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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 3163922" data-attributes="member: 1331">I think so, yes. The spider isn't prohibited from traversing the ceiling, it just needs to roll a Climb check to do so.The spider has a Climb bonus of +11, and can always take 10 because it has a Climb speed. That gives it full mobility anywhere the Climb DC is 21 or less. But nothing prevents it from climbing more difficult surfaces! If it does attempt to move to an area where the DC is 25, it needs to roll a Climb check, and get at least a 14 on the d20. This means a monstrous spider doesn't stick to ceilings perfectly, and may progress slowly or even fall off if it tries to walk around upside down. That seems fine to me. IMO it makes sense that a hundred-kilogram spider can't defy gravity as well as its normal, one-gram cousins.[Edited to add]A spellcaster using spider climb does not need to make a Climb check in the same circumstance, because the spell explicitly says he need not roll. Where the flavor text says he can traverse ceilings "as well as a spider does," it's referring to an ordinary spider, not a monstrous one.</blockquote>