Snaketongue Assassin
Medium natural humanoid (shapechanger), human
Level 9 Lurker XP 400

Initiative +13        Senses Perception +8
HP 80; Bloodied 40
AC 23; Fortitude 21, Reflex 21, Will 20
Resist 10 poison
Speed 7

(⚔) Dagger (standard, at-will) ✦ Poison, Weapon

+14 vs AC; 1d4+3 damage, and ongoing 10 poison damage (save ends).

Crowd Shield

The snaketongue assassin gains a +2 bonus to its AC and Reflex defense if it has one creature adjacent to it, or a +4 bonus if two or more creatures are adjacent to it.

Serpent Form (move; at-will) ✦ Polymorph

The snaketongue assassin transforms into a crushgrip constrictor. Any equipment the assassin is carrying merges with the new form. The assassin uses the crushgrip constrictor's statistics instead its own, except for hit points. Reverting to its true form is a minor action.

Alignment Evil        Languages Common, Draconic
Skills Religion +11, Stealth +14
Str 16 (+7)      Dex 20 (+9)      Wis 18 (+8)
Con 20 (+9)      Int 14 (+6)      Cha 14 (+6)

Equipment: poisoned dagger, leather armor .

Published in Monster Manual, page(s) 273, Dungeon Magazine 178, page(s) 26.