Giant Spider (Empathic Bond)

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War spiders have extremely low endurance and are not recommended for bonding. They generally only last ~10 rounds in combat before completely exerting themselves.

Contents 1 Bonding Requirements 2 Known Abilities 2.1 Attribute Bonuses 3 Specialty Bonuses 3.1 Tier 1 3.2 Tier 2 3.3 Tier 3 3.4 Tier 4 4 Additional Bonuses and Powers 4.1 Traits granted 5 Furry giant spiders

Bonding Requirements

A very small amount of insect lore, no more than nine points.

NB: if a war spider is already "owned" by an NPC, it cannot be bonded; however, it can be made free by killing the owner.

Known Abilities

There are a few varieties of giant spider; perhaps the most famous is the mighty war spider, sometimes used as mounts by the guards of Yathryn, and also wandering drow adventurers in various regions. It is very physically powerful, attacking with poison spit, exsanguinating bite and webbing, as well as more conventional melee. It breathes air, eats meat, and can see in the dark.

Attribute Bonuses

Bonding to a giant spider grants bonuses to Intelligence, Dexterity and Perception.

Specialty Bonuses

Bonus specialty degrees and access are provided as follows:

Tier 1

• Combat Reflexes
• Mounted Combat

Tier 2

At the middle of "very frail" bond strength:

• Find Weakness
• Riding
• Stealth (war spider from a drow adventurer did not confer stealth)
• Traps

Fourth, the ability to see through your familiar's eyes. This ability can be used even if you do not know where your familiar is. To do this, concentrate on seeing what your familiar sees.

Tier 3

At the middle of "fairly healthy" bond strength:

• Anatomy
• Precision Strike
• Psychology
• Tactics
• Quickness
• Killer Instinct

Tier 4

At "very healthy" bond strength:

• Mounted Combat increased to 2 bonus points.
• Combat Reflexes increased to 2 bonus points.

Fifth, the ability to replenish a depleted webspinning capacity. To do this, concentrate on replenishing the webspinning capacity of the desired person or creature.

Additional Bonuses and Powers

Traits granted

The giant spider grants its consort a luck bonus early in the bond progression, which scales with bond strength.

Furry giant spiders

Furry giant spiders or possibly giant spiders bonded via the dark whisper seem to be different.

First tier specialties for these spiders are

• combat reflexes
• spelunking
• stealth
• traps

Second tier specialties are:

• dirty fighting
• find weakness
• forestry
• jungle fieldcraft
• killer instinct
• precision strike