Tarantella

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For a list of all arthropods, see list of arthropods.

tarantella s
HP	18-38
HD	8
XP	214
Speed	15
AC	3
EV	14
Will	20
Attack1	19 (touch: confuse)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	Poison
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Small
Type	spider, tarantella
Flags	No skeleton Web immune

A small but greatly-feared spider whose bite causes victims to break into a frenzied dance.

Useful Info

Tarantellas are spiders with a unique venom that induces confusion rather than poison in its victims. They are thankfully fairly fragile, but often appear along with a group of other spider types. They can be found in the Spider's Nest.

Tips & Tricks

• Poison resistance and willpower do nothing to stop their confusion effect, but clarity works like a charm, if you can get hold of it.
• A potion of curing will cure confusion.
  • Followers of Elyvilon or Ru can cure confusion with Purification or Draw Out Power respectively.
• They're vulnerable to poison themselves, so Mephitic Cloud can take them out of commission easily.
• Tarantellas might be fragile, but they're fast and they hit about as hard as yaks, even without the added confusion. Be careful if you're fighting lots of spiders at once.

History

• Prior to 0.25, the player could summon tarantellas using a sack of spiders.
• In 0.17, chunks from tarantella corpses became edible instead of poisonous.