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Volume III · Monster ManualBuild 25

Giant Spider

Creatures of the Crooked Mile

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Giant Spider
Implemented development through Build 25Reviewed 28 October 2026

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Chest lurker · Physical

Too many legs, too little warning. A silk-threaded corner is a poor place to discover that the road has narrowed.

Reference statistics

Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments

HP
60
Armor class
12
Attack
+3
Damage
d4+1
Initiative
14
Strikes
2

Weaknesses Frost, Earth

Resistances None listed

Polymorph immunity No authored immunity

Traits and special behavior

Two strikes; 30% Poison for 1 per personal turn.

See the condition reference for the shared effects, and enemy tuning for difficulty-wide chance adjustments.

Statistics by difficulty

DifficultyHPACAttackDamageStrikes
Basic6012+3d4+12
Advanced13217+7d4+52
Expert19823+10d4+92
Master27025+12d4+112
Master+36027+13d4+152

Includes explicit tier overrides and the final maximum-HP multiplier. Damage is the ordinary die and bonus, before final outgoing multipliers. Rage, growth, buffs, encounter adjustments and special action damage are not baked into this table.

Current appearances

AdventureLocationEncounter roster
The Forsaken WoodsThe Charcoal BurnerGiant Spider × 1

Arena: Eight Legs, No Ticket

Detailed reference

These panels retain the exact authored configuration, including unscaled base values. For tier overrides, −1 Attack or damage bonus and zero HP or strikes mean “inherit”; tier indices run from 0 (Basic) to 4 (Master+). Field values and message templates are shown as reference data, not additional rules.

Creature configuration
Stable identifier
giantSpider
Attack Text
{actor} darts forward, fangs bared.
Name
Giant Spider
Plate Name
Spider
Role
Chest lurker
HP
60
Armor class
12
Attack
3
Damage die
4
Damage bonus
1
Initiative
14
Artwork registry index
11
Visual Scale
1.5
Preserve Aspect
Yes
Visual Top Padding
0.195
Visual Bottom Padding
0.15
Strikes per action
2
Poison Chance
30
Poison Damage
1
Weaknesses
  1. Frost
  2. Earth
Resistances
None
Attack Sound
combat.spiderBite
Encounter configurations (1)

Whole encounter rewards and modifiers are shown here; they are not rewards for defeating this creature alone. Legacy fields remain visible for configuration audits.

  1. Stable identifier
    spiderChest
    Enemies
    1. giantSpider
    Gold
    20
    Xp
    25
    Opening
    The chest bursts open. A giant spider had very strong opinions about ownership.
Artwork and presentation
Resource
JournalArt/Core/Shared/Creatures/GiantSpider
Registrations
None

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