Why skill a mage?
And as for the serpent spawn script, i dunno what to edit for the para... It's named wiered as fuck :P


Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<monster name="Serpent Spawn" nameDescription="a serpent spawn" race="venom" experience="2350" speed="240" manacost="0">
	<health now="3000" max="3000"/>
	<look type="220" corpse="4323"/>
	<targetchange interval="5000" chance="8"/>
	<strategy attack="100" defense="0"/>
	<flags>
		<flag summonable="0"/>
		<flag attackable="1"/>
		<flag hostile="1"/>
		<flag illusionable="0"/>
		<flag convinceable="0"/>
		<flag pushable="0"/>
		<flag canpushitems="1"/>
		<flag canpushcreatures="1"/>
		<flag targetdistance="1"/>
		<flag staticattack="90"/>
		<flag runonhealth="275"/>
	</flags>
	<attacks>
		<attack name="melee" interval="2000" skill="40" attack="100"/>
		<attack name="poison" interval="1000" chance="33" range="7" min="-100" max="-300">
			<attribute key="shootEffect" value="poison"/>
			<attribute key="areaEffect" value="greenspark"/>
		</attack>
		<attack name="outfit" interval="1000" chance="1" range="7" item="3976" duration="4000">
			<attribute key="areaEffect" value="blueshimmer"/>
		</attack>
		<attack name="speed" interval="1000" chance="20" range="7" radius="4" target="1" speedchange="-850" duration="120000">
			<attribute key="shootEffect" value="poison"/>
			<attribute key="areaEffect" value="greenbubble"/>
		</attack>
		<attack name="lifedrain" interval="2000" chance="15" length="8" spread="0" min="-150" max="-400">
			<attribute key="areaEffect" value="rednote"/>
		</attack>
		<attack name="poison" interval="3000" chance="17" length="8" spread="3" min="-50" max="-500">
			<attribute key="areaEffect" value="poison"/>
		</attack>
		<attack name="outfit" interval="1000" chance="15" range="7" item="3976" duration="12000">
			<attribute key="areaEffect" value="blueshimmer"/>
		</attack>
	</attacks>
	<defenses armor="18" defense="25">
		<defense name="healing" interval="1000" chance="17" min="300" max="500">
			<attribute key="areaEffect" value="blueshimmer"/>
		</defense>
		<defense name="speed" interval="1000" chance="9" speedchange="320" duration="5000">
			<attribute key="areaEffect" value="redshimmer"/>
		</defense>
	</defenses>
	<elements>
		<element earthPercent="100"/>
		<element icePercent="30"/>
		<element firePercent="-6"/>
		<element energyPercent="-10"/>
	</elements>
	<immunities>
		<immunity paralyze="1"/>
		<immunity invisible="1"/>
	</immunities>
	<voices interval="5000" chance="10">
		<voice sentence="Sssssouls for the one"/>
		<voice sentence="HISSSS" yell="1"/>
		<voice sentence="Tsssse one will risssse again"/>
		<voice sentence="I bring your deathhh, mortalssss"/>
	</voices>
	<loot>
		<item id="2148" countmax="80" chance="40500"/><!-- gold coin -->
		<item id="2148" countmax="70" chance="40500"/><!-- gold coin -->
		<item id="2148" countmax="69" chance="40500"/><!-- gold coin -->
		<item id="1976" chance="8888"/><!-- gemmed book -->
		<item id="3971" chance="2200"/><!-- charmer tiara -->
		<item id="2487" chance="600"/><!-- crown armor-->
		<item id="2167" chance="6250"/><!-- energy ring -->
		<item id="2033" chance="2870"/><!-- golden mug -->
		<item id="7590" chance="2000"/><!-- great mana potion -->
		<item id="2796" chance="18200"/><!-- green mushroom -->
		<item id="2177" chance="650"/><!-- life crystal -->
		<item id="2168" chance="5750"/><!-- life ring -->
		<item id="7386" chance="2070"/><!-- mercenary sword -->
		<item id="7456" chance="750"/><!-- noble axe -->
		<item id="2148" countmax="3" chance="1000"/><!-- onyx arrow -->
		<item id="2547" chance="6500"/><!-- power bolt -->
		<item id="2498" chance="100"/><!-- royal helmet -->
		<item id="2146" chance="12000"/><!-- small sapphire -->
		<item id="2182" chance="880"/><!-- snakebite rod -->
		<item id="8902" chance="130"/><!-- spellbook of mind control -->
		<item id="2479" chance="670"/><!-- strange helmet -->
		<item id="8880" chance="100"/><!-- swamplair armor -->
		<item id="2528" chance="830"/><!-- tower shield -->
		<item id="2475" chance="1000"/><!-- warrior helmet -->
		<item id="2473" chance="15400"/><!-- viking helmet -->
	</loot>
</monster>