Naga (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, nagas are a variety of similar species with widely differing abilities and alignments. They are intelligent aberrations that resemble giant snakes, some with a humanoid head and some with a more snake-like head. The primary four races of nagas are the lawful evil dark nagas, lawful good guardian nagas, chaotic evil spirit nagas, and neutral water nagas. In addition, there is a unique type of undead naga called a bone naga. Each type of naga has a certain amount of spell casting power. Most nagas worship the naga creator goddess Shekinester and her son Parrafaire, except for dark nagas, who venerate Sess'innek.

In the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, nagas were created by the reptilian creator race, the sarrukh, along with yuan-ti. Another race of nagas, the neutral good iridescent nagas, are unique to the Realms.