Homebrew Drider (Minauros) Species Details
These variants of Driders only come from the 3rd layer of the nine hells, Minauros. Due to the atmosphere and climate of this toxic layer, the skins of these Driders mutated and became much more pale. They also are smaller than regular Driders as they adapted to the terrible terrains overtime. The legs of these variants of Driders are considered valuable and many end up being hunted by bounty hunters, bandits, or anyone similar that's desperate enough to make a quick buck.
This however, does not mean the Driders are defenseless. After residing in Minauros for centuries, their venom is quite potent and gets much stronger as they age and grow in power. Unlike normal Driders, these are not overseen nor made by the Queen of Spiders, Lolth. In fact they were stolen by Mammon himself as his ambition made him want to create something that would be considered "valuable" stated from the King of Greed himself.
Due to these variant's appearance and habitat, they seem to resemble and act a lot more humanoid then their Lolth-made counterpart. Most tend to stay in the 3rd layer, as most others can't handle the conditions of the layer which keeps them safe from hunters of any kind.
Drider (Minauros) Traits
"It's tough living, knowing people want to sell your arms and legs, but hey at least i know they can't walk on the ceiling like me!" - Charlotte the DriderAge
Driders (Minauros) live to be about 200 years and reach adulthood at the age of 12.
Languages
Drider (Minauros) can read, write, and speak Common and Infernal.
Spider Climb
You have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed, In addition, at 3rd level, you can move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and upside down along ceilings while leaving most of your hands free. (Your walking speed starts out as 30)
Darkvision
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.
Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1
Poison Resistance
Due to your adaptation to the climates of Minauros, you resist poison damage.
Broad back
A Medium or smaller creature can ride on your abdomen if you allow it. In such a situation, you continue to act independently, not as a controlled mount. Unfortunately, you also cut your walking/climbing speed in half as spider legs aren't meant to carry massive loads.
Webspinning
You can produce webbing made of silk and use it as both a weapon, as a trap and for housing/bedding.You have 5 'charges' of webbing that you can use before having to take a short or long rest.
As a weapon, you can launch a ball of webbing at an enemy who then must make a Dex saving throw or be restrained. When restrained by webbing, one requires a strength check with a DC of 10 + dexterity modifier + Constitution Modifier to break free.
As a trap, the webbing has the same effects as the Web spell. The only difference is that the duration is 8 hours rather than 1 hour.
As housing/bedding, you require an hour to make a comfortable living space
Venomous bite
At level 3, your fanged maw becomes a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal 3d8 poison damage. The target will then need to make a CON saving throw. On a fail, they will be poisoned until the start of their next turn.
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