Horrific Spider

Opponent

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Combat Name	The spider
HP	40
Stats	Perception: 6 Reflexes: 6 Strength: 6 Will: 6
Power	Melee: 4 Ranged: 0 Fire: — Etheric: — Stealth: — Evasion: 0 Unopposed: 0
Defense	Melee: 4 Ranged: 4 Fire: 4 Etheric: 4 Stealth: 4 Reactive: 0
Hidden Flags	Stone, Spider
Rewards	6 XP You found: stone spider leg (~10%*) You found: 1-2 chunks of stone spider chitin (~20%*) You found: spider venom sample (sometimes, with a Myers Sampling Kit equipped) You found: spider skein (always?, with Chitin Hands active?) You learned a new Technique: Unleash Spider (with a binding tome, see below)

Encountered

While Etheric (most all these encounters also have non-Etheric versions with a Midgard SD1):

• Waterfront: Midgard Warehouse (after running up alert enough, repeatable)
• Waterfront: hacking Sewer Relay (hacking) (repeatable)
• Waterfront: Security Office encounter (one-time only win, after long quest chain)
• The Slags: Damaged buildings: First Floor (one-time only win)
• Using a spider cell culture (fight 2-4 - see Nightmares in a Jar)

Attacks

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Technique	Chain	Power	Dam	Type	Condition	Notes
Slip Close	1	5	5-10	Melee
Leap	2	6	6-12	Evasion (M,R)
Poison Bite	2	5	5-10	Melee		Gives 5 turns of Spider Venom†
Ceiling Crawl	3	?	?	Evasion (M)
Leg Slam	3	10	10-15	Melee
		None			Vs. Evasion
Swordplay	4	8	8-14	Melee
Acid Spit	4	8	8-14	Ranged
Summon Spiders	5	Deals x damage at the end of each following round Gives x energy of Spider Venom† x = ((number of times Summon Spiders has been used), squared - your Melee Defense) Unless the spiders are swarming inside your containment suit in which case x = a hell of a lot

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Technique	Text
Slip Close	The spider slips closer and bites you, dealing x damage.
Leap	The spider leaps a shocking distance straight up.
Poison Bite	The spider lunges forward and bites you for x damage.
Ceiling Crawl	The spider crawls along the ceiling above your head. <You attack>, but the spider stays frustratingly out of reach and avoids the damage.
Leg Slam	Normally: The spider brings its sharp leg high and slams it down on you, dealing x damage. Vs. Evasion: The spider brings a sharp leg down at you, but you deftly avoid the attack.
Swordplay	The spider reaches out and cuts deeply into you for x damage.
Acid Spit	The spider pulls back its head and spits a stream of acid at you, dealing x damage.
Summon Spiders	The giant spider rears up and you hear a strange, high-pitched screech. Thousands of tiny spiders pour from the larger one and swarm over you, biting wherever they can. And, at the end of every round in the rest of the combat without a containment suit: The spiders swarm over you, biting in dozens of different places. You take x agonizing damage from their bites and venom. And then at the end of the round if it's been used 4+ times this combat: The spiders swarm over you, biting in a thousand different places. You can barely see through the mass. You take x agonizing damage from their bites and venom. If however you have a containment suit: Spiders swarm all over you, but they can't seem to find a way into your containment suit. And then after a couple rounds of this trying to get inside the suit: Spiders are swarming over you, but at least the suit should… ahhhhhhh! Oh God, oh God, they're in the suit! You take <X> agonizing damage from their bites and venom. After which they'll start doing massive damage: The spiders are swarming within your containment suit, biting you everywhere they can reach. Your entire body itches and burns with their venom. You take <x> agonizing damage from their bites and venom.

Chains

Chain		Chance
1:2	Slip Close:Poison Bite	1/7
1:2:3	Slip Close:Leap:Leg Slam	1/7
2:3:4	Leap:Ceiling Crawl:Acid Spit	1/7
2:3:4:5	Leap:Ceiling Crawl:Acid Spit:Summon Spiders	1/7
4:5	Acid Spit:Summon Spiders	1/7
4:5	Swordplay:Summon Spiders	1/7
4:3	Swordplay:Leg Slam	1/7

Notes

If you defeat this opponent with a binding tome equipped, but without using Release the Hounds, you get this message after combat:

You speak words of binding over the fallen spider, trying to draw its essence into the tome, but are not strong enough do it alone.

If you use Release the Hounds once or twice:

Your hounds continue to circle the fallen spider as you speak words of binding, but even together you're not strong enough to trap its essence.

If you used it three times:

Your pack continues to circle the fallen spider as you speak words of binding, helping you trap it in the tome. Victory!

You learned a new Technique: Unleash Spider

If you have Chitin Hands active, you sometimes get on winning:

The webs around the spider don't stick to your hands too badly, so you're able to gather some up.

You found: spider skein

You feast on the spider's flesh, regaining x Energy.

1 XP

History

Sometime between Halloween 2011 and June 2012 several of the spider's combat messages were changed:

• Slip Close was added to replace Jump and Bite.
• Poison Bite now also does (melee?) damage. The old message was:

The spider lunges forward and bites you, injecting venom into your veins.