Giant spider

Giant spiders, also known as monstrous spiders, were quite simply enormous versions of regular spiders. Existing in various types, there was no way to singularly describe their appearance; with various types ranging in size from that of a dog to a house. Giant versions of tarantulas existed, as did black widows, spitters, spinners, and all manner of others. Their appearances, habits, and environments all varied greatly. Goblins were known to employ them as mounts.
==Description==
Due to the different types of such spiders, they varied largely in all ways, such as having different colors and behavior. Lolth, the Queen of Spiders, was bound to have giant spiders serving her.
==Combat==
Giant spiders could attack in a variety of ways, typically whatever way their normal counterparts could. Some spun huge webs that prey easily stumbled into, while others spat a deadly poison. Some were capable of walking on ceilings, while others were not. Despite the differences between the types of giant spiders, all were formidable opponents and certainly not foes for any arachnophobes to face.
==Ability==
Giant spiders' viscera was iridescent gold and purple in color. If it came in contact with a humanoid's skin, it had a burning and irritating effect, leaving skin enflamed with red splotches, however, it was mostly harmless.
==Species==
;Flying: Categorized as a type of subterranean spider, this species were much larger cousins of flying spiders.
;Gaze: A magical species of giant spiders that had the power to attack with a paralyzing gaze.
;Ice: A species of giant spider that were adapted to living in arctic and freezing cold environments. They had a natural resistance to cold-based attacks and weaved liquid webs that quickly solidified due to their environment.
;Marine: A species of giant spiders that were adapted to surviving in saltwater environments.
;Spiderform: An artificial species that was created whenever the spell spiderform was cast on either a mundane arachnid or any other species of small animal. Unlike natural giant spiders, the ones created by this spell carried a nonfatal venom that only stunned its victims, even if the spider it was created from had a poisonous bite. They were also unable to produce webs, but had great ease in navigating the artificial ones created by the spells web and spellweb. By 1372 DR, the spiderform spell had changed so as to allow these creatures access to these standard spider abilities.
;Swarmhorde: A relatively small species of giant spiders that lived in the Underdark beneath King's Forest.
;Water: A common species of giant spiders that were adapted to surviving in aquatic environments.
==Notable Giant Spiders==
* Demons of the Samarlogh - A band of massive and fiercely intelligent fiendish giant spiders of the Samarlogh jungles.
* Pet of Kalistes - A very intelligent and exceptionally powerful giant spider created by the marilith Kalistes.
==Appendix==
===Gallery===
Giantspider.png|A giant spider from 2 edition.
Giant spider and Onyx.jpg|An illusory giant spider creeping up on Onyx the Invincible, from the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons comic.
Spider AFR.jpg|A giant spider with a horse caught in its web.
====Video Games====
DS - Creature - Spider.jpg|A giant spider residing in the jungles of Chult, from the game Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone.
DS - Creature - Spider Light Brown.jpg|A baby giant spider residing in the jungles of Chult, from Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone.
Spider undermountain.gif|One of the giant spiders encountered during the descent to Undermountain.'
Giant spider NWN2.png|Giant spiders from Neverwinter Nights 2.
Giant_spider_BG3.png|A particularly large giant spider from Baldur's Gate III.
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Category:Spiderkind
Category:Creatures found in Barovia
Category:Creatures found in the Demonweb Pits
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