Homebrew SpiderBorn Species Details

SpiderBorn have tortured souls, any who find themselves cursed with the “Blessing” of Lolth, isolate themselves from others in shame and despair. Their once normal bodies having been transformed into the likeness of a spider, a twisted image of what they were before. Their limbs now covered in a cold hard shell rather than the once soft warmth of flesh. Their four eyes gleaming in the darkness of caves and forests as they cry tears of old memories and their past life. Navigating through the tunnels of the underground and swinging from the branches of trees using their extra spider-like appendages stuck onto their back like spears in a corpse.  Lonely and miserable many Spiderlings desperately crave the warmth of others, the feeling of laughter of happiness within the isolated prisons they have trapped themselves inside.

The Spider People

A humanoid torso on a spider abdomen, three pairs of pupil-less eyes, the skin of exotic color patterns, and long black hair tied in an intricate pattern. Those are the most remarkable characteristics of the Spiderkind. Often confused with the evil Driders, the Spider people do suffer from their quite monstrous appearance and their affiliations with the goddess Lolth.

SpiderBorn is indeed children of Lolth, but they chose to renounce their godly mother and fled to the material plane, in which they will hide in caves, sometimes in the Underdark, and very rarely in a community that accepts them despite their monstrous origin. This latter case is even rarer due to the fact that they tend to not feel at ease amongst non-spider-like creatures.

Unless they expect regular visitors, their home is generally completely webbed-up, in which they can circulate at ease.

Hatred for the Queen of Spiders

Spiderborn profoundly hates their mother. Nobody, not even Lolth herself, really knows where that visceral hatred comes from. Some speculate that another god instilled this resentment in the Spiderkind, while others pretend that the Queen of Spiders just made a mistake. In the end, the Spider People hate Lolth and Drows and will prove to be quite violent towards anybody comparing them to the dark elves and their common mother.

SpiderBorn Names

Even though most of the Spider-people show feminine traits, SpiderBorn do not give any importance to gender and tend to have neutral names

SpiderBorn name themselves when they come of age by combining words based on their greatest feats of deception, hunting or cruelty — young arachnid are not given any names and are referred to by physical characteristics if at all necessary. Occasionally they use elf-like names when dealing with outsiders who venture far to their ancient woodland lairs.

Spiderling Names: Bitterscream, Deathmyth, Silkstrangle, Webwraith, Whisperquick

SpiderBorn Traits

The curse that befalls them also granted them to what some call a blessing, immortality. Many travel the lands for hundreds of years gathering knowledge and learning ancient magics. Others seeking monsters to prove their name worthy of the affection of other humanoids. The Spiderling life is tough and filled to the brim with a cobweb of memories and pain.

Age

SpiderBorn mature at the age of 25 and will remain at that age for as long as they live (they don’t age or die unless fatally wounded).  Upon emergence from the cocoon Phase, the Spiderling reverts back to the age of 25 (human years) or the racial equivalent to that age, no matter the age prior to the transformation. A gift to others, a curse to the SpiderBorn. If the Person is younger than the age of 25 they will age until they reach that 25-year racial equivalent.

Natural Artisan

SpiderBorn use their sharp fingers and constant supply of web as a natural sewing kit. With this natural sewing kit, you are able to repair clothing as well as create new unique articles of clothing (listed below). In order to create these pieces of clothing, it requires 1 pound of wool or silk.

Warm Sweater: Spend 10 minutes sewing a soft white sweater made from your web. Can be used to counter cold weather. Weighs 2 pounds is worth 2 gold

Safety Blanket: Spend 10 minutes sewing a thick blanket that grants the wearer +1 AC for one attack. Safety Blanket cannot be stacked. Blanket weighs 5 pounds and is worth 1 gold.

Movement

The Spider People are known to be able to walk on walls, ceilings, and roofs with the same ease a human walks on land. Also do not seem to suffer from being upside down for a long period of time, either.

Spider Built

You can be mounted by a creature at least one size smaller than you. In such a situation, you continue to act independently, not as a controlled mount.

 

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were a bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Alignment

They fled the Spider Queen because of her cruelty, thus they tend towards Good or neutral. But they inherited from Lolth a tendency to no abide by the rules, thus being generally Chaotic.

Language

You know how to read/write common and 1 bonus Language.

Ability Score Increase

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