lethal-breath
offensive
Creatures wielding this power (8)
Mongolian Death Worm · salience 0.95
“These electric shocks are said to be capable of killing a human or even a camel from several meters away.”
Nuckelavee · salience 0.9
“Its breath is said to wilt crops, poison livestock, and spread sickness among humans.”
Catoblepas · salience 0.85
“Legends speak of its ability to either petrify or outright kill any living being unfortunate enough to meet its gaze or inhale its noxious exhalations.”
Surma · salience 0.7
“Its breath is said to carry the chill of death itself, and its roar can shake the very foundations of the earth.”
Mušḫuššu · salience 0.6
“The Mushusshu's loyalty is unwavering, and it will defend its charges with relentless determination, using its powerful claws, razor-sharp teeth, and in some accounts, the ability to breathe fire or poison.”
Wyvern
“in some tellings its breath or blood is also described as poisonous, echoing broader dragon-lore about toxic dragon ichor.”
Yuki-onna
“Yuki-onna's central and most consistently attested power is killing through cold: she freezes travelers to death, often by breathing on them or by simply appearing before them until they succumb to the freezing temperature, and victims are commonly found afterward as though they had frozen where they stood.”