Bestiary: Spider

Enormous and hostile spiders come in a terrifying array of shapes, colors, and sizes through the Eastern Reach. Much more aggressive than their tiny kin, these giants actively seek out human and animal prey. Even the weakest of them, the spear spider, can easily kill a grown kith if the victim is unprepared. Though the spear spider lacks a poisnous bite, its piercing legs, from which its name is derived, can inflict terrible wounds, even through armor.
More deadly than spear spiders are ivory spinners and widowmakers, with both species psosessing horrific poisonous bites. The ivory spinner also has the ability to fire webbing at its prey, slowing it down. Widowmakers do not cast webs, but their posion is extraordinarily toxic.
Seldom seen outside of the most remote locations in Eir Glanfath, the fabled crystal-eaters are enormous and powerful, possessing magicla abilities some wizards beleive have been devleoped through the consumption of adra and enchanted gemstones. In addition to their ability to raise a field of deadly crystal spikes, the venom of a crystal-eater will temporarily turn a victim's flesh and blood to stone. Subsequent attacks by the crystal-eater on a petrified foe are quickly fatal.
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