Homebrew Gigantus Portia fimbriata Species Details
Portia fimbriata, known as the Fringed Jumping Spider or often just as Portia is renowned as the world's most intelligent spider. It is a spider hunter which modifies its hunting strategies and learns from situations as it encounters them
The Portia are solitary hunters and congregate in small communities or village size or smaller.
Occationally they will venture into other societies for trade or if a need is required
The portia are egg layers and will lay two or three eggs. these are in a communal hachery and the communitee will raise the offspring that survive hatching long enough to leave the hatchery.
They grow quickly and reach full size at the age of 5 years but are not sexually mature untill the age of 15.
Average life span for a portia is 45 years but some have been known to live to 60.
Portia culture is based on communal wellbeing and any threat to the communitee are met with swift reprisal
Gigantus Portia fimbriata Traits
ArachnidAbility score increate
better Dex and Str
Spring Jump
instead of moving the spider may Jump to a target location within 30ft of it.
This maybe on horizontal or vertical surfaces.
If they have their Silk Dragline attached they can not fall further than te Dragline length
It may do this as many times as their Dex modifier per short or long rest
Web walking
You have a climb speed equal to your walking speed. You can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Additionally, you ignore movement restrictions caused by webbing.
Many eyes seeing many things
The portia has a pair of large eyes facing forward that are mobile
The other three sets of eyes are places on therear and sides of the head.
They can see if low light and UV specrum.
Languages
The Gigantus Portia speak in sylvian and one other language of the players choice
spider Fangs
The bite of a spider can hurt, these dont just hurt they stun as well.
As a natural weapon the Portia's bite is fast and precise, if it hits it will deal 1d4 Piecing + strength modifier damage and will release a venom that will attempt to Stun the victom
The poison does not do any damage but will give the poisoned condition and will lock up the muscles of the victom effectively stunning them
The venom has a Con save of DC10 + level to save.
Exoskellotal armor
The Gigantus Portia is unusual as it has a type of exoskeletal structure under lined with a hollow internal skeleton giving it some natural armor
Giving the Spider a natural armor class of 12 + Dex modifier
A spider can wear armor but would have to have it custom made, generally they do not as this costs a lot of gold.
Silk Dragline
The Portia may as a Bonus action extrude and attach a silk dragline to any surface and use it as a safety line
The Dragline can be no longer than 30 feet
As a bonus action the dragline can be detached and eather left or retreaved and eaten
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