Crypt Spider

Medium Beast lawful evil

• Armor Class: 15 (natural armor)
• Hit Points: 38 (7d8+7)
• Speed: climb 30 ft. walk 30 ft.
• Challenge Rating: 2 (450 XP)
• Source: Creature Codex, page 133

• Skills: deception +1, intimidation +1, stealth +5
• Damage Immunities: poison
• Condition Immunities: poisoned
• Senses: blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages: Common, Undercommon

Special Abilities

• Cocoon Prey: As a bonus action, a crypt spider can cocoon a creature within 5 feet that is currently restrained by webbing. A cocooned creature has disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws made to escape the web.
• Spider Climb: The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
• Web Sense: While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with that web.
• Web Walker: The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.

Actions

• Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage, and the creature must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces the creature to 0 hp, the creature is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hp, and is paralyzed while poisoned in this way.
• Web (Recharge 5-6): Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 30/60 ft., one creature. Hit: The creature is restrained by webbing. As an action, the restrained creature can make a DC 13 Strength check, escaping from the webbing on a success. The effect also ends if the webbing is destroyed. The webbing has AC 10, 5 hp, vulnerability to fire damage, and immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage.
• Create Zombie: The crypt spider creates a swarm of spiders statistics). The crypt spider can have no more than four zombies under its control at one time.

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