Ice Spider
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Spoilers. This page is written for the GM, and players who read on will learn things their characters don't know.
A small, fast spider of the snowfields: a scout's mount, and an ambush hunter in the wild. Made for Tir Hathar; see The Northern Reaches.
What it is. Smaller and leaner than the Fuzzy Giant Spider, white and glassy, and built for snow and ice. Farmed ones are the Reaches' scouting and skirmish mounts. Wild ones bury themselves in snow and ambush small game, and anything else that walks past.
Stats¶
First draft, built from WWN's baseline stat lines.
| HD | AC | Atk | Dmg | Shock | Move | ML | Inst | Skill | Save | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Spider | 2 | 15 | +3 | 1d6 | 1/13 | 50' climb | 7 | 6 | +1 | 14+ |
- Snow-hidden. Buried in snow or still on ice, it gets +3 to stealth.
- Numbing bite. A creature damaged by its bite makes a Physical save or takes -1 to hit for the rest of the scene, stacking up to -3.
- Ice-runner. Moves over snow and ice without slowing, and climbs ice as easily as rock.
- Scout mount. Carries one human-sized rider with light gear.
Still open: playtesting the numbers.