Spider, Steel
- Armor Class
- 2 [17] (special)
- Hit Dice
- 5
- Attacks
- Attack (1d6)
- Special
- construct immunities, half damage from nonmagical weapons, rust vulnerability, darkvision
- Move
- 12
- HDE/XP
- 7/600
Description
A Steel Spider is a construct used by an inventive Magic-user to guard their possessions. It is made of steel with jeweled eyes (worth 100 gp each if removed). Its main body is one foot in diameter, with each leg two feet long. It is often painted black to blend in with its surroundings. It has Darkvision out to 120 feet.
A steel spider is often placed in ambush, and can only be detected on a 1 on 1d6 if it is hidden (even with Darkvision). It can leap 30 feet, and automatically gain surprise when making a leap attack if it has not already been detected. It attacks with sword-like forelegs. As a construct, it is immune to fear, charm, and similar spells. It takes an additional 1d6 points of damage per hit from any attack that rusts metal. It only takes half- damage from non-magical weapons. It can climb walls, and even hang upside down. It is resistant to magic, and gains a +4 bonus to saving throws against magic.
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 Trapdoor, Spider, Giant Water, Spider, Giant Wolf, Spider, Humming, Spider, Phase, 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.