Converting "Real World" Animals and Vermin
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demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
I say we're done.
Shade
Monster Junkie
Boleadore Spider
FREQUENCY: Rare
NO. APPEARING: 1-4
ARMOR CLASS: 4
MOVE: 3”*12”
HIT DICE: 4 + 4
% IN LAIR: 70%
TREASURE TYPE: C
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1/1
DMG/ATTACK: 2-8
SPECIAL ATT.: See text
SPECIAL DEF.: Nil
MAGIC RES.: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
Truly an unusual creature, the boleadore spider hangs from a dragline and fashions a bola out of a blob of viscid silk attached to the end of a line of web silk. The spider then swings the bola at her victim and entangles it.
Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #67 (1982)
Here's the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bola_spider
FREQUENCY: Rare
NO. APPEARING: 1-4
ARMOR CLASS: 4
MOVE: 3”*12”
HIT DICE: 4 + 4
% IN LAIR: 70%
TREASURE TYPE: C
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1/1
DMG/ATTACK: 2-8
SPECIAL ATT.: See text
SPECIAL DEF.: Nil
MAGIC RES.: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
Truly an unusual creature, the boleadore spider hangs from a dragline and fashions a bola out of a blob of viscid silk attached to the end of a line of web silk. The spider then swings the bola at her victim and entangles it.
Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #67 (1982)
Here's the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bola_spider
Shade
Monster Junkie
Comparing the stats, this is basically a variant Large monstrous spider whose web functions a bit differently.
Since 3e web-spinning spiders can throw a web like a net, to differentiate these perhaps make it an area attack allowing a Reflex save? Maybe it swings the web in a x-foot radius? Alternatively we could model it off the bonespear/cave fisher and do a catch-and-drag.
Since 3e web-spinning spiders can throw a web like a net, to differentiate these perhaps make it an area attack allowing a Reflex save? Maybe it swings the web in a x-foot radius? Alternatively we could model it off the bonespear/cave fisher and do a catch-and-drag.
demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
My vote is for cave fisher-y.
Shade
Monster Junkie
Modifying the cave fisher...
Drag (Ex): Once a creature sticks to a boleadore spider's web, the web fastens onto the opponent’s body. It attempts to drag the victim closer on its turn. This activity resembles the bull rush maneuver, except that the spider drags its victim 10 feet closer +1 foot for each point by which its Strength check exceeds the victim's. If a boleadore spider draws a creature to within 5 feet of itself, it can make its bite attack with a +4 attack bonus in the same round.
Web (Ex): A boleadore spider can string out its strong, sticky web to a length of x feet. The web can be dangled from a high ledge or niche, or strung horizontally across a spot likely to catch flying creatures. Approaching creatures must succeed on a DC 20 Spot check to notice a web; otherwise they stumble into it and become stuck. A boleadore spider can also fire its web up to x feet away (no range increment). If the web is currently deployed or severed, a boleadore spider cannot use this attack.
Reeling in an unattached web is a full-round action. A boleadore spider can disconnect its web as a free action.
A web has x hit points and hardness x. It can be attacked by making a successful sunder attempt. Attacking a boleadore spider's web does not provoke an attack of opportunity. If the web is currently stuck to a target, the boleadore spider takes a –4 penalty on its opposed attack roll to resist the sunder attempt. Severing a web deals no damage to a boleadore spider.
Drag (Ex): Once a creature sticks to a boleadore spider's web, the web fastens onto the opponent’s body. It attempts to drag the victim closer on its turn. This activity resembles the bull rush maneuver, except that the spider drags its victim 10 feet closer +1 foot for each point by which its Strength check exceeds the victim's. If a boleadore spider draws a creature to within 5 feet of itself, it can make its bite attack with a +4 attack bonus in the same round.
Web (Ex): A boleadore spider can string out its strong, sticky web to a length of x feet. The web can be dangled from a high ledge or niche, or strung horizontally across a spot likely to catch flying creatures. Approaching creatures must succeed on a DC 20 Spot check to notice a web; otherwise they stumble into it and become stuck. A boleadore spider can also fire its web up to x feet away (no range increment). If the web is currently deployed or severed, a boleadore spider cannot use this attack.
Reeling in an unattached web is a full-round action. A boleadore spider can disconnect its web as a free action.
A web has x hit points and hardness x. It can be attacked by making a successful sunder attempt. Attacking a boleadore spider's web does not provoke an attack of opportunity. If the web is currently stuck to a target, the boleadore spider takes a –4 penalty on its opposed attack roll to resist the sunder attempt. Severing a web deals no damage to a boleadore spider.
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
30 feet for the length of the web and how far it can be fired?
Tactics: A boleadore spider usually lies in wait with its web extended across a narrow opening. If a potential victim spots the trap, the spider will release its web and fire a new one directly at the other creature.
Tactics: A boleadore spider usually lies in wait with its web extended across a narrow opening. If a potential victim spots the trap, the spider will release its web and fire a new one directly at the other creature.
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