Homebrew Drider LoD Species Details

Driders are drow that have been transformed from the waist down so they have the body of a spider. The transformation is typical a punishment for failing a test of Lolth, and turns them into centaur-like creatures; appearing as drow from the waist up, and with their lower portions replaced by the abdomen and legs of immense spiders.

Driders are generally sexless, because Lolth did not want to have a race of enemies to the drow. Yet there are rumors from distant drow settlements, of how enemies of Lolth reversed this for a few, to try to create a race of drow-hating driders that can reproduce. The stories also tell of how the process failed, as the newly created driders were generally kind hearted, and Lolth let them live as a way to mock the failed attempt. Regardless of what their origins are, they are often viewed with contempt by drow society. Because of this many driders hold contempt for drow and Lolth, or they become zealots that try to redeem themselves before the spider queen, while yet others simply try to get by and use their ability to create spider silk to make beautiful silken clothes. Driders that have been directly created by Lolth's transformation tend to look more monstrous, while those from the rumors tend to look a little more comely yet still somewhat unpleasant due to their spider bodies. Those directly created by Lolth's transformation are often bloodthirsty, and many harbor a death wish that makes them want to die in battle, preferably against drow. While many others, like the more kind hearted driders from the rumors, become gifted weavers or even accomplished adventurers.

Drider LoD Traits

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Drider body

You have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed, you can climb on webbing, and you ignore movement restrictions and conditions caused by webbing. You can climb while leaving your hands free. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. Your own body counts as a usable weaver's tools that you are proficient with and only you can use. At 3rd level, you can move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and upside down along ceilings. Also at 3rd level, you can use your webbing as a resource to weave objects.

Doing so you can create silken rope, which you can also use to anchor your web, as well as other objects at your DM's discretion. As part of a long rest, you can now either create 4 sq. yds. of silk, or a silken outfit that weights 4 lbs. It can be worn under robes, and wearers can calculate their AC as 11 + their Dexterity modifier.

Darkvision

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