Spider, Giant Water

Frequency	Common
Number appearing	1
Armor class	7
Move	140-ft underwater
Hit dice	3+3
% in lair	40%
Treasure type	1d8×1,000 cp (30%), 1d8×1,000 sp (30%), 1d8×1,000 ep (30%), 1d3 gems (20%), 1d6 jewellery (30%), 1d2 magic items (10%)
Damage per attack	1d4+1
Special attacks	Poison
Special defenses	None
Magic resistance	Normal
Intelligence	Semi-
Alignment	Neutral
Size	Large

Frequency

Common

Number appearing

Armor class

Move

140-ft underwater

Hit dice

3+3

% in lair

40%

Treasure type

1d8×1,000 cp (30%), 1d8×1,000 sp (30%), 1d8×1,000 ep (30%), 1d3 gems (20%), 1d6 jewellery (30%), 1d2 magic items (10%)

Damage per attack

1d4+1

Special attacks

Poison

Special defenses

None

Magic resistance

Normal

Intelligence

Semi-

Alignment

Neutral

Size

Large

These are like their giant land-based cousins in most respects. They differ in that they do not build webs per se, rather; they build underwater lairs and carefully transfer air trapped in web-sacs to the lairs. They can hide within and wait for unwary swimmers, whereupon they will scuttle out and drag their prey down, poisoning them, cocooning them, and removing them to their lair to consume.

As their lairs are air-filled, if the creature is slain, these places may be used for one hour for creatures that require air to breathe.

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