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what is a Jib snake? Is it extinct as Moander suggested? #frlore #forgottenrealms— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 14, 2020
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A “jit snake” is a large (babies at least eight feet long and as thick around as many boar, adults much larger if available food permits), energetic hunting snake. Most are dun-brown, dull olive green, or slate gray; … 2)
…younglings are mottled with lighter scales for their first year of life. They have fangs, and most have yellow eyes that blaze red when they are angry or in pain.
Jit venom makes adult-human-sized creatures weak and imprecise…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 14, 2020
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…in their movements, as if drunk, and usually plunges them into a fitful fever of vivid dreams lasting up to a month (usually about half that); smaller bitten victims are usually plunged into comas. Larger creatures, like… 4)
…oxen, become slow and sometimes unsteady if bitten.
Jit snakes were hunted to near-extinction by the elves of Cormanthor due to the danger they posed, and were later exterminated in the area, as both the devils and demons…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 14, 2020
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…roaming the ruins of Myth Drannor in the early 1300s DR found them a delicacy when dined upon.
Elminster warns they are not extinct; some can be found deep in Chult, and in jungle and forest areas east of Ulgarth—and perhaps… 6)
…other places.
Jit snakes devour prey by biting them apart, not swallowing them whole, but can bulge and expand to hold all of the non-bony material of the carcass of even a large creature like an ox at the same time. Like…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 14, 2020
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…most snakes, full jit snakes are lethargic, not hungry. Unlike most snakes, a jit snake will slay all nearby creatures it deems dangerous before eating one, and will hide (typically in a cave) if coiling up and digesting.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 14, 2020