Drider

The dry rasping of spidery legs brings this hideous monstrosity into view-a nightmarish, centaurian fusion of drow and spider.

Drider (CR 7)

Large Aberration
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Initiative: +2
Senses: Darkvision 120 feet, Detect Good, Detect Law, Detect Magic; Perception +15

Speed: 30 feet, Climb 20 feet
Space: 10 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 20, touch 12, flat-footed 17 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +8 natural, -1 size)
Hit Points: 76 (9d8+36)
Saving Throws: Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +9
Immunity: sleep
Spell Resistance: 18

Offense

Melee: mwk heavy mace +9/+4 (1d8+3), bite +3 (1d4+1 plus poison)
Reach: 5 feet
Ranged: mwk composite longbow +8/+3 (1d8+2/x3)

Special Attacks: Web (+7 ranged, DC 18, hp 9)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 9th):

• Constant- Detect Good, Detect Law, Detect Magic
  
  
• At Will- Dancing Lights, Darkness, Faerie Fire
  
  
• 1/day- Clairaudience/Clairvoyance, Deeper Darkness, Dispel Magic, Levitate, Suggestion (DC 16)

Spells Known (CL 6th):

• 3rd (4/day) - Lightning Bolt (DC 16)
  
  
• 2nd (6/day) - Invisibility, Web (DC 15)
  
  
• 1st (7/day) - Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Ray Of Enfeeblement (DC 14), Silent Image (DC 14)
  
  
• 0 (at will) - Bleed (DC 13), Daze (DC 13), Ghost Sound, Mage Hand, Ray of Frost, Read Magic, Resistance

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
15 (+2)	15 (+2)	18 (+4)	15 (+2)	16 (+3)	16 (+3)

Base Attack Bonus: +6
CMB +9
CMD 21 (33 vs. Trip)

Feats: Blind-Fight, Dodge, Combat Casting, Weapon Focus (bite, mace)

Skills: Climb +22, Intimidate +15, Knowledge (arcana) +14, Perception +15, Spellcraft +14, Stealth +14

• Racial Modifiers: +4 Stealth

Languages: Common, Elven, Undercommon

Special Qualities: undersized weapons

Special Abilities

Poison (Ex)

Bite-injury; save Fort DC 18; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d2 Str; cure 1 save. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Spells

A drider casts spells as a 6th-level cleric, sorcerer, or wizard, but does not gain any other class abilities.

Undersized Weapons (Ex)

Although a drider is Large, its upper torso is the same size as that of a Medium humanoid's upper torso. As a result, it wields weapons as if it were one size category smaller than its actual size (Medium for most driders).

Ecology

Environment: Any Underground
Organization: solitary, pair, or group (3-8)
Treasure: double (masterwork heavy mace, masterwork composite longbow [+2 Str] with 20 arrows, additional treasure)


Created from the body of a drow, warped and mutated through special poisons and elixirs to take on the characteristics of a giant spider, the drider is a dangerous creature. Driders are sexually dimorphic.

A female drider's lower spider body is sleek and graceful, often similar to a black widow's body, while its upper drow torso retains its alluring curves and beautiful face (with the exception of sharp, poisonous fangs).

A male drider's lower body is bulky like a tarantula, while its upper body is wiry and bears a hideous face more spider than drow, complete with fanged mandibles.