Salamander Fire Snake

Monster Manual (2025) p. 266

Size
Medium
Type
elemental
Alignment
neutral evil
AC
14
Initiative
2
Hit Points
27 (6d8)
Speed
walk 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
Immunities
fire
Senses
darkvision 60 ft.
Passive Perception
10
Languages
understands Primordial but can't speak
Challenge
1
Lineage
Salamander
Environment
planar (elemental plane of fire), underdark
STR
12
+1
DEX
14
+2
CON
11
+0
INT
7
−2
WIS
10
+0
CHA
8
−1

Traits

Proficiency Bonus

+2

Treasure

Armaments: The monster's treasure hoard features magic items with the noted theme. The Dungeon Master's Guide details treasure hoards appropriate for each theme.

Fire Aura

At the end of each of the salamander's turns, each creature of the salamander's choice in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the salamander takes 3 (1d6) Fire damage.

Actions

Bite

Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) Piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) Fire damage.

Other data

description

Salamanders are serpentine denizens of the Elemental Plane of Fire. They believe that flames expose the purest forms of all things and delight in burning and melting things, seeing fleeting beauty and striking nuances in blazes consuming different fuels—ancient forests, artistic masterpieces, or living creatures. To salamanders, those that can't endure their flames are nothing but ashes in disguise. They harbor malice toward few creatures, but they consider creating remarkable flames more important than the pain and loss their fires cause. Salamanders are typically content to dwell on the Elemental Plane of Fire, creating strange, temporary art amid the flames. Some travel to other planes of existence and worlds to experience the flames of other realms or create conflagrations of unprecedented scale.

Salamander Fire Snake: Juvenile salamanders emerge from burning hot, two-foot-diameter eggs. Called fire snakes, these serpentlike creatures slither through the Plane of Fire and other intensely hot places. After consuming the proper fuels and exposing themselves to fiery extremes, fire snakes grow into salamanders.