To do so, she makes another grapple check. In addition, she can use her bonus action to try to pin a creature she has grappled. Arachne has advantage on attack rolls against a creature she is grappling, and she can grapple creatures up to two sizes larger than her. Arachne has advantage on Strength (Athletics) and Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.Įxpert Grappler. Skills Intimidation +7, Investigation +4, Perception +7 weaver’s tools +6Ĩ-Limbed. That said she’s a pretty simple creature: she’s good at grappling, climbing, and jumping, so whether Arachne is encountered alone by lower-level adventurers or in large groups by high-level PCs, it should make for a creepy, fun, and frantic encounter. Athena is not amused and (sometimes curses her, reviving her after a self-hanging then) transforms Arachne into a small, eight-legged insect.ĭesign Notes: I have obviously taken some liberties here largely because we have enough standard spiders already-we do not have creepy human-spiders, or at least, not enough of those.

To Athena’s dismay and frustration, the woman does a much finer job during the contest and even weaves a depiction of how divine beings have mistreated humans over the years. Her lack of humility was so great and so encompassing that Athena takes notice-partly because she gives the goddess of wisdom no credit for her talents-and, disguised as an old woman, challenges Arachne to a weave-off. Though her story differs here and there depending on the exact source, pretty much all of them tell of Arachne talking up her weaving skills.

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