Spider, Giant Trapdoor
- Armor Class
- 5 [14]
- Hit Dice
- 4
- Attacks
- Bite (1d6)
- Special
- poison, surprise
- Move
- 15
- HDE/XP
- 5/240
Description
A Giant Trapdoor Spider is a pony-sized spider, and digs deep tunnels and covers the entrance with a trapdoor-like patch of silk covered in dirt, leaves, and other camouflage. It often lays out camouflaged sensory threads of silk.
It springs out to attack passing creatures by detecting vibrations, trying to drag them inside its lair. A creature hit by the spider may make a saving throw to avoid being dragged into the tunnel; a dragged victim is held and may make another saving throw at the end of each round to crawl free. The trap doors can be detected as secret doors, but the spider will usually attack long before the search can be completed. When lying in wait in its tunnel, it surprises on 1-4 on 1d6.
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 Tarantula, Spider, Giant Water, Spider, Giant Wolf, Spider, Humming, Spider, Phase, Spider, Steel, Spider, Time.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.