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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8118196" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Having a magical component is fine.&nbsp; But if it is something that could theoretically be replicated, that just sounds like a potential campaign arc.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Let's see, first you have to uncover the secret formula which is not going to be simple.&nbsp; Then you have to gather the ingredients, figure out how to breed a specific type of spider and &quot;milk&quot; them.&nbsp; Hope they don't escape and kill half the town while you're at it.&nbsp; Suffer a couple of potentially fatal experiments along the way. Oh, and the spiders prefer goblin blood so you'll have to round up a bunch of those.&nbsp; Then if the drow catch wind of this (which they inevitably will) you have built in nemesis possibility. So sure.&nbsp; Spend significant resources, years of adventuring time, probably thousands of GP setting up appropriate laboratory&nbsp; diverting all your resources and adventuring time in pursuit of this goal while ignoring whatever overarching threat to the region.&nbsp; End of the day you find that one key ingredient needs to blessed by a priestess of Lollth ... which brings us back to the magic thing.&nbsp; Just in a slightly less direct way.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f913.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":geek:" title="Geek&nbsp; &nbsp; :geek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="30"data-shortname=":geek:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8118196, member: 6801845"] Having a magical component is fine. But if it is something that could theoretically be replicated, that just sounds like a potential campaign arc. :) Let's see, first you have to uncover the secret formula which is not going to be simple. Then you have to gather the ingredients, figure out how to breed a specific type of spider and "milk" them. Hope they don't escape and kill half the town while you're at it. Suffer a couple of potentially fatal experiments along the way. Oh, and the spiders prefer goblin blood so you'll have to round up a bunch of those. Then if the drow catch wind of this (which they inevitably will) you have built in nemesis possibility. So sure. Spend significant resources, years of adventuring time, probably thousands of GP setting up appropriate laboratory diverting all your resources and adventuring time in pursuit of this goal while ignoring whatever overarching threat to the region. End of the day you find that one key ingredient needs to blessed by a priestess of Lollth ... which brings us back to the magic thing. Just in a slightly less direct way. :geek: [/QUOTE]

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