Homebrew Arachnidborn Species Details

They hide in the shadows, climbing up walls, and preparing to strike foes from the dark. Some may choose to travel through the lands, charming those who they see as useful and easy to manipulate. 

Arachnidian Life

Arachnidborns are humanoid creatures born with spider-like traits. There spider legs are capable of easily climbing walls, which allow them to easily traverse terrain. Arachnidborn will commonly travel in pacts, with the makes being used as canon fodder for them. 

Spiderdens

Arachnidborn commonly live in large travelling groups, that create small "spiderdens", which they reproduce in. Arachnidborn will commonly kill their males in the reproductive process, however few do in fact survive. These spiderdens commonly do not last long, however some do end up becoming thriving breeding grounds of arachnidborn. 

 Arachnidborn Names

Arachnidborn are given three names: a name based on their gender, a name based on their pact and then a name given to them based on their mother's position within the hierarchy. Their names commonly have powerful meanings with their pact names being a sign of beauty. 

Male Names: Crinitus, Filum, Vestiarius, Testor, Exhibuit, Operai, Praefixi, Ludovici, Ocpedteos, Pluped, Plupint, Skanta, Dintak, Ferralin

Female Names: Aranea, Testor, Sarmer, Veaver, Mogonogu, Mi, Blaedmata, Lepota, Putnik, Amnezij, Krv, Vebber, Bez

Pact Names: Antlion, Acari, Ixodes, Ricunelei, Wolf, Tarantula, Huntsman, Crab, Trichonephila, Orb Weaver, Mygalomorpha, Sicarius, Ero, Lynx, Zoro, Armed, Noble, Widow, False, Tac

Position Name: Empress, Forger, Priestess, Merchant, Tailor, Foragewoman

Arachnidborn Traits

Arachnidborn gain many traits from their spider ancestors

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 1, and your Charisma score increases by 2.

Age

Arachnidborn mature at a much quicker rate than humans, with them being fully mature at 12 years old, and they live for around 200 years.

Size

Arachnidborn are about the same size and build as humans, however have 8 spider legs and the abdomen of a spider. Despite this, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet, and your base climbing speed is 30 feet. 

Darkvision

Thanks to your arachnid ancestors, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Spider Climb

You can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

Web Walker

You ignore movement restrictions caused by webbing.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Undercommon.

Web Slinger

As an action, you may fire a web at a creature within 20 feet of you. That creature must make a DC (8 + DEX mod + prof bonus) dexterity save or become restrained. At the start of a restrained creature’s turn, they may retry the save.

You may perform this action as many times equa to your proficiency bonus per long rest. 

Poison Spit

As a bonus action, you may cast the Poison Spray cantrip, with the spell originating from your mouth instead of your hand. You do not need semantic or verbal components in order to cast it.You can cast this once until your next turn. The spell casting ability for it is dexterity.