Drain spider

Drain spider

(Creature)

Type

Vermin

CR

1/6 to 1

Environment

urban

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Bestiary, pg(s). 258

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Drain spiders are large venomous, mottled brown spiders about the size of a rat. They make their home in the tunnels below urban areas and are known to be quite aggressive. They feed on trash, bats, and rats, and are considered a great nuisance to city dwellers because of their poison.

After a strong downpour, drain spiders can sometimes be forced onto street level in great swarms. These events were christened "spider storms" by the inhabitants of Korvosa in Varisia, although the term has spread to other parts of Avistan, especially around Lake Encarthan.

Variants

Drain spiders began in the Mwangi Expanse where they stowed away on fruit that was exported through the Inner Sea region.

These spiders can sometimes grow to extraordinary size, especially in the sections of Korvosa's undercity known as the Vaults and below the Acadamae, where they can grow to the size of a large [[cat].}

As animal companions

Some gnomes, who are known for keeping unique but difficult-to-control pets, keep drain spiders as animal companions.