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{{quote |I failed the Spider Queen once. Never again.
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Painfully transformed through the anger of Lolth, these drow have been cursed to a monstrous form with the bottom half of a spider. While most are trapped within the worst parts of the underground, some have escaped to adventure.
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A curse more than a blessing, drow who fail the spider goddess Lolth are warped into horrible spider-taur beings known as driders. Their minds are typically warped and suppressed into being slaves to the whims of the evil deity.  But once in a while, one escapes its instinctual control.  Some slip away, becoming hateful solitary beings while others continue their service out of a sense of shame in their initial failure.  And of course they were wracked by the infernal desire to hunt and prey on others like the spiders they resembled.
  
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=== Spider from the waist down ===
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=== Description ===
  
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<!-- Insert here your race's average height, weight, skin color, eye color, and other such physical features which might include forms of common clothing, typical gear and posturing. -->Drider's from the torso up appear to be that of the dark elf they used to be. Their spider torsos tend to be sleek and black, those spiders most closely associated with Lolth. Typically they carry long swords, spears, or nets to kill or capture prey and foe alike. Clothing often seems like an unnecessary luxury to driders, the exceptions being storage bags and sturdy armor.
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Driders are drow from the waist up, and giant monstrous spiders from the waist down.  They kept many of their drow-like traits, but are considered a separate species. They have a thirst for blood and prefer to liquify or mash their prey for easier consumption.
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{{5e Height Weight|Drider|6'10"|2d12|750|5d8|7'5", 900 lbs}}
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=== Spiteful and bloodthirsty  ===
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=== Drider Psychology ===
  
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While Driders kept their personalities and abilities from their time as a drow, they're twisted forms and active shunning from their families leaves them violent and bitter. Ruthless and solitary hunters, they are rarely friendly.
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While driders may have once been drow, they have no love for their kin. If anything the murderous self-sabotaging nature of the drow are only amplified by the shame and feral hunger they experience.  It is said that driders who escape Lolth's control are weakened, lesser kin compared to the monster version of their kind.
  
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=== Monstrous Pariahs  ===  
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The dark elves violently shun Driders for failing Lolth so badly as to be transformed. They go so far as to threaten other drow with the possibility of transformation.
 
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Other races that are familiar with the dark elves, see them as smart but dangerous monsters sent by the evil Drow. There are many who assume that a spider form must be a blessing from the queen of spiders.
 
  
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=== Underdark Tunnels ===
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Driders are usually enslaved to serve drow as guardians or warriors, but those which escape flee to far corners of the world to set up lairs to hunt on the weak and unlucky.
  
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The darkness and violence of the abandoned areas of the underdark often become comfortable over time to Driders. In a world of predator and prey, they often have the upper hand with use of their mobility and intelligence. 
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=== Drider Adventurers ===
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A drider who has escaped the wroth of the underdark may find themselves working with other adventurers.  If they can suppress their feral natures and untrustworthy behavior, co-operation is possible.  After all, allies are useful, duped or not.
  
 
=== Drider Names ===
 
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Driders share their names with dark elves, the main change that occurs when they are transformed is the forbidding of the use of their house or "family" name.
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Driders are drow and retain their names, though most lose their family names out of shame.
  
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=== Drider Traits ===
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=== Drider Traits ===
  
 
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|abilitynote= Increase one ability score by 2 and another one by 1, or increase three different ability scores by 1. 
 
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|age=Driders are created from and as adults, compleately infertile. They can live to roughly 750 years old.
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|age=16-90
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|alignment=While not always evil, driders are more often than not chaotic in alignment as the laws and religions around them condemned them to this form.
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|alignment=Drider are almost always evil.
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|sizedesc=Driders are often 8 feet or taller, much of this height created by the giant spider body, their torso roughly half the height of a full drow.
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|additionalspeeds=Your climb speed is 20ft
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|additionalspeeds=You have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed.
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|darkvisionfluff=Driders are native to the underdark and can see quite well without any light.
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|darkvisionfluff=Your darkvision has a range of 120 feet, instead of 60.
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|darkvisioncolor=You can see in infrared.
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|trait1name=Fey Ancestory
 
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|trait1desc=The drider has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put the drider to sleep.
 
  
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|trait2name=Spider Climb
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|trait1name=Monstrosity
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|trait2desc=The drider can climb difficult surfaces, not including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
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|trait1desc=Your creature type is monstrosity, rather than humanoid.
  
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|trait3name=Sunlight Sensitivity
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|trait2name=Arachnid Build
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|trait3desc=While in sunlight, the drider has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight
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|trait2desc=You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push or drag.
  
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|trait4name=Web Walker
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|trait3name=Curse of Lolth
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|trait4desc=The drider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing
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|trait3desc=Elves have advantage on attack rolls against you.
  
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|trait5name=Webbing
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|trait4name=Fey Ancestry
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|trait5desc=Once per long rest, the drider can create up to 50ft of silk rope, or 25ft of sticky webbing, which requires a DC 14 Str check to detach from when touched by those without the web walker feature.
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|trait4desc=The drider has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put the drider to sleep.
  
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|trait6desc=Driders must drink blood at least once every four days or begin making constitution saves against exhaustion.
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|trait5desc=You know the ''Dancing Lights'' cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the ''Faerie Fire'' spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the ''Darkness spell'' once and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
  
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|trait5desc=You have disadvantage on attack rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of the attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.
  
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|trait6desc=The drider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.
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Drider[edit]

“ I failed the Spider Queen once. Never again. ”
—Pellanistra, Drider Guardian of the Underpits

A curse more than a blessing, drow who fail the spider goddess Lolth are warped into horrible spider-taur beings known as driders. Their minds are typically warped and suppressed into being slaves to the whims of the evil deity. But once in a while, one escapes its instinctual control. Some slip away, becoming hateful solitary beings while others continue their service out of a sense of shame in their initial failure. And of course they were wracked by the infernal desire to hunt and prey on others like the spiders they resembled.

Description[edit]

Driders are drow from the waist up, and giant monstrous spiders from the waist down. They kept many of their drow-like traits, but are considered a separate species. They have a thirst for blood and prefer to liquify or mash their prey for easier consumption.

Height & Weight
Species Base Height Height Mod Base Weight Weight Mod Average
Drider 6'10" +2d12 750 lbs. x (5d8) lbs. 7'5", 900 lbs

Drider Psychology[edit]

While driders may have once been drow, they have no love for their kin. If anything the murderous self-sabotaging nature of the drow are only amplified by the shame and feral hunger they experience. It is said that driders who escape Lolth's control are weakened, lesser kin compared to the monster version of their kind.

Territories[edit]

Driders are usually enslaved to serve drow as guardians or warriors, but those which escape flee to far corners of the world to set up lairs to hunt on the weak and unlucky.

Drider Adventurers[edit]

A drider who has escaped the wroth of the underdark may find themselves working with other adventurers. If they can suppress their feral natures and untrustworthy behavior, co-operation is possible. After all, allies are useful, duped or not.

Drider Names[edit]

Driders are drow and retain their names, though most lose their family names out of shame.

Drider Traits[edit]

Drider

Creature Type. Humanoid
Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score by 2 and another one by 1, or increase three different ability scores by 1.  
Age. 16-90
Alignment. Drider are almost always evil.
Size. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base speed is 30 feet. You have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed.  
Darkvision: Your darkvision has a range of 120 feet, instead of 60. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. 
Monstrosity. Your creature type is monstrosity, rather than humanoid. 
Arachnid Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push or drag. 
Curse of Lolth. Elves have advantage on attack rolls against you. 
Fey Ancestry. The drider has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put the drider to sleep. 
Sunlight Sensitivity. You have disadvantage on attack rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of the attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight. 
Web Walker. The drider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, and Undercommon




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Ability ModsIncrease one ability score by 2 and another one by 1, or increase three different ability scores by 1.  +
AuthorEiji-kun +
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FeaturesAge +, Alignment +, Size +, Speed +, Darkvision 120 +, Monstrosity +, Arachnid Build +, Curse of Lolth +, Fey Ancestry +, Sunlight Sensitivity +, Web Walker + and Languages +
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SummaryDrow warped by the curse of Lolth into monstrous spider-taurs. +
TitleDrider +
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