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Message: <blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 6580764" data-attributes="member: 6777696">This is probably the best reply if you're doing a good job with your monster objectives. Giant spiders want to feed off of live, paralyzed prey, therefore they will seek to incapacitate and paralyze them. (Unless the spiders are protecting a nest or similar, instead of hunting, in which case they might be more interested in removing the threat as quickly and effectively as possible, even if it means missing out on an extra meal.)Actually, bringing up the Giant Spider stat block, I see the following: "If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while poisoned in this way."So, yeah. The spider's poison is "non-lethal damage," mechanically designed to induce paralysis in its opponent. So I'd definitely rule this as "stable but poisoned/paralyzed for 1 hour" in either case. Unless the spider is going up against a level 1 wizard and the piercing damage would cause an instakill.</blockquote>