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Drider

CR 7.00 Aberration CE Large

The dry rasping of spidery legs brings this hideous monstrosity into view—a nightmarish, centaurian fusion of drow and spider.

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Description

Created from the body of a drow, warped and mutated through special poisons and elixirs to take on the characteristics of a giant spider, the drider is a dangerous creature.

Driders are sexually dimorphic. A female drider's lower spider body is sleek and graceful, often similar to a black widow's body, while its upper drow torso retains its alluring curves and beautiful face (with the exception of sharp, poisonous fangs). A male drider's lower body is bulky like a tarantula, while its upper body is wiry and bears a hideous face more spider than drow, complete with fanged mandibles.

Ability Scores

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Combat Stats

HP: 76 (9d8+36)
AC: 20, touch 12, flat-footed 17 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +8 natural, -1 size)
Speed: 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Init: +2
Melee: mwk heavy mace +9/+4 (1d8+3), bite +3 (1d4+1 plus poison)
Ranged: mwk composite longbow +8/+3 (1d8+2/×3)
Space: 10 ft.
Reach: 5 ft.
BAB: +6
CMB: +9
CMD: 21 (33 vs. trip)
Fort: +7
Ref: +5
Will: +9
SR: 18
Racial Modifiers: +4 Stealth

Special Attacks

web (+7 ranged, DC 18, hp 9)

Special Qualities

Undersized Weapons — Although a drider is Large, its upper torso is the same size as that of a Medium humanoid's upper torso. As a result, it wields weapons as if it were one size category smaller than its actual size (Medium for most driders).

Feats

Blind-Fight, Dodge, Combat Casting, Weapon Focus (bite, mace)

Special Abilities

Blind-Fight from Feat

In melee, every time you miss because of concealment (see Combat), you can reroll your miss chance percentile roll one time to see if you actually hit.An invisible attacker gets no advantages related to hitting you in melee. That is, you don't lose your Dexterity bonus to Armor Class, and the attacker doesn't get the usual +2 bonus for being invisible. The invisible attacker's bonuses do still apply for ranged attacks, however.You do not need to make Acrobatics skill checks to move at full speed while blinded.

Dodge from Feat

You gain a +1 dodge bonus to your AC. A condition that makes you lose your Dex bonus to AC also makes you lose the benefits of this feat.

Combat Casting from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on concentration checks made to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability when casting on the defensive or while grappled.

Weapon Focus from Feat

You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected weapon.

Skills

Climb +22, Intimidate +15, Knowledge (arcana) +14, Perception +15, Spellcraft +14, Stealth +14

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Detect Good, Constant—Detect Law, Constant—Detect Magic, At will—Dancing Lights, At will—Darkness, At will—Faerie Fire, 1/day—Clairaudience/Clairvoyance, 1/day—Deeper Darkness, 1/day—Dispel Magic, 1/day—Levitate, 1/day—Suggestion

spells known:

3rd (4/day)—Lightning Bolt, 2nd (6/day)—Invisibility, 2nd (6/day)—Web, 1st (7/day)—Mage Armor, 1st (7/day)—Magic Missile, 1st (7/day)—Ray Of Enfeeblement, 1st (7/day)—Silent Image, At will—Bleed, At will—Daze, At will—Ghost Sound, At will—Mage Hand, At will—Ray Of Frost, At will—Read Magic, At will—Resistance

Details

Type: Aberration
Alignment: CE
Size: Large
Environment: any underground
Organization: solitary, pair, or group (3-8)
Treasure: double (masterwork heavy mace, masterwork composite longbow [+2 Str] with 20 arrows, additional treasure)
Senses: darkvision 120 ft., detect good, detect law, detect magic; Perception +15
Languages: Common, Elven, Undercommon
Source: Bestiary

Sources Used in This Record

29 House/Core

Uses feat: Blind-Fight (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Dodge (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Combat Casting (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Weapon Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Detect Good (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Detect Law (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Detect Magic (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Dancing Lights (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Darkness (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Faerie Fire (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Clairaudience/Clairvoyance (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Deeper Darkness (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Dispel Magic (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Levitate (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Suggestion (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Lightning Bolt (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Invisibility (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Web (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Mage Armor (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Magic Missile (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Ray Of Enfeeblement (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Silent Image (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Bleed (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Daze (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Ghost Sound (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Mage Hand (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Ray Of Frost (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Read Magic (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Resistance (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.

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