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From out of the gloom emerges a colossal form: the monstrous, pear-shaped head of a giant sewer snake. It rears up from the narrow tunnel and fixes you with its burning yellow eyes, its forked tongue flickering to within inches of your chest. Its slit pupils dilate and you barely have time to draw a weapon before it strikes:

Haagadar Sewer Snake: COMBAT SKILL 25 ENDURANCE 41

This creature is immune to Mindblast (but not Psi-surge).

If you win the combat, you continue up the stairs towards the surface: turn to 70.