Magic Resistance. Níðhöggr has advantage on saving throws made against spells and other magical effects.

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Níðhöggr fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. It can spend 5 feet of movement to escape from nonmagical restraints or being grappled. Senses darkvision 300 ft., truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 16ĭamage Threshold. Níðhöggr does not take damage from an attack, spell, or other effect that deals 10 points or less of bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage (calculated after resistances).įreedom of Movement. Níðhöggr ignores difficult terrain, and magical effects can’t reduce its speed or cause it to be restrained. STRĭamage Resistances cold, fire bludgeoning, piercing, and slashingĭamage Immunities poison bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weaponsĬondition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned Speed 90 ft., burrow 60 ft., climb 90 ft., fly 60 ft. When Ragnarok is finally nigh it will be known because Níðhöggr will finish chewing through the roots, causing the world tree to wither and bringing about a 3 year long winter for all, at which point the serpent will fly out from the underworld to wage war upon the gods of Asgard. Within the wyrm’s lair is Náströnd (aka Nadastrond or the much cooler Shore of Corpses), a hall made from woven serpents and dripping with venom from its ceiling where adulterers, murderers, and perjurers go in the afterlife (that is at least after the Christians got involved). This figures into the balanced and cyclical nature of the greater Norse mythology, whatever damage the two inflict on Yggdrasil healed by water from the wells of Urd. Atop of the world tree sits a great eagle that represents wisdom and virtue-Níðhöggr reviles it, trading insults and threats by way of the squirrel Ratatoskr running messages between them. Traditionally known as Níðhǫggr (or the anglicized Nidhogg), this serpent gnaws on the roots of Yggdrasil because these form the prison keeping it from the world. Chewing away at the roots of Yggdrasil the great Norse serpents: Níðhöggr.ĭ&D 5E – Epic Monsters: Níðhöggr | EN World | Dungeons & Dragons | Tabletop Roleplaying Games

Nidhogg dragon