Lolth's appearance

[Nifft]

Drider-isation as a punishment for failure doesn't make sense to me.

1) Spiders are sacred to Lolth. Becoming more like a spider would be seen as a boon.
2) Lolth is often depicted as part elf/part spider, like a drider.
3) Driders are more powerful than the average drow. In 3e, a drider gets a +4 or +6 bonus to every stat, which is pretty awesome.

Yeah, I changed that in my campaign, and then 4e decided to follow.

It's a good feeling to delete a line from one's house rules for that kind of reason.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Herschel]

Lolth is a spider with a human head. Period. Anyone who believes otherwise shall be tossed into the Demonweb Pit, where spiders will feat upon the juices of their souls for a thousand years.

Word up!

 

[bagger245]

Does anybody know who Zzamas is?

Anyway check out the phase spiders in Pathfinder Bestiary..

 

[Filcher]

She showed up in the D&D animated cartoon as spider w/ human head and I remember it being sufficiently terrifying.

 

[billd91]

Drider-isation as a punishment for failure doesn't make sense to me.

1) Spiders are sacred to Lolth. Becoming more like a spider would be seen as a boon.
2) Lolth is often depicted as part elf/part spider, like a drider.
3) Driders are more powerful than the average drow. In 3e, a drider gets a +4 or +6 bonus to every stat, which is pretty awesome.

Think of it as turning a drow failure into something useful for a change. But by doing so, she rips away its former self, which I think your typical egotistical drow would consider a grave punishment.

You have to consider how the drow feel about this transformation as well as how Lolth might feel. Spiders may be sacred, but as servants, allies, or ideals to become? What sort of minions does Lolth really want? The drow or violent and bloodthirsty abominations? Both have their uses, but I think you'll probably get better results, certainly more subtle ones, with the drow than with driders.

 

[billd91]

The front cover of MM3:

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Is this guy channelling Bill Willingham?

 

[The Shaman]

'cause she's gotta much better shot at convincing me to give up my precious bodily fluids and my immortal soul than a human-headed spider.

 

[bastrak]

I'm surprised no one seems to have mentioned her in Drow form on the front cover by Keith Parkinson of GDQ1-7 Queen of Spiders. Along with the cover for T1-4 the two best adventure covers ever IMO.

 

[Peraion Graufalke]

Yeah, that's a nice one. Especially the mind flayer's pose.

 

[Lord Zack]

'cause she's gotta much better shot at convincing me to give up my precious bodily fluids and my immortal soul than a human-headed spider.[/quote]

Sure, that's the point. Doesn't mean that's her true form though...