Drider
Monstrosity · Crown of Wrath
T3d8Minor
Drow-spider outcasts, driders cast webs and spells, Lolth's rejected.
Tier 3 · Role Minor · Pool Vigor 6 · AC 14 · ATK +5 · Save DC 15 · Dmg 3 (flat)
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 18 | - | - |
| Mind | 16 | - | - |
| Sense | 18 | - | - |
| Heart | 14 | - | - |
| Cunning | 18 | - | - |
| Fate | 8 | - | - |
A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
Passives
Spider Climb
Climbs any surface, including upside down, and ignores movement restrictions from webs.
Child of the Dark
Can shroud itself in magical darkness at will and sees through it. Disadvantage on attacks in sunlight.
Maneuvers
Venom Bite
On a hit with its bite, the target must save (DC 15) or be poisoned for 1 round.
Web
Hurls sticky webbing at a creature within 60 ft. The target must save (DC 15) or be restrained; a Body check (DC 15) tears it free.
Tactics
GM tactics
Lays web traps in lairs. Shrouds the fight with Child of the Dark and strikes from a gloom only it can see through. Webs from range, then closes to finish with Venom Bite. Hates drow with burning fury.
Running it
Rules
- One Vigor pool of 2 x Tier, no Vitality. It breaks and flees with 3 left, and dies at 0. The pool does not regenerate.
- A hit deals a flat 3, no roll. A crit (natural 20 only) rolls d8 and never lands below 3.
- Crits on a natural 20 only.
- Minor: no stat modifiers or dice in play; its scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
- With 3 Vigor left it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on to 0 instead.
- At 0 Vigor it is dead: 6 total damage, and a single blow of 6 or more kills it on the spot.
- Vigor damage is simply damage against a Minor: its whole pool is Vigor.
- Two attacks in a normal turn: Tier 3+ Minors get a second.
- Group morale: when its group loses half its number, fled or dead, the rest check morale.
- NPCs never take wounds.