Editing Lamia (section)

==Pathfinder==
[[File:Lamia B1 PF.png|left|thumb|Pathfinder sticking with the classic "Naked Lion-taur Lady with Dagger" look.]]
[[Pathfinder]]'s lamias are pretty much exactly the same as their D&D ancestors; the biggest change-up was the creation of the "Lamyros" subtype. Having a family of "lamia-kin" allowed Pathfinder to not only bring back snake-women in the form of the Lamia Matriarch, but also add some new members to the family -- these first appeared in the original [[Rise of the Runelords]] adventure path, but were tweaked when it got reprinted in compilation form under Pathfinder's "new" ruleset.

The '''Harridan''' is an elite Lamia, the only creature more important in their loosely-held society than a Lamia Matriarch. It's essentially a giant lamia with added divine spells, and was tweaked to a template only available to lamias with 10+ levels in a divine casting class in the compilation. This "remake" version does state that it's possible to encounter Noble Lamias turned Harridans, but it's very rare, and most are the typical leonic tauress.

The '''Hungerer''' is a result of Karzoug experimenting on Harridans in his fleshwarping pits, creating a horrifically disfigured, gaping-mawed, obscenely obese monstrosity that suffers endless pain & hunger, causing it to devour anything and everything around it.

Finally, the '''Kuchrima''' is the bottom of the lamia totem pole, being a hideously ragged-looking humanoid vulture that serves as a scout and, more eagerly, garbage disposal; noxious cannibals and gleeful scavengers, these carrion-eaters carry huge bows they use with their prehensile feet from the air and carry foul diseases up close in melee.

===Gallery===
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Lamia PF 2e.png|2e Lamia
PF Lamia Matriarch.jpg|Lamia Matriarch
Lamia matriarch B2 PF.png
Xanesha.jpg
Kuchrima.png|Kuchrima
Harridan PF.png|Harridan
Hungerer.png|Hungerer
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===PC Stats===
A 3rd party netbook, Kobold Quarterly #23, includes unofficial rules for playing a "classic" snake-woman Lamia in Pathfinder or D&D 3.5 in the form of the Lamia Commoner species - this is part of the [[Midgard]] campaign setting. It has the following racial profile:
::+2 Strength, +2 Charisma, –2 Intelligence: Lamia commoners are physically strong and manipulative.
::Medium: Lamia commoners are Medium creatures, and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
::Normal Speed: Lamia commoners have a base speed of 30 ft. They have a climb speed of 20 ft and a swim speed of 20 ft.
::Darkvision: Lamias can see in the dark up to 60 ft.
::Low-Light Vision: Lamias can see twice as far as humans in dim light.
::Intimidating: Lamias receive a +2 racial bonus on Intimidate skill checks due to their frightening nature and appearance.
::Lamian Immunities: Lamias get a +2 racial bonus to saves against mind-affecting spells and effects.
::Snake Body: Lamia commoners have neither feet nor legs and thus cannot be tripped. They may not use magic items requiring the feet slot.
::Skilled: Lamias receive a +2 racial bonus on Bluff and Use Magic Device checks.
::Spell Resistance: Lamias possess spell resistance equal to 5 plus their class levels.
::Spell-Like Abilities: A lamia can cast charm person and ventriloquism each 1/day, using her total character level as her caster level.
::Weapon Familiarity: Lamia commoners are proficient with the scimitar.
::Languages: Lamias begin play speaking Common and Draconic. Lamias with high Intelligence can choose any additional bonus languages, with Abyssal being the most typical.