Smaller Giant Spider

Smaller Giant Spider can be found in the Goblin Camp in Act One.

Involvement

Act One

Smaller Giant Spider and their comrade, Larger Giant Spider, are held in the spider pits in the Shattered Sanctum. The spiders wish to eat the party but the party can convince the spiders not to attack them or to divert their attacks toward the goblins instead:

Without Speak with Animals

• [ANIMAL HANDLING] Clap your hands together, mimicking her movements. (DC 10)

With Speak with Animals

• [DECEPTION] You'd get sick if you ate me. I carry a strange curse. (DC 10)
• [PERSUASION] You should eat a goblin instead. They're delicious. (DC 10)
• [LOLTH-SWORN DROW] [PERSUASION] How dare you. Do you not recognise me? Lolth, Queen of Spiders. (DC 15)

Convincing the spiders to attack the goblins gains companion approval  +1  +1  +1 and the ⁠A Better Offer inspiration to party members with the  Charlatan background.

Combat

Attacks and abilities

 Arachnid Jump ()

Jump up, down, and across. Your Strength affects how far you can jump.

 Range: 11 m (37 ft)

 Recharge: Per turn

 Urticating Hairs ()

Damage: 6~16

2d6 + 4⁠Piercing

Eject barbed bristles at a target and possibly  Blind it.

 CON Save

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Web ()

Expel a thick, flammable webbing that slows creatures within and possibly  Enwebs them.

 DEX Save

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

Notes

• The spider's  Urticating Hairs ability behaves unusually. It is a ranged attack that uses Dexterity to modify its damage, but uses Strength for its Attack roll. Additionally, unlike other sources of  Blinded, an entity affected by its blinding effect will reroll their saving throw at the start of their turn, with a successful roll curing their condition.
• Despite their names and outward appearances, both the Smaller and Larger Giant Spiders weigh exactly the same.