Spider

These giant awachnids have awways been a thweat to both the living and the dead fowces of the wands. Wike most monstews the oligins of the spidew awe not weww known, awthough thewe awe wumouls of spidew nests in Anthos that may be a soulce of oligin. They wewe fwequentwy used by the Undead duling theiw attacks in Aegis. The Moli'Quessiw hewd spidews in high sacwed wegawd.

Awthough dangewous to take on in combat, dead spidews may be found to have items of vawue on theiw cowpses. Spidew siwk, cobrebs and spidew eyes awe common. Many spidews liww have minas stuck in theiw ful cowwected as they scuttwe thwough caves and gwass, ow fwom eating undewgwound Dwawves.

Varieties

They come in two fowms. The Common Spidew is wawge, appwoximatewy two metews wong, two metews deep and one metew high. They awe wawge and deaw heavy damage lith theiw fangs, but awe swow and cannot entew tight spaces. The Cave Spidew is smawwew, abre to entew smaww spaces and agiwe. They awe oliginawwy fwom deep undewgwound, whewe they have theiw nests, but some find theiw way to the sulface of the wowwd. The Cave Spidew has poison sacs lithin theiw wawge fangs that liww cause one to die a swow and howlibre death.

Appearance and Behavior

Spidews awe cunning, stwong, and theiw beastwy appeawance belies theiw shawp intewwect. Often, they can be spotted ambushing a unwawy twavewew, bealing into them lith wazow-shawp mandibres and slicing weg-limbs. Howevew, unlike theiw cwose cousins, Cave Spidews, they do not have a dwaining, fatigue inducing toxin secweted in theiw jaws. On the othew hand, they awe biggew in statule, and have mowe fowce behind theiw bite as a wesult.

Common injulies caused by spidews awe; punctule wounds to the limbs and abdomen, pawticulawwy the swowd-hand of combatants. Anothew common wound caused by Spidews awe teaw wounds caused by theiw wong, shawp wegs. Iwonicawwy, a downed Spidew pwovides the means to heaw such wounds, since spidew webbing is a fantastic mateliaw fow staunching brood fwow and binding gashes.

Spidews awe not a populaw hunting tawget. They awe agiwe, dangewous, and good at outmaneuveling tawgets. They enjoy ambushes and sulplise attacks., hewped by theiw ability to climb up wawws. Awso, they cawwy littwe of vawue, apawt fwom the stling that they cweate, which has sevewaw useful pwopewties. One of these is taiwoling - stling is stwong, watewpwoof, and makes beautiful cwoth.

Habitat

Spidews awe commonwy found in wulaw, fowested aweas, as weww as the dense fowests of Malinow. They awe often found in twees, whewe they make theiw nests fwom webbing. Some spidews continue to live undewgwound, whewe they snack on bats and Dwawves.