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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hawken" data-source="post: 4876187" data-attributes="member: 23619">I think you're looking at this the wrong way. Drider shouldn't be a "monster" exactly, but a template to be added to any Drow of at least 4th level (that's when they get 'tested' by the clerics and either pass or fail and become a drider). Drider is an acquired template that can only be gained by Drow. Size and Type: The character's size changes to Large, taking up a 10' space (two 5' squares) and has a 5' reach. The character's type changes to Monstrous Humanoid.Hit Dice: All previous HD change to d8, if they were lower. All future HD depend on class levels taken by the character.Speed: Base speed remains unchanged. The character gains a Climb speed equal to 1/2 their base speed. Armor Class: The character takes a -1 penalty to AC due to his increased size. He also gains a +6 natural armor bonus. Attack: The character gains two claw attacks and a bite attack.Full Attack: A Drider attacking without weapons uses its two claw attacks and makes a secondary bite attack. If armed with weapons, it uses its weapons as a primary attack and either its claw or bite as a secondary attack. Damage: Damage for the claws is 1d4 each, and 1d6 for the bite.Special Attacks: Poison Bite: Injury, Fortitude save DC 13 + Con modifier. Initial and secondary damage is 1d6 Dex.Special Qualities:Drow Heritage: Driders are born Drow and have most racial traits that Drow possess except for the following: Their Darkvision range is reduced to 60' and they lose the Drow immunity to Sleep and the +2 bonus to Will saves against spells, spell like abilities and effects of an Enchantment type. Spider Traits: Because Driders are half spider, they share traits of monstrous spiders. The females have the traits of hunting spiders, while male driders have the traits of web spinning spiders.Class Levels: All Drow that become Drider have a minimum of 4 class levels in either Fighter, Rogue, Wizard (males only), or Cleric (females only). Abilities: Driders have the following ability modifiers: Str +4, Dex +2, Con +6, Wis -2, Cha -4. This is already taking into account the racial ability adjustments for Drow. Skills: Driders gain a +4 bonus to Hide and Move Silently. They gain a +8 bonus to Climb checks and may Take 10 on Climb checks even when not normally able to. Feats: If a Drow transitioned to a Drider at 6th level, he gains the Highborn Drow feat, allowing him to cast Detect Good, Detect Magic and Levitate as innate spell like abilities 1/day each. If the Drider is a female, she can cast the following spells 1/day as innate spell like abilities: Clairaudience/Clairvoyance, Detect Law, Dispel Magic and Suggestion.Level Adjustment: +4The reduction of Darkvision, loss of Will save bonus and immunity to sleep are a byproduct of their transformation to a Drider, along with their new ability modifiers. The penalties for Wis and Cha come from loising a degree of sanity and their bitterness and hatred that comes about from their transformation and their being ostracized from their previous lives. The feats thing is optional but it seemed a good way to explain all the extra innate spells they get in their MM entry.</blockquote>

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