Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
Hosted Forums
Creature Catalog Forums
General Monster Talk
Converting monsters from Dragon magazine
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Shade" data-source="post: 5815255" data-attributes="member: 287"><p>Here's the revised sword spider...</p><p></p><p>Sword Spider</p><p>Large Vermin</p><p>Hit Dice: 5d8+10 (39 hp)</p><p>Initiative: +0</p><p>Speed: 20 ft. (2 squares), climb 20 ft.</p><p>Armor Class: 17 (-1 size, +8 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 17</p><p>Base Attack/Grapple: +3/+11</p><p>Attack: Leg +6 melee (1d6+4) or bite +1 melee (1d8+2 plus poison)</p><p>Full Attack: 8 legs +6 melee (1d6+4) and bite +1 melee (1d8+2 plus poison)</p><p>Space/Reach: 10 ft./5 ft.</p><p>Special Attacks: Impalement, poison</p><p>Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., vermin traits</p><p>Saves: Fort +6, Ref +1, Will +1</p><p>Abilities: Str 18, Dex 10, Con 14, Int -, Wis 11, Cha 3</p><p>Skills: Climb +12, Hide +0, Jump +4, Spot +12</p><p>Feats: -</p><p>Environment: Warm forest and underground</p><p>Organization: Solitary or brood (2-5 in drow pens)</p><p>Challenge Rating: 5</p><p>Treasure: None</p><p>Alignment: Always neutral</p><p>Advancement: -</p><p>Level Adjustment: +3</p><p></p><p>Impalement (Ex): Against formidable prey, a sword spider jumps high into the air to land atop an opponent, with all eight legs together in a tight mesh of blades. It makes only a single attack roll (+5 melee), but if that attack is successful, the opponent takes damage from three leg blades if size Small or smaller, four blades if Medium, five blades if Large, six if Huge, and all eight if Gargantuan or larger. If the spider descends more than 20 feet to make this attack, it adds +1 point of damage to each leg.</p><p></p><p>Poison (Ex): Bite, Fortitude DC 16; initial and secondary damage 1d6 Strength. The save DC is Constitution-based.</p><p></p><p>Skills: Sword spiders have racial bonuses of +4 on Hide checks, +6 on Jump checks, and +12 on Spot checks.</p><p></p><p>A sword spider has a +8 racial bonus on Climb checks and can always choose to take 10 on Climb checks, even if rushed or threatened.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shade, post: 5815255, member: 287"] Here's the revised sword spider... Sword Spider Large Vermin Hit Dice: 5d8+10 (39 hp) Initiative: +0 Speed: 20 ft. (2 squares), climb 20 ft. Armor Class: 17 (-1 size, +8 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 17 Base Attack/Grapple: +3/+11 Attack: Leg +6 melee (1d6+4) or bite +1 melee (1d8+2 plus poison) Full Attack: 8 legs +6 melee (1d6+4) and bite +1 melee (1d8+2 plus poison) Space/Reach: 10 ft./5 ft. Special Attacks: Impalement, poison Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., vermin traits Saves: Fort +6, Ref +1, Will +1 Abilities: Str 18, Dex 10, Con 14, Int -, Wis 11, Cha 3 Skills: Climb +12, Hide +0, Jump +4, Spot +12 Feats: - Environment: Warm forest and underground Organization: Solitary or brood (2-5 in drow pens) Challenge Rating: 5 Treasure: None Alignment: Always neutral Advancement: - Level Adjustment: +3 Impalement (Ex): Against formidable prey, a sword spider jumps high into the air to land atop an opponent, with all eight legs together in a tight mesh of blades. It makes only a single attack roll (+5 melee), but if that attack is successful, the opponent takes damage from three leg blades if size Small or smaller, four blades if Medium, five blades if Large, six if Huge, and all eight if Gargantuan or larger. If the spider descends more than 20 feet to make this attack, it adds +1 point of damage to each leg. Poison (Ex): Bite, Fortitude DC 16; initial and secondary damage 1d6 Strength. The save DC is Constitution-based. Skills: Sword spiders have racial bonuses of +4 on Hide checks, +6 on Jump checks, and +12 on Spot checks. A sword spider has a +8 racial bonus on Climb checks and can always choose to take 10 on Climb checks, even if rushed or threatened. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Hosted Forums
Creature Catalog Forums
General Monster Talk
Converting monsters from Dragon magazine
Top