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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyeshet" data-source="post: 3168225" data-attributes="member: 18363">The radial lines are 'sticky' due to globs of glue-like secretions. The straight lines, however, are typically not covered in such droplets, so the spider can walk on them without difficulty. Also, hooks and secretions on their feet make it easier to pull free if they do get stuck. As for walking across the ceiling, have you ever used a magnifying glass on a painted wall? It is by no stretch of the imagination 'smooth' - at least not at the level of spiders. More akin to a DC 10 or 15 climb check - for them. For humans and other creatures of greater than perhaps Diminuative or Tiny size the wall may as well be smooth (and thus closer to DC 20 or 25). There are more than enough 'hand holds' for typical sized spiders on walls and ceilings. For monstrous sized spiders, however, I would judge that unless they are making 'hand holds' as they climb (by thrusting their barbed / hooked feet into the material of the wall / ceiling) then a ceiling would not readily support them. Actually, I would likely judge that if they are not magical, then they almost certainly are creating hand holds as they climb ceilings. I can even see a Ranger tracking one by the scratched / lightly punctured marks on the wall / ceiling.</blockquote>