This pale yellow spider’s legs protrude on either side, giving it a very distinctive stance. The thing is the size of a large dog.
CR 1/2
XP 200
N Small vermin
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +4
AC 13, touch 13, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 size)
hp 11 (2d8+2)
Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +0
Immune mind-affecting effects
Str 10, Dex 15, Con 12, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2
Base Atk +1; CMB +0; CMD 12 (24 vs. trip)
Skills Acrobatics +10, Climb +24, Perception +4, Stealth +10 (+21 when stationary); Racial Modifiers +8 Acrobatics, +16 Climb, +4 Perception, +4 Stealth (+15 when stationary)
Environment warm or temperate forests
Organization solitary, pair, or colony (3–10)
Treasure incidental
Poison (Ex) Bite—injury; save Fort DC 14 (includes +2 racial bonus); frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1d2 Str; cure1 save.
Giant crab spiders are dangerous ambush predators that live in dense forest vegetation. Though crab spiders are not web spinners, they are truly gifted climbers and use this talent to clamber up into places where they can observe wide areas from on high. Named for their curious scuttling walk and wide-legged stance, giant crab spiders are rarely larger than a typical adult halfling.
This towering spider is the size of an elephant. Its legs have spiky joints and its face looks vaguely, but disturbingly, humanoid.
CR 5
XP 1,600
N Huge vermin
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +5
AC 18, touch 10, flat-footed 16 (+2 Dex, +8 natural, –2 size)
hp 52 (7d8+21)
Fort +8, Ref+4, Will +3
Immunemind-affecting effects
Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
Melee bite +8 (2d8+7 plus poison)
Space15 ft.; Reach15 ft.
Special Attacks web (+5 ranged, DC 16, hp 7)
Str 21, Dex 15, Con 16, Int —, Wis 12, Cha 2
Base Atk +5; CMB +12; CMD 24 (36 vs. trip)
Skills Climb +29, Perception +5, Stealth –2; Racial Modifiers +16 Climb, +4 Perception, +4 Stealth
SQ compression
Environment temperate or cold hills or underground
Organization solitary or pair
Treasure incidental
Poison (Ex) Bite—injury; save Fort DC 18 (includes +2 racial bonus); frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d4 Str and 1d4 Dex; cure 1 save.
Ogre spiders are brutal, terrifying hunters that spin tangled webs capable of encasing entire trees. So-named because the arrangement of its eyes and mandibles gives it a face unnervingly similar to that of an ogre as much as for their size, ogre spiders can fit into nooks and tunnels far more narrow than one might expect.