Homebrew Aranea Species Details

Aranea are created when a blood spider crawls into the mouth of an ordinary human to have offspring. This is a very rare occurrence so naturally makes aranea scarce. Aranea inherit the basic stance and build of its human parent but from there the similarities end. Aranea possess many human attributes like speech but also have access to spider like abilities.

Aranea are very untrustworthy and will attack at the slightest hint of danger. To gain the complete trust of an aranea is one of the hardest things to do in the multiverse but, once achieved the rewards are boundless. Aranea are very secretive and tend to live in small shacks in remote villages or in burrows. Aranea detest simplicity and some spend their life weaving complex tapestries in their homes.

Aranea Traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity increases by 2 and your Constitution increases by 1.

Age

Aranea age the same as humans. 

Size

Aranea range from 5ft to 7ft tall. Your size is medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 and your burrowing speed is 10.

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, 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 colour in darkness, only shades of grey.

Web Slinger

When this ability is triggered, you gain 10ft extra flying speed as you can swing with the webs. You can also use this as an attack. Choose a target within a 30 ft radius and force them to do a DC15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, their speed is reduced to 0 for the next two turns and the take one d8 damage. If you attack using this ability, you cannot use it for the next three turns.

Speedy Reactions

When a creature attacks you, you can use your reaction to force them to make a DC 15 Strength check. On a success, you take no damage. On a failure, you roll an d6 and subtract the result from their attack damage. After three uses, you have to finish a short or long rest to use it again. You also have advantage on all Dexterity (acrobatics) rolls.

Spider Scuttle

When you use this ability, you gain 30ft of climbing speed. You can use this five times before having to complete a short or long rest.

Dipping Poison

When you attack, you can choose to poison your target if the attack roll succeeds. This does half the damage your attack dealt originally (rounded down) every turn. You can only use this once before needing to complete a short or long rest.

 

Aranea Traits

+2 Dexterity, +1 Strength, Darkvision, Web Slinger, Speedy Reactions, Spider Scuttle, Dipping Poison.