Spider, Giant Tarantula
- Armor Class
- 5 [14]
- Hit Dice
- 4
- Attacks
- Bite (1d6)
- Special
- poison dance (1d6-1/round)
- Move
- 15
- HDE/XP
- 5/240
Description
Giant tarantulas are huge, hairy spiders, about the size of a pony. They run down their prey much as wolves do. The bite of the giant tarantula is poisonous; those bitten must make a saving throw against poison or be forced to dance wildly. The dance lasts 2d10 rounds, during which time the victim has a -4 penalty on attack and saving throw rolls. If the victim is a Thief, they cannot use any Thief abilities while dancing. Onlookers must make a saving throw against magic or begin dancing themselves; such "secondary" victims suffer the same penalties as above, but they will only dance for 2d4 rounds.
Each round the original victim dances, they must make a saving throw against poison again or take 1d6-1 points of damage. Secondary victims do not suffer this effect. Neutralize Poison will cure the original victim, and Dispel Magic will stop the dance for all victims in the area of effect, whether they are original or secondary.
See Also
Other creatures grouped under Spider: Spider, Giant Black Widow, Spider, Giant Bola, Spider, Giant Crab, Spider, Giant Diving Bell, Spider, Giant Ice, Spider, Giant Shrieking Tarantula, Spider, Giant Trapdoor, Spider, Giant Water, Spider, Giant Wolf, Spider, Humming, Spider, Phase, Spider, Steel, Spider, Time.
Source note: This creature is converted from Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game, 4th Edition Release 142, © 2006–2025 Chris Gonnerman. The Basic Fantasy textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.