Giant Spider

Giant Spider
skill	7-9
stamina	5-10
Habitat	Caves, Deserts, Dungeons, Forests, Marshes, Ruins, Wilderness
Number Encountered	1
Type	Insect
Reaction	Hostile
Intelligence	Low

Giant Spiders were a significant danger to adventurers, being commonly encountered in caves, dungeons, and other dark, hidden and wild places across Titan.

Description

Many of these creatures are simply referred to as "Giant Spiders", although this is probably a cover term for a range of different species, including:

• Cragspider
• Firetop Spider
• Giant Black Spider
• Giant Bloodsucking Spider
• Giant Crab Spider
• Giant Earth Spider
• Giant Forest Spider
• Giant Harvest Spider
• Giant Jumping Spider
• Giant Marsh Spider
• Giant Orb-Web Spider
• Giant Pirate Spider
• Giant Spike Spider
• Giant Spitting Spider
• Giant Trapdoor Spider
• Giant Water Spider
• Giant Wolf Spider
• Tangleweb Spider

Further Information in Canon

More information can be found at:^Source
The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook (paraCover*)
Out of the Pit (Large) (pg108#*, pg126)
Allansia (pg152)
The Warrior's Way (para76#)
Dungeoneer (pg390#)
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (para61#, para394#*)
The Forest of Doom (para140, para298#)
Scorpion Swamp (para144*, para261#*)
Trial of Champions (para37*, para64, para108, para118#, para254, para293)
Midnight Rogue (para207#, para213, para235, para265, para285, para290, para304#, para312, para353, para374)
Daggers of Darkness (para29#, para277)
Armies of Death (para87#*, para275)
Portal of Evil (para67#, para196*, para220)
Legend of the Shadow Warriors (para50, para240*, para313)
Siege of Sardath (pg6*, pg21, para8, para19, para45, para46, para49, para64, para168, para174, para210, para219, para227, para243, para267, para325, para346, para349, para373, para392)
Spellbreaker (para262)
Deathmoor (para208#)
Knights of Doom (para339, para366)
Revenge of the Vampire (para342#)
Eye of the Dragon (para21, para55#, para105#)
Howl of the Werewolf (para14, para45, para122)
The Trolltooth Wars (pg94*-95*, pg205, pg244)
The Riddling Reaver (pg203#)
Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World'(Large) (pg97)
Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World'(Small) (pg222)
Warlock Issue 1 (pg26 (61#), pg44 (232), pg46 (242#), pg47*)
Warlock Issue 2 (pg5#)
Warlock Issue 5 (pg23 (18#*), pg34 (94))

See Also

• Spider

Appendix

Gallery

A giant spiders skin used as a cloak.

A halfling being menaced by a giant spider.

A giant spider stalking a forest goblin.

Appearances

Adventures

• Armies of Death
• Citadel of Chaos (AFF)
• Portal of Evil (book)
• The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (AFF)
• The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (book)
• Trial of Champions (book)

Sourcebooks

• Out of the Pit
• Beyond the Pit
• Return to the Pit

Video Games

• Deathtrap Dungeon (computer game)

References