Homebrew [K] Arachne Species Details

Most arachne are solitary by nature and prefer living on their own, whether on the fringes of the city or the depths of the wilderness. Arachne's most common habitats are in deep caves where they lay their home entrances in strategic webbing or in the underdark because of its naturally darker atmosphere being a natural advantage. Females will make larger lairs as to hatch their young in, Males will rarely have a lair and for whatever reason they do, its tiny in comparison to a females. Most arachne are seen with fear and disgust because of their mixup with Driders, their close cousins, to which Driders are usually hostile to Arachne. Arachne have become accustomed to the hostility met by strangers and travellers, developing a darker, more cynical world view. On the rare occasion, an arachne will be met with hospitality and will live with other races in small villages serving as wilderness guides, weavers, builders, and alchemists. When Arachne are not living isolated in a lair or in a city, rarely Arachne will make a society made up of connecting lairs, however they will never share the same living space. In this specific instance there is no leader however Females will be more dominant due to their motherly instincts. They will confer with eachother in meeting hubs, consisting of larger rooms holding upto 20 Arachne comfortably at once. In these hubs they will be social to one another, prefering to talk freely and be friendly. Outside of these spaces Arachne may be hostile to eachother or be insociable, Females especially as they are protecting their young. Arachne claim a wide variety of names, usually pertaining to the non-arachne parent they belonged to, while the pure-bred arachne usually refer to each other in their arachnid tongue, comprised of soft clicks and chirps, with no actual meaning in Common. Pure-bred arachne are thus usually given nicknames by the other races in common.

[K] Arachne Traits

Arachne's Share The Following Racial Traits

Creature type

Your creature type is a Monstrosity

Age

Arachne, much like spiders, mature quickly, becoming adults at the age of 2 or 3 and having lifespans comparable to humans'.

Alignment

Arachne don't tend toward any particular alignment. The best and the worst are found among them.

Size

Arachne can be up to 7-8 feet tall and almost as wide, Female Arachne are larger than male Arachne usually. Your size is Medium.

Spider Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. You have a climb speed of 30 while unarmored or lightly armored. This drops to 20 if wearing medium or heavy armor or if encumbered. You can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings and webbing, without needing to make an ability check.

Spider Half

Your upper, humanoid torso is still of similar scale to that of other humanoid races. Because of your lower body you cannot make use of mounts. As you lack the lower body of a humanoid, you are unable to wear humanoid armor below the belt (ex: leggings, greaves, or boots). You ignore movement restrictions caused by webbing and water counts as difficult terrain for you when moving through it.

Spider Vision

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. While in contact with a web or an item made of web, you know the exact location of any other creature in contact with the same web/item.

Spider Silk

You use your spinnerettes to pull silk out of your abdomen, weaving web and silk. You can use the spinnerets on your abdomen as Weaver's Tools, which you are proficient with. In addition, when crafting an item using weaver's tools, the items can be crafted using web at no cost. At 5th level, you know the Web Spell and always have it prepared which doesn't count towards your already Prepared Spells, Int, Wis or Char is your Spellcasting Ability for this spell. You can cast the Web spell without expending a spell slot once per long rest. If you do not have the Spellcasting feature, you are able to cast this spell twice per long rest instead.

Venomous fangs

You have 2 large fangs at the very front of your spider body half, which are usually covered up in public. As an action make an attack where your fangs deal 1d6 + your strength modifier piercing damage. This attack counts as an unnarmed strike and natural weapon. Upon striking an enemy successfully for the first time with Venomous Fangs, add 1d4 poison damage.

Languages.

You can speak, read, and write in Common.