paddyfool
2020-07-20, 09:31 PM
An attempt at making vaguely balanced psychic spiders, based on the species from the Mother of Learning webnovel (https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21220/mother-of-learning):
Beneath the cities of men, you may find the Aranea. Few that do remember the experience. They live in small communities or Webs, often of about 50 to 100 females (only the females are truly sentient), and they excel at Telepathy.
+2 Dex, -2 Str
Small
Magical Beast
Base land speed 30 ft, climb 20 ft
Aranea speak common and Aranea
Naturally Psionic: Aranea gain 1 bonus power point at 1st level. This benefit does not grant them the ability to manifest powers unless they gain that ability through another source, such as levels in a psionic class.
Psi-like ability: 1/day Mind Thrust (may augment with power points if desired)
+2 to Will saves vs Psionics
+4 racial bonus on Hide, Spot, Climb, Balance and Jump checks
+2 bonus to craft anything made out of webbing
May produce up to 2 pounds of webbing per day if well fed
-4 penalty to craft anything not made out of webbing
-8 penalty to use any tools or weapons designed to be used by creatures with hands
Bite, 1d4 with poison [DC 10+Con, 1d3 Wis damage]
Tremorsense 60′, low light vision
LA +0
This is probably a bit buff overall, particularly with the climb speed and tremorsense, but having significant difficulty in using most loot would of course be its own challenge. Any feedback?
EDIT: Renamed to Psychic Aranea as it's been pointed out that there's already an Aranea species.
Beneath the cities of men, you may find the Aranea. Few that do remember the experience. They live in small communities or Webs, often of about 50 to 100 females (only the females are truly sentient), and they excel at Telepathy.
+2 Dex, -2 Str
Small
Magical Beast
Base land speed 30 ft, climb 20 ft
Aranea speak common and Aranea
Naturally Psionic: Aranea gain 1 bonus power point at 1st level. This benefit does not grant them the ability to manifest powers unless they gain that ability through another source, such as levels in a psionic class.
Psi-like ability: 1/day Mind Thrust (may augment with power points if desired)
+2 to Will saves vs Psionics
+4 racial bonus on Hide, Spot, Climb, Balance and Jump checks
+2 bonus to craft anything made out of webbing
May produce up to 2 pounds of webbing per day if well fed
-4 penalty to craft anything not made out of webbing
-8 penalty to use any tools or weapons designed to be used by creatures with hands
Bite, 1d4 with poison [DC 10+Con, 1d3 Wis damage]
Tremorsense 60′, low light vision
LA +0
This is probably a bit buff overall, particularly with the climb speed and tremorsense, but having significant difficulty in using most loot would of course be its own challenge. Any feedback?
EDIT: Renamed to Psychic Aranea as it's been pointed out that there's already an Aranea species.