Nice Spider

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Bug hunt sir?

You can find a nice spider write up over here and I’m pasting the basics below as well but visit the thread and offer appreciate or criticism as you feel warranted as the first makes people more inclined to share and the latter can help build a better monster for all of us.

In this particular case I’d make the young power a recharge to avoid bookkeeping and to keep the minion count down to a manageable level for the players.  As it stands, one minion a round is going to overwhelm a group that doesn’t take the mother out quickly I think given the typical hit ratio.  Making it a 4+ or 5+ recharge gives a group the ability to have one character designated a minion killer and that’s what they do while the rest tries to burn down the big one.

Bloodweb Hive Mother (Level 6 Solo Controller)
Huge natural beast (spider) XP 1,250
Initiative+7; Senses Perception +6; tremorsense 5
Hungry Young aura 1; anyone who begins its turn in the aura takes 5 damage and is slowed until the end of their next turn.
HP 304; Bloodied 152
AC 23; Fortitude 23; Reflex 21; Will 18
Resist 15 poison
Saving Throws +5
Speed 6, climb 6 (spider climb)
Action Points 2
M Bite (standard; at-will) Poison
Reach 2, +11 vs AC; 2d6+6 damage, and ongoing 5 poison damage (save ends).
R Venom Spit (standard; at-will) Poison
Ranged 5, +9 vs. Reflex; 1d10+4 poison damage and the target is slowed (save ends).
m Hive Assault (standard; at-will) Poison
The bloodweb hive mother makes two bite attacks.
Webbed Bombardment (minor; recharge 5, 6)
Burst 3 within 10, +9 vs. Reflex; the target is immobilized (save ends). The area is filled with spider webs and considered difficult terrain until the end of the encounter.
Bloodied Bombardment (free, when first bloodied; encounter)
Webbed bombardment recharges, and the hive mother uses it immediately.
Generate Young (free; once per round)
The bloodweb hive mother creates a bloodweb young in an adjacent square. The young may act immediately on the hive mother’s initiative.
Alignment Unaligned Languages
Skills Stealth +12
Str 22(+9) Dex 18(+7) Wis 16(+6)
Con 20(+8) Int 1(-2) Cha 10(+3)


Bloodweb Young (Level 6 Minion)
Small natural beast (spider) XP 63
Initiative+8; Senses Perception +6; tremorsense 5
HP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.
AC 19; Fortitude 18; Reflex 20; Will 18
Resist 10 poison
Speed 6, climb 6 (spider climb)
M Bite (standard; at-will) Poison
+10 vs AC; 5 damage.
Alignment Unaligned Languages
Skills Stealth +13
Str 16(+6) Dex 21(+8) Wis 16(+6)
Con 12(+4) Int 1(-2) Cha 10(+3)

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