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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 521004" data-attributes="member: 5137">The following information can be found in Hurath's library, in his theology section. Had Greppa paid attention to a smidgen more of the non-spell-casting lessons (that is, taken some non-spell knowledge skills), he might not have so bravely entered a tower infested by organized spiders.A system note: these use the monstrous spider creature, with a few custom modifications for the hell hunter.Monsters: SpidersLong, long ago, the present day gods killed or banished the elder gods who ruled the world. One of those was Hhsethmah, God of Spiders, and as his blood fell down upon the earth, the droplets grew skin, fur, legs, and became what is known today as the monstrous spider.Spiders had existed prior to that, of course, and Hhsethmah was responsible for their existence, but these spiders were born of his rage and betrayal, and possessed some spark of his divine will and malevolence towards the human gods who dispossessed him. They grew immense, and were to spiders as the titans were to humans.Over time, however, the spiders lost their lust for manflesh, and their hearts chilled with the gradual reduction in primal energy in the world. The children's children's children of the original spiders are mere creatures, lacking intelligence or direction, and they mimic their smaller cousins in behavior, living only for the hunt, hunting only to live.Hell HunterSome of those droplets of blood did not fall to earth, but to the infernal realms where Hhsethmah was cast. These became the hell hunter, a malevolent and intelligent cousin to the monstrous spiders of the corporeal world. Black as pitch and with eyes glowing with hellfire, the hell hunter is crafty and evil, hating all that is humanity.Fortunately, they are all trapped in the infernal realms.Really Big SpidersThe largest spiders known to have been encountered in the modern world ranged in size from 90 to 120 pounds, and generally stood at knee height. The older legends tell of spiders the size of houses or larger, however, and tales persist among worshippers of Atmos of titanic spiders who survive from those ancient ages, slipping silently through the deepest, tallest forests, killing anything humanoid that passes through their domain.</blockquote>

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