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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Unwise" data-source="post: 6744130" data-attributes="member: 98008">Regarding the Black Spider, I added what I feel was an interesting element to him. He has a torc and a belt that clearly don't look comfortable. They are fashioned like a row of spiders biting into him and are indeed locked into his flesh. The torc has a ring on it too that makes it look like a slave collar.He is an out of favour male under a curse/geas by a powerful matriarch. He will either bring this mine under her control or suffer the effects of failure. The PCs can realise this with a detect magic, artifact lore or excellent perceptive skills. It is not outside the realm of possibility that they could aid him in getting rid of those cursed magic items and free him. He is an evil guy, but the diet coke of evil as far as drow are concerned and he would be genuinely grateful. He could also give info on the matriarch who could be a real threat in the future.More likely though, they smite him down. At the point at which he is beaten, or it is clear that he has failed, the magic items bite into him. He is engulfed in a black poisonous mist, stopping PCs approaching or getting a good line of sight for attacks. The torc sends pulsating black poison through his vains, distorting his facial features terribly and making his eyes grow huge and turn black. The belt bites and bites until it has literally cut him in half. His legs fall twitching to the ground and then the spider belt fuses with his torso and mutates. He sprouts spider legs and is revived as a dryder. He is appalled by this and wishes to take out his rage on the PCs. This makes for a much tougher and much more memorable fight for the PCs. They may in fact flee, or he might. Either way they would end up in a terrible game of hide and seek in the mines with a very annoyed spider monster.</blockquote>

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