Homebrew Drider Species Details

A drider is a monstrous, centaur-like creature with the upper body of a drow elf and the lower body of a large spider. They are the result of a painful transformation, often seen as a mark of shame or punishment by the drow, but possess great strength and retain their drow abilities.

Ability Score Increases

When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.

Languages

Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. 

Creature Type

Driders are Fey Humanoid

Life Span

The typical life span of a player character in the D&D multiverse is about a century, assuming the character doesn’t meet a violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live for centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the race’s description.

Drider Traits

As a drider, you have the following racial traits.

Creature Type

You are a Fey.

Size

Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your walking speed is 40 feet. Additionally, you have a climb speed of 20 ft.

Web Walker

The drider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.

Stinger

You have a stinger on the back of your abdomen. When you use it to make an attack, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier piercing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

 

Natural Affinity

Your fey connection to nature gives you an intuitive connection to the natural world and the animals within it. You therefore have proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Medicine, Nature, or Survival.

Sunlight Sensitivity

Sunlight Sensitivity

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Perception (Wisdom) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Darkvision

You have darkvision out to 120 feet