FREQUENCY: Uncommon
NO. APPEARING: 1-8
ARMOR CLASS: 4
MOVE: 3"*12"
HIT DICE: 4+4
% IN LAIR: 70%
TREASURE TYPE: [C]
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1/1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2-8
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See text
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: <>

This spider’s pedipalps are greatly ex-
tended so they sometimes act as an extra
pair of legs. The body is covered with a
pale yellow film of hairs, making the
spider especially sensitive to changes in
air pressure and thus very difficult to
surprise (roll of 1 on d8). The chelicerae
are very strong; the garden variety (nor-
mal spider-sized) can crack a beetle’s
armor. The giant version of this spider
can crack open non-magical plate ar-
mor, or pierce non-magical leather or
chainmail, on a roll of 1 or 2 on d6, while
cracking or piercing magical armor re-
quires a roll of 1 on d6; cracking or pierc-
ing armor in this manner lowers its effec-
tive armor class to 10. A ring of protec-
tion, cloak of displacement, or other sim-
ilar protection will function normally.
When cornered, this spider hisses,
though she does not spit poison. Treat
this attack as for a bombardier beetle,
with a 20% chance of stunning anyone
within a 16’ radius and deafening those
not stunned. Stunning lasts for ‘2-8
rounds, followed by 2-8 rounds of deaf-
ness. Those only deafened remain so for
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