Common household pests now grow to monstrous sizes as magic returns to the world. I wonder how large they might become? Perhaps it’s better not to think about it…
—Etahn
Spider, Dire (Small)
| Characteristics | CV | 1 | |||
| Stat | Score | % | Speed | 25’ | |
| STR | 8 | 40 | HPA measure of the relative health of your character, represen... More | 9 | |
| CON | 10 | 50 | Dmg Mod | -1 | |
| SIZSize defines height, weight, and bulk. There is no SIZ-assoc... More | 8 | 40 | AVThe numeric value representing how much damage armor absorbs... More | 0 | |
| INT | 2 | 10 | Class | Animal | |
| ACU | 7 | 35 | Type | Vermin | |
| DEX | 12 | 60 | Horror An optional system where your character’s mental health ... More | – | |
| SOC | – | – | Treasure | 2 gp (harvestables) | |
- Attack: Bite 50% 1d6+1+dm+Poison, Web 55% Entangled
- Skills: Climb 90%, Dodge 50%, Grapple 40%, Hide 40%, Listen 40%, Spot 40%, Stealth 35%
- SpecialA special success if the roll is equal to or less than 1/5 t... More: Darkvision, Poison, Web
- Weaknesses: Low HPA measure of the relative health of your character, represen... More (1/2)
- Habitat: Any
- Encounter: Solitary or cluster (2-5)
Poison
| Poison | Type | POT | Onset | Effect | Secondary Effect | Cure | Price |
| Spider venom, lesser | Injury | 11 | Instant | POT damage | Dazed | 1 saveRolling a characteristic to resist an effect or spell. More | 30 gp |
Web
See below
Remnants and Reagents
Spider Venom
A weaker poison, but poison nonetheless. One dose can be milked from their glands.
Value: 30 gp
Harvesting Difficulty: DifficultYour skill is halved when a task is harder than average, whi... More
Spider, Dire (Medium)
| Characteristics | CV | 2 | |||
| Stat | Score | % | Speed | 25’ | |
| STR | 10 | 50 | HPA measure of the relative health of your character, represen... More | 26 | |
| CON | 12 | 60 | Dmg Mod | 0 | |
| SIZSize defines height, weight, and bulk. There is no SIZ-assoc... More | 14 | 70 | AVThe numeric value representing how much damage armor absorbs... More | 0 | |
| INT | 2 | 10 | Class | Animal | |
| ACU | 8 | 40 | Type | Vermin | |
| DEX | 13 | 65 | Horror An optional system where your character’s mental health ... More | – | |
| SOC | – | – | Treasure | 25 gp | |
- Attack: Bite 65% 1d6+2+dm+poison, Web 65% Entangled
- Skills: Climb 90%, Dodge 50%, Grapple 50%, Hide 50%, Listen 50%, Spot 50%, Stealth 50%
- SpecialA special success if the roll is equal to or less than 1/5 t... More: Darkvision, Poison, Web
- Weaknesses: –
- Habitat: Any
- Encounter: Solitary or cluster (2-5)
Poison
| Poison | Type | POT | Onset | Effect | Secondary Effect | Cure | Price |
| Spider venom, lesser | Injury | 11 | Instant | POT damage | Dazed | 1 saveRolling a characteristic to resist an effect or spell. More | 30 gp |
Web
See below
Remnants and Reagents
Spider Venom
A weaker poison, but poison nonetheless. Two doses can be milked from their glands.
Value: 30 gp
Harvesting Difficulty: DifficultYour skill is halved when a task is harder than average, whi... More
Spider, Dire (Large)
| Characteristics | CV | 3 | |||
| Stat | Score | % | Speed | 30’ | |
| STR | 14 | 70 | HPA measure of the relative health of your character, represen... More | 26 | |
| CON | 16 | 80 | Dmg Mod | 1d4 | |
| SIZSize defines height, weight, and bulk. There is no SIZ-assoc... More | 20 | 100 | AVThe numeric value representing how much damage armor absorbs... More | 2 (thick hide) | |
| INT | 3 | 15 | Class | Animal | |
| ACU | 10 | 50 | Type | Vermin | |
| DEX | 15 | 75 | Horror An optional system where your character’s mental health ... More | – | |
| SOC | – | – | Treasure | 40 gp | |
- Attack: (2) 75% 1d6+3+dm+poison, Web 75% Entangled
- Skills: Climb 90%, Dodge 65%, Grapple 60%, Hide 60%, Listen 60%, Spot 60%, Stealth 60%
- SpecialA special success if the roll is equal to or less than 1/5 t... More: Darkvision, Poison, Web
- Weaknesses: –
- Habitat: Any
- Encounter: Solitary or cluster (2-5)
Poison
| Poison | Type | POT | Onset | Effect | Secondary Effect | Cure | Price |
| Spider venom | Injury | 16 | Instant | POT damage | Dazed | 1 saveRolling a characteristic to resist an effect or spell. More | 60 gp |
Web
See below
Remnants and Reagents
Spider Venom
Causing its victims to be dazed, a dire spider’s venom can be deadly. Two doses can be milked from their glands.
Value: 60 gp
Harvesting Difficulty: DifficultYour skill is halved when a task is harder than average, whi... More
Dire Spider (Huge)
| Characteristics | CV | 4 | |||
| Stat | Score | % | Speed | 25’ | |
| STR | 18 | 90 | HPA measure of the relative health of your character, represen... More | 52 | |
| CON | 20 | 100 | Dmg Mod | 2d6 | |
| SIZSize defines height, weight, and bulk. There is no SIZ-assoc... More | 32 | 160 | AVThe numeric value representing how much damage armor absorbs... More | 4 | |
| INT | 3 | 15 | Class | Animal | |
| ACU | 13 | 65 | Type | Vermin | |
| DEX | 15 | 75 | Horror An optional system where your character’s mental health ... More | – | |
| SOC | – | – | Treasure | 150 gp | |
- Attack: Bite (2) 80% 1d6+4+dm+poison, Web 55% Entangled
- Skills: Climb 90%, Dodge 75%, Grapple 65%, Hide 65%, Listen 65%, Spot 65%, Stealth 65%
- SpecialA special success if the roll is equal to or less than 1/5 t... More: Darkvision, Poison, Web
- Weaknesses: –
- Habitat: Any
- Encounter: Solitary or cluster (2-5)
Poison
| Poison | Type | POT | Onset | Effect | Secondary Effect | Cure | Price |
| Spider venom, strong | Injury | 22 | Instant | POT damage | Dazed | 1 saveRolling a characteristic to resist an effect or spell. More | 120 gp |
Web
See below
Remnants and Reagents
Spider Venom
Causing its victims to be dazed, a dire spider’s venom can be deadly, and when a spider is this large, it can be doubly so. Two doses can be milked from their glands.
Value: 120 gp
Harvesting Difficulty: DifficultYour skill is halved when a task is harder than average, whi... More
Web
Many monstrous spiders wait within their webs or in trees above, lowering themselves silently to ambush prey.
A spider can create a web up to eight times per day. It can be a sheet of webbing or shot at a foe up to 50 ft away. Ranged web attacks act as a standard ranged attack. On a success, the target becomes Entangled. Webs can restrain creatures up to double the SIZSize defines height, weight, and bulk. There is no SIZ-assoc... More of the spider.
An entangled creature may escape with a DEX check or burst free with a STR check, both DifficultYour skill is halved when a task is harder than average, whi... More.
Spiders also create sheet webs 5–60 ft across to trap prey. Creatures must succeed at a Spot check to notice the web before entering it. Failure results in becoming Entangled.
Web sections can be destroyed, and fire burns away one 5 ft section per round.
Spiders move freely on their own webs and can instantly detect the location of any creature touching them.