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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Damon Griffin" data-source="post: 1063258" data-attributes="member: 3568">Woo hoo!  Passing this along to my DM.  This should be a major step toward making this whole venture a reality...if 'reality' is the right word to use, given that it's being done within a fantasy setting.Come to think of it, although real-world precedent is welcome, it probably wasn't necessary, though.  The Monster Manual lists the Organization for monstrous spiders as Soliarty or Colony for all but the biggest types; the Small size (about 3' diameter including legs) are listed as Colony or Swarm.  Those would be very small numbers of spiders, but it's enough to prove that D&D spiders are among the cooperative breeds, and in any case the MM describes how they are found in the wild; it's not unreasonable for domesticated creatures to live in much larger groups on the farm or ranch.I'd still welcome seeing any numbers that might help me estimate the volume of silk that might be produced per spider and the area of land that might be needed to support the spiders; this will allow me to work out what volume of silk thread can be produced, which may give me an idea of the number of weavers I need to employ and the volume of silk cloth I can expect to sell.</blockquote>