before being damage ceilings retain

Cloak of Arachnida

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This fine garment is made of black silk interwoven with faint, silvery threads. While wearing it, you gain the following benefits. Poison Resistance. You have Resistance to Poison damage. Spider

Climb. You have a Climb Speed equal to your Speed and can move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and along ceilings, while leaving your hands free. Spider Walk. You can’t be caught in webs

Lizard

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The lizard can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1 Piercing damage.

Giant Wolf Spider

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit

", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage plus 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation":"2d4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Poison"} Poison damage.

Spider

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webs, and

Piercing damage plus 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Poison"} Poison damage.

Giant Lizard

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The lizard can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit

", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.

Piercer

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The piercer can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit

", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d8+1", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage. Drop. The piercer falls. Dexterity

Carrion Crawler

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The carrion crawler can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Multiattack. The carrion crawler uses Paralyzing Tentacles and makes

one Bite attack. Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"2d4+2", "rollType":"damage

Giant Spider

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webs, and

);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite

Phase Spider

Monsters Monster Manual

Ethereal Sight. The spider can see 60 feet into the Ethereal Plane while on the Material Plane and vice versa. Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage plus 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Poison"} Poison damage

Swarm of Insects

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. If the swarm has a Climb Speed, the swarm can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature

: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (2d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"2d4+1", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Poison

Ochre Jelly

Monsters Monster Manual

Amorphous. The jelly can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so. Spider Climb. The jelly can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Pseudopod", "rollDamageType":"Acid"} Acid damage.Split. Trigger: While the jelly is Large or Medium and has 10+ Hit Points, it becomes Bloodied or is subjected to

Chasme

Monsters Monster Manual

. The chasme has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Spider Climb. The chasme can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an

ability check.Proboscis. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"proboscis"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 16 (4d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"4d6+2", "rollType":"damage

Roper

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The roper can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Multiattack. The roper makes two Tentacle attacks, uses Reel, and makes two

Bite attacks. Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 17 (3d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

Ettercap

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The ettercap can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Walker. The ettercap ignores movement restrictions caused by webs

":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage plus 2

Drider

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The drider can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drider has Disadvantage on

: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Foreleg", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage. Poison Burst. Ranged Attack Roll: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6

Vampire Spawn

Monsters Monster Manual

Spider Climb. The vampire can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Vampire Weakness. The vampire has these weaknesses: Forbiddance. The

vampire can’t enter a residence without an invitation from an occupant.Running Water. The vampire takes 20 Acid damage if it ends its turn in running water.Stake to the Heart. The vampire is

Black Pudding

Monsters Monster Manual

);{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Corrosive Form", "rollDamageType":"Acid"} Acid damage. Nonmagical ammunition is destroyed immediately after hitting the pudding and dealing

any damage. Any nonmagical weapon takes a cumulative −1 penalty to attack rolls immediately after dealing damage to the pudding and coming into contact with it. The weapon is destroyed if the

Giant Insect

Spells Player’s Handbook

Languages Understands the languages you know CR None (XP 0; PB equals your Proficiency Bonus) Traits Spider Climb. The insect can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to

modifier, reach 10 ft. Hit: 1d6 + 3 plus the spell’s level Piercing damage plus 1d4 Poison damage. Web Bolt (Spider Only). Ranged Attack Roll: Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, range 60

Yochlol

Monsters Monster Manual

Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Spider Climb. The yochlol can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web

":"damage", "rollAction":"Caustic Lash", "rollDamageType":"Acid"} Acid damage. Spellcasting. The yochlol casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the

Vampire

Monsters Monster Manual

regains 1 Hit Point after spending 1 hour there. Spider Climb. The vampire can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Vampire Weakness. The

vampire has these weaknesses: Forbiddance. The vampire can’t enter a residence without an invitation from an occupant. Running Water. The vampire takes 20 Acid damage if it ends its turn in running

Umbragen Shadow-Walker

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

ft. or range 120 ft. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Gloom Burst", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage. Shadow Cowl. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 17

, one creature the shadow walker can see within 120 feet. Failure: 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shadow Cowl", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage, and the

Giant Spider (Stranger Things)

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webs, and it

);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite

Aranea

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Spider Climb (Hybrid or Spider Form Only). The aranea can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Walker. The aranea ignores movement

(Hybrid or Spider Form Only). Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3", "rollType":"damage

Feral Ashenwight

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Necrotic Shard", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a

creature, it has disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.Feral ashenwights retain a fragment of the spark they had in life. However, they are devoid of memories

Shapechange Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

replaced by the statistics of the chosen creature, though you retain your alignment and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in

had before you transformed. If you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form. As long as the excess damage doesn't reduce your normal form to 0

Necrichor

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

points and appearing in the place it died or in the nearest unoccupied space. Spider Climb. The necrichor can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an

","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Pseudopod"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Pseudopod","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic

Giant Lizard (variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Spider Climb. The lizard can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType

":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.

Piercer Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Drop. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Drop"} to hit, one creature directly underneath the

piercer. Hit: 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Drop","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage per 10 feet fallen, up to 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Drop"}. Miss: The piercer takes half the normal falling damage for the distance fallen.

Giant Spider Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact

":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and the

Spider Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact

":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1 piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 9 Constitution saving throw or take 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.

Piercer (Ice variant)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Drop. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Drop"} to hit, one creature directly underneath

the ice piercer. Hit: 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Drop","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage

Swarm of Insects (Spiders) Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

points. Spider Climb. The swarm can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the swarm knows the

","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm's space. Hit: 10 (4d4);{"diceNotation":"4d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing

Giant Riding Lizard

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Spider Climb. The lizard can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType

":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.

Haungharassk

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Salt Vulnerability. A pound of salt thrown onto the snail's skin deals 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage to the creature. It can climb difficult

surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Haungharassk is a magical snail as large as an elephant, with a shell of gleaming gold.

Ochre Jelly Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Amorphous. The jelly can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. Spider Climb. The jelly can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Pseudopod","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Pseudopod","rollDamageType":"acid

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