Chagmat!

[Krishnath]

Well, I am fun, but I am also evil, read the last line of my tag

 

[BOZ]

ok, did a comparison to the chitines... while there are some notable superficial similarities, they are very different creatures.

 

[Gez]

Plus the spider-eye goblins* and the narleth from CC1. And of course, Aranea and Ettercap. If you picture in crabmen, stingers, and sandmaskers/scorpionfolks, the arachnidmen niche is really crowded. Bah, at least, we don't have yet crablicemen.

A little comment, though: "A chagmat can either be a fighter or a cleric, and its class is determined at birth." -- This is so AD&D2...

(* IMC, they are known as Aragais, and they have been modified to get a burrow speed (20 ft.), 8 legs, and improved trip, their full attack routine is bite/claw/claw/claw/claw/trip.

 

[BOZ]

A little comment, though: "A chagmat can either be a fighter or a cleric, and its class is determined at birth." -- This is so AD&D2...

1E my friend, 1E...

and thank you gez - there you go krish, IIRC aranea are not connected to the drow in any way, so there!

 

[Krishnath]

Boz: Well, the Aranea aren't CE either.

Gez: Not to burst your bubble, but crabs aren't arachnids. Only scorpions and spiders are (well, actually there is a third group of arachnids, but I don't know what they are called in english.)

Later,

 

[BOZ]

but they're spider people so they should be CE and associated with lotlh.

hehe

 

[Krishnath]

No, because that would be racist.

 

[BOZ]

oh, you.

 

[Krishnath]

Oh, you, what?

 

[pyrobob]

Gez: Not to burst your bubble, but crabs aren't arachnids. Only scorpions and spiders are (well, actually there is a third group of arachnids, but I don't know what they are called in english.)

That 3rd group is commonly called 'harvesters.' They have 1 body segment, 8 legs, and don't normally cast webs (although they still have the ability to make them). Daddy-long-legs are an example of such.