stretching and distending the skin on the underside of his chin. With the ability to also unhinge his jaw, the superbeing has a huge bite radius and can swallow good size animals and things.

Damage: The superbeing's bite does 2d6 damage plus PS bonus and possible paralysis from venom (see below).

Bite Radius: The superbeing can swallow anything that is not larger than 15cm(6 inches) thick by 15cm wide and not greater than 1/4 his own mass and weight at one time. Anything larger and he risks choking. Jaw Strength: Once biting down, the victim must break free of a hold equivalent to the superbeing's PS. Note that if the character also has Supernatural Bite, the damage would be more and the hold would be the equivalent PS at Supernatural levels.

2.Venom Sacs: The superbeing's mouth contains venom sacs which contain non-lethal paralytic poison by which the superbeing paralyzes an animal or victim he is attempting to swallow (If a player wishes this character to have a deadly type of poison, he can do so by taking the Venomous Attack minor ability along with this power, but the character may have only one type of poison, so if deadly poison is selected he would lose the paralytic poison altogether). Victims must save vs. poison (16 or better, PE bonus applies) or else take an additional 1d4 damage, and the part of the body bitten becomes paralyzed in seconds. If an arm or leg, the victim functions without its use. One melee round later, the entire body is paralyzed by the neural toxin for 1d6+2 melee rounds, during which time the victim cannot attack, use powers (except for mental ones) or even speak.

3.Distending Digestive Tract: The superbeing can stretch his neck muscles to accomodate the mass going down his throat.. The muscles are very strong, crushing the thing being swallowed. This occurs in addition to the chewing and physical damage done to the thing being swallowed by the superbeing as he attempts to tenderize it or rip it into smallr pieces. The superbeing can only swallow sometine once it is small enoough to pass though his mouth (see above). Anything not organic and soft and squishy will not be digested, but simply occupy space until regurgitated. Organic substances break down at a rate of 3d6 SDC per melee round. Anything not fully digested will be regurgitated after the superbeing's PE number in melee rounds. When this happens, the superbeing must save vs. choking hazard (14 or better, PE bonus applies) or risk asphyxiation. Note that indestructible characters swallowed will be regurgitated without damage as well. Survival, however, requires being able to hold one's breath while inside the superbeing for the full duration before being regurgitated if one is unable to free oneself otherwise. Items and creatures regurgitated cannot be swallowed again unless cleaned and taste nasty if this is attempted.

4.Other Abilities and Bonuses: Immune to the effects of snake venom, +8 to save vs. insect venom, +6 to save vs. other posons and toxins (half damage and duration if a fail is saved), +2 to save vs. drugs