Spider Ancient (3.5e Creature)

Type:	Magical Beast
Environment:	Temperate Forest (though many others are possible)
Organization:	Solitary or Colony (single or pair and a variety of monstrous spiders)
Challenge Rating:	Spiderling 3; very young 4; young 6; juvenile 9; young adult 12; adult 14; mature adult 17; old 19; very old 20; ancient 22; great spider 23; mighty spider 25
Treasure:	None (though husks of "prey items") may have treasure)
Alignment:	Usually Neutral
Advancement:	Spiderling 8-9 HD; very young 11-12 HD; young 14-15 HD; juvenile 9 HD; young adult 17-18 HD; adult 23-24 HD; mature adult 26-27 HD; old 29-30 HD; very old 32-33 HD; ancient 35-36 HD; wyrm 38-39 HD; great wyrm 41+ HD
Level Adjustment:	Spiderling +4, Very Young +5, Young +5, Others —.

Spider Ancients by Age


Age	Size	Hit Dice (hp)	Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha	Base Attack/ Grapple	Attack	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Poison (DC, Fort)	Frightful Presence DC
Spiderling	M	7d10+14 (52)	17	15	15	10	11	10	+7/+10	+10	+7	+7	+2	1d6 Str (15)	—
Very young	L	10d10+30 (85)	21	17	17	10	13	12	+10/+15	+14	+10	+10	+3	1d8 Str (18)	—
Young	L	13d10+39 (110)	25	17	17	10	13	12	+13/+20	+19	+11	+11	+5	1d8 Str (19)	—
Juvenile	L	16d10+64 (152)	29	19	19	10	15	14	+16/+25	+24	+14	+14	+7	2d6 Str (22)	—
Young adult	H	19d10+95 (199)	31	21	21	10	15	14	+19/+29	+27	+16	+16	+7	2d6 Str (24)	21
Adult	H	22d10+110 (231)	33	21	21	10	19	16	+22/+33	+31	+20	+20	+11	2d6 Str (25)	24
Mature adult	H	25d10+150 (287)	33	23	23	10	18	19	+25/+37	+34	+20	+20	+12	3d6 Str (28)	26
Old	G	28d10+196 (350)	35	25	25	10	21	20	+28/+40	+36	+23	+23	+13	3d6 Str (30)	29
Very old	G	31d10+248 (418)	37	27	27	10	23	22	+31/+40	+44	+25	+25	+14	3d6 Str (33)	31
Ancient	G	34d10+306 (494)	39	29	29	10	25	24	+34/+48	+44	+28	+28	+16	3d6 Str (35)	34
Great Spider	G	37d10+370 (573)	41	31	31	10	25	24	+37/+52	+48	+30	+30	+18	4d6 Str (38)	35
Mighty Spider	C	40d10+400 (620)	45	31	31	10	27	26	+40/+57	+49	+32	+32	+20	4d6 Str (40)	38

Spider Ancient Abilities by Age


Age	Speed	Initiative	AC	Special Abilities	Caster Level	SR
Spiderling	60ft	+2	18 (+6 Natural, +2 Dex), 12 Touch, 16 Flat-footed	Monstrous Spider Traits	—	—
Very young	60ft	+3	21 (-1 size, +9 Natural, +3 Dex),12 Touch, 18 Flat-footed	—	—	—
Young	60ft	+3	24 (-1 size, +12 Natural, +3 Dex), 12 Touch, 23 Flat-footed	—	1st	—
Juvenile	60ft	+4	28 (-1 size, +15 Natural, +4 Dex), 13 Touch, 24 Flat-footed	—	3rd	—
Young Adult	60ft	+5	34 (-2 size, +21 Natural, +5 Dex), 13 Touch, 29 Flat-footed	Damage Reduction 5/+1	5th	19
Adult	60ft	+5	37 (-2 size, +24 Natural, +5 Dex), 13 Touch, 32 Flat-footed	—	7th	21
Mature Adult	60ft	+6	41 (-2 size, +27 Natural, +6 Dex), 14 Touch, 25 Flat-footed	Damage Reduction 10/+1	9th	23
Old	60ft	+7	43 (-4 size, +30 Natural, +7 Dex), 13 Touch, 36 Flat-footed	—	11th	25
Very Old	60ft	+8	47 (-4 size, +33 Natural, +8 Dex), 14 Touch, 39 Flat-footed	Damage Reduction 15/+2	13th	27
Ancient	60ft	+9	54 (-4 size, +36 Natural, +9 Dex), 15 Touch, 42 Flat-footed	—	15th	29
Great Spider	60ft	+10	58 (-4 size, +39 Natural, +10 Dex), 16 Touch, 48 Flat-footed	Damage Reduction 20/+3	17th	31
Great Spider	60ft	+10	61 (-4 size, +42 Natural, +10 Dex), 16 Touch, 51 Flat-footed	—	19th	31

Spider Ancient Space/Reach, Attacks, and Damage


Size	Space/Reach*	1 Bite	2 Slams²	2 Slams³
Tiny	2-1/2 ft./0 ft. (5 ft. with bite)	1d4	1d3	—
Small	5 ft./5 ft.	1d6	1d4	—
Medium	5 ft./5 ft.	1d8	1d6	1d4
Large	10 ft./5 ft. (10 ft. with bite)	2d6	1d8	1d6
Huge	15 ft./10 ft. (15 ft. with bite)	2d8	2d6	1d8
Gargantuan	20 ft./15 ft. (20 ft. with bite)	4d6	2d8	2d6
Colossal	30 ft./20 ft. (30 ft. with bite)	4d8	4d6	2d8
A Spider Ancient’s bite attack has reach as if the creature were one size category larger. All other attacks are made with the standard reach for the dragon’s size. With the Spider Ancient's pedipalps. With the Spider Ancient's front legs.

Spider Age Categories


Category	Age (Years)
1 Spiderling	6 months
2 Very young	7-12 months
3 Young	1–16
4 Juvenile	16–30
5 Young adult	31–100
6 Adult	101–200
7 Mature adult	201–400
8 Old	401–600
9 Very old	601–800
10 Ancient	801–1,000
11 Great Spider	1,001–1,200
12 Mighty Spider	1,201 or more

A massives spider crashes through the wall, throwing rubble everyware. As is crashes into veiw, you feel a stab of fear as you realise this is no ordinary monstrous spider.

Combat

A Spider ancient usually gathers monstrous spiders to it to swarm "prey", and attacks after the prey is softened if the "prey" is still alive.

Monstrous Spider Traits

Monstrous spiders come in two general types: hunters and web-spinners. Hunters rove about, while web-spinners usually attempt to trap prey. Hunting spiders can spin webs to use as lairs, but cannot use their webs as weapons the way web-spinners can. A hunting spider has a base land speed 10 feet faster than the figures given in the statistics blocks.

Poison (Ex): A monstrous spider has a poisonous bite. The details vary by the spider’s size, as shown on the table below. The save DCs are Constitution-based. The indicated damage is initial and secondary damage. The poison DC and damage is shown above.

Web (Ex): Both types of monstrous spiders often wait in their webs or in trees, then lower themselves silently on silk strands and leap onto prey passing beneath. A single strand is strong enough to support the spider and one creature of the same size. Web-spinners can throw a web eight times per day. This is similar to an attack with a net but has a maximum range of 50 feet, with a range increment of 10 feet, and is effective against targets up to one size category larger than the spider. An entangled creature can escape with a successful Escape Artist check or burst it with a Strength check. Both are standard actions whose DCs are given in the table below. The check DCs are Constitution-based, and the Strength check DC includes a +4 racial bonus.

Web-spinners often create sheets of sticky webbing from 5 to 60 feet square, depending on the size of the spider. They usually position these sheets to snare flying creatures but can also try to trap prey on the ground. Approaching creatures must succeed on a DC 20 Spot check to notice a web; otherwise they stumble into it and become trapped as though by a successful web attack. Attempts to escape or burst the webbing gain a +5 bonus if the trapped creature has something to walk on or grab while pulling free. Each 5-foot section has the hit points given on the table, and sheet webs have damage reduction 5/—.

A monstrous spider can move across its own web at its climb speed and can pinpoint the location of any creature touching its web.

Size	Escape Artist DC	Break DC	Hit Points
Tiny	10	14	2
Small	10	14	4
Medium	12	16	6
Large	13	17	12
Huge	16	20	14
Gargantuan	20	24	16
Colossal	28	32	18

Tremorsense (Ex): A monstrous spider can detect and pinpoint any creature or object within 60 feet in contact with the ground, or within any range in contact with the spider’s webs.

Skills: Monstrous spiders have a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Spot checks and a +8 racial bonus on Climb checks. A monstrous spider can always choose to take 10 on Climb checks, even if rushed or threatened. Monstrous spiders use either their Strength or Dexterity modifier for Climb checks, whichever is higher. *Hunting spiders have a +10 racial bonus on Jump checks and a +8 racial bonus on Spot checks. Web-spinning spiders have a +8 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks when using their webs.

Spider Ancient Attacks

Bite: Bite attacks deal the indicated damage plus the Spider Ancient’s Strength bonus.

2 Slams (Pedipalps): Slam attacks deal the indicated damage plus 1/2 the dragon’s Strength bonus (round down). Slam attacks are secondary attacks, requiring a –5 penalty on the attack roll.

2 Slams (Legs): The Spider Ancient can slam opponents with its legs. leg attacks deal the indicated damage plus 1/2 the Spider Ancient’s Strength bonus (round down) and are treated as secondary attacks.

Frightful Presence (Ex): A young adult or older Spider Ancient can unsettle foes with its mere presence. The ability takes effect automatically whenever the Spider Ancient attacks or charges. Creatures within a radius of 30 feet x the Spider Ancient’s age category are subject to the effect if they have fewer HD than the Spider Ancient. A potentially affected creature that succeeds on a Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 Spider Ancient’s HD + dragon’s Cha modifier) remains immune to that Spider Ancient’s frightful presence for 24 hours. On a failure, creatures with 4 or less HD become panicked for 4d6 rounds and those with 5 or more HD become shaken for 4d6 rounds. Spider Ancients ignore the frightful presence of other Spider Ancients.

Damage Reduction (Su): Young adult and older Spider Ancients have damage reduction. Their natural weapons are treated as magic weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.

Immunities (Ex): All Spider Ancients have immunity to sleep, paralysis and Web effects.

Spell Resistance (Ex): As Spider Ancients age, they become more resistant to spells and spell-like abilities, as indicated in the tables above.

Spell-Like Abilities (Su):8/day— Web, 3/day— Suggestion.

Command Spiders (Su): At will, a spider ancient can command any Spiderkind[1] creature as the Greater Command spell, except that it can command up to four Spiderkind[1] creatures per caster level indefinatly and a number of Spiderkind[1] creatures equal to it's caster level for a number of rounds equal to it's caster level.

References

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