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<blockquote data-quote="Shade" data-source="post: 5037210" data-attributes="member: 287">Wolf SpiderFREQUENCY: CommonNO. APPEARING: 1-12ARMOR CLASS: 6MOVE: 18”HIT DICE: 2+2% IN LAIR: 50%TREASURE TYPE: J-N, QNO. OF ATTACKS: 1DMG/ATTACK: 1-6SPECIAL ATT.: See textSPECIAL DEF.: See textMAGIC RES.: StandardINTELLIGENCE: AnimalALIGNMENT: NeutralSIZE: MPSIONIC ABILITY: NilThe wolf spider, like the trap-door spider, lives in a silk-lined burrow, but without the door. She tracks prey by sight and by special scent-detecting organs located in the pedipalps. When she sees prey, she sprints after it, captures it, and paralyzes it before returning to her den.She is very protective of her young, carrying the cocoon under her belly wherever she goes and fighting fiercely for her young. When hatched, wolf spiderlings number from 100-200, and will ride on the mother’s back until they are full grown. If the mother encounters another female wolf spider, she will stop and let her young get off, and then she will fight the other spider to the death. The survivor will adopt the spiderlings of the dead mother.Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #67 (1982).Should the young be treated as a spider swarm if attacked?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shade, post: 5037210, member: 287"] [B]Wolf Spider[/B] FREQUENCY: Common NO. APPEARING: 1-12 ARMOR CLASS: 6 MOVE: 18” HIT DICE: 2+2 % IN LAIR: 50% TREASURE TYPE: J-N, Q NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 DMG/ATTACK: 1-6 SPECIAL ATT.: See text SPECIAL DEF.: See text MAGIC RES.: Standard INTELLIGENCE: Animal ALIGNMENT: Neutral SIZE: M PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil The wolf spider, like the trap-door spider, lives in a silk-lined burrow, but without the door. She tracks prey by sight and by special scent-detecting organs located in the pedipalps. When she sees prey, she sprints after it, captures it, and paralyzes it before returning to her den. She is very protective of her young, carrying the cocoon under her belly wherever she goes and fighting fiercely for her young. When hatched, wolf spiderlings number from 100-200, and will ride on the mother’s back until they are full grown. If the mother encounters another female wolf spider, she will stop and let her young get off, and then she will fight the other spider to the death. The survivor will adopt the spiderlings of the dead mother. Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #67 (1982). Should the young be treated as a spider swarm if attacked? [/QUOTE]

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