The art design for naga

D&D Naga are a lot less colorful than their Hindu inspirations (Addendum 7/11/2017: or even the Naga in Creatures of Rokugan). These are my suggestions to make them look (and maybe act) more interesting.

©2012 Kuroi-kisin

Feathers, fins, jewels. A naga may have scales, feathers, fins or a combination thereof, like a couatl or a sea serpent. A naga may wear elaborate clothing and jewelry to show its wealth and taste.

Ambidextrous. A naga may have anywhere from none to six or more arms and/or wings, like the marilith or lillend. A naga's posterior may split into additional tails. Additional heads may be situated where arms would be.

Multiple, animal heads. A naga may have anywhere from one to seven or more heads, like hydras. A naga's head(s) may be human, snake, monkey, medusa, or others creatures, like sphinxes. Multiple heads may be the same or a combination of different creatures.

Thousands of masks. A naga may be a shapechanger, changing its anatomy and gaudiness at whim. Generally, its appearance will reflect something about its desires and personality so as to keep individual naga recognizable.

Kin to dragons and sphinxes. Like dragons, naga are born directly from the magical fields at auspicious times and places. Like sphinxes, they are drawn to guard sacred (or profane) places and love to collect knowledge.

Shrink with age. The older, wiser and more powerful a naga is, the smaller it will be. They seem to shed physicality as they mature, becoming more and more like the magical fields that spawned them. (Credits to 13th Age Bestiary.)