Monstrous spider

Monstrous spider
Monstrous spider

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a monstrous spider is one of the most common types of Giant spider.

Contents

Publication history

The large spider, the huge spider, and the giant spider first appeared in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the original Monster Manual (1977).[1]

The large spider, the huge spider, and the giant spider appeared in the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (1977).

The large spider, the huge spider, and the giant spider appeared in the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989),[2] and reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993) with the gargantuan spider.[3]

The tiny monstrous spider, the small monstrous spider, the medium monstrous spider, the large monstrous spider, the huge monstrous spider, the gargantuan monstrous spider, and the colossal monstrous spider appeared in the third edition Monster Manual (2000),[4] and in the 3.5 revised Monster Manual (2003).

Description

Githyanki, orcs, goblins, undead and other such lowly, evil races often use Monstrous spiders as mounts, and attack creatures.

There are bound to be Monstrous spiders serving the goddess Lolth.

Monstrous spiders cannot speak, and they are regarded as neutral in alignment.

Critical reception

The large monstrous spider was ranked seventh among the ten best low-level monsters by the authors of Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies. They described the monstrous spider as the "scariest and most representative" of the large number of low-level D&D monsters which are big bugs. They also credit J. R. R. Tolkien with the idea of a spider the size of a horse.[5]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Spider-Man's powers and equipment — The fateful spider bite that gave Peter Parker his powers. Amazing Fantasy #15, art by Steve Ditko. Spider Man s powers, abilities, and equipment are used by Marvel Comics superhero Spider Man in tandem to combat his many foes. He receives most… …   Wikipedia

  • Spider-Man 2 — Infobox Film name = Spider Man 2 caption = Spider Man 2 theatrical poster director = Sam Raimi producer = Avi Arad Laura Ziskin writer = Screenplay: Alvin Sargent Story: Alfred Gough Miles Millar Michael Chabon Comic Book: Stan Lee Steve Ditko… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Spider-Man (1994 TV series) characters — This is a list of characters from Spider Man (1994 TV series). Contents 1 Heroes and allies 1.1 Spider Man/Peter Parker 1.2 Blade 1.3 The Black Cat/Felicia Hardy …   Wikipedia

  • List of Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition monsters — See also: List of Dungeons Dragons monsters Dungeons Dragons version 3.0 (see editions of Dungeons Dragons) was released in 2000. The first book containing monsters to be published was the Monster Manual, released along with the other two core… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition monsters — See also: List of Dungeons Dragons monsters Dungeons Dragons version 3.5 (see editions of Dungeons Dragons) was released in 2003. The first book containing monsters to be published was the Monster Manual, released along with the other two core… …   Wikipedia

  • Tarantula (Marvel Comics) — Superherobox| caption=First appearance of Tarantula (Rodriguez) in Amazing Spider Man vol. 1, #134. Art by Ross Andru character name=Tarantula real name= Clay Riley Anton Miguel Rodriguez Luis Alvarez Maria Vasquez publisher=(All) Marvel Comics… …   Wikipedia

  • Sauron — This article is about a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth fantasy writings. For other uses, see Sauron (disambiguation). Sauron Tolkien s legendarium character Aliases Annatar, Gorthaur the Cruel, Thû, The Necromancer,… …   Wikipedia

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986 TV series) — For other adaptations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, see The Wizard of Oz (adaptations). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Title card from the English language version …   Wikipedia

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986 anime) — Infobox animanga/Header name = The Wonderful Wizard of Oz caption = ja name = オズの魔法使い ja name trans = Oz no Mahōtsukai genre = Fantasy, KodomoInfobox animanga/Anime title = director = Naisho Tonogawa studio = Panmedia network = flagicon|Japan TV… …   Wikipedia

  • Morgoth — This article is about the fictional character. For the band, see Morgoth (band). For the characteristics of all the divine characters of Middle earth, see Valaquenta. Melkor Tolkien s legendarium character Aliases Melkor, Morgoth (Black Enemy),… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”