FREQUENCY: Unique
NO. APPEARING: 1
ARMOR CLASS: -3
MOVE: See below
HIT DICE/POINTS: Head: 300 points; Body: Infinite
% IN LAIR: Nil
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 ~ 7
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 5-50
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Constriction, poison
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Regeneration
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 95%
INTELLIGENCE: Very
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic evil
SIZE: L (25,000 miles long)
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
    Attack/Defense Modes: Nil
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: X | 55,000
 

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Jormungandr was the offspring of Loki and the giantess Angur-boda (Angrboða),
and was the brother of the Fenris Wolf and Hel.
By custom Odin could not slay divine progeny,
but he feared that the monster would cause trouble and threw him into the sea when he was young.
Jormungandr grew unchecked,
until at last he circled the Earth and could bite his own tail.
It is the writhing of the great serpent that causes the tempests.
Thor has tried many times to slay him,
but the Norns have foretold that he will not succeed until the day of Ragnarok,
when he will drown in a sea of venom from the dying serpent.

Since the Midgard Serpent circles the world,
he can shift his body and locate his head anywhere he desires in one melee round.
The head is the only vulnerable spot on this monster,
since he regenerates all damage in the melee round after it is inflicted;
this means that 300 or more points of damage must be delivered to its head in one round in order to kill it.
If Jormungandr is slain, all beings within 50 feet of the head must save vs. poison at -5 or die,
as the creature spews forth its venom.
Attacks on the body of the serpent can be made,
but they will prove fruitless as the body (like the head) will regenerate all lost HP in the next melee round,
even if totally severed.

Jormungandr bites once per round for 5-50 points of damage,
and anyone thus bitten must save vs. poison at -5 or die within two melee rounds from the extremely potent venom.
The serpent can also make one constriction attack per round (near its head or anywhere along its body length),
doing 10-100 points.
It attacks as a 16+ HD monster.