Shapechanger. The aranea can use its action to polymorph into a spider-humanoid hybrid or into a giant spider, or back into its true form, which is humanoid. Its statistics, other than its AC, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Spider Climb. The Aranea can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web Sense (Spider or Hybrid Form Only). While in contact with a web, the aranea knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with the same web.
Web Walker (Spider or Hybrid Form Only). The aranea ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.
Fey Ancestry. The aranea has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the aranea to sleep.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the aranea has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Multiattack (Humanoid or Hybrid Form Only). The aranea makes three attacks, only one of which can be a bite.
Bite (Spider or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while poisoned in this way.
Claws (Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) slashing damage.
Dagger (Humanoid or Hybrid Form Only). Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage.
Web (Spider or Hybrid Form Only; Recharge 5-6). Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 30/60 ft., one creature. Hit: The target is restrained by webbing. As an action, the restrained target can make a DC 12 Strength check, bursting the webbing on a success. The webbing can also be attacked and destroyed (AC 10; hp 5; vulnerability to fire damage; immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage).
Description
Aranea, sometimes called werespider, are aggressive lycanthropes that like ambushing and poisoning victims, striking with daggers or their own razor-sharp claws. While they were not true lycanthropes, aranea could transform between the appearance of a humanoid and a giant monstrous spider.. In humanoid form, a aranea is very hairy and has unusually long legs. In battle, a aranea prefers to enter spider form to fling webs at troublesome prey or prey attempting to escape, but it typically fights in hybrid form. Though a aranea gains four additional limbs when it enters its hybrid form, it can only use these limbs to simply manipulate its environment and climb, and cannot use them for fine manipulation or to carry weapons. Aranea can commonly be found in large groups underground or in other dark places, as they dislike sunlight. Most aranea are worshipers of Lolth, but are rarily found among the drow, more commonly found with driders or chitines.
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