Orb spider

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orb spider sOrb spider.png
HP 22-43
HD 5
XP 329
Speed 12 (spell: 200%)
AC 3
EV 10
Will 26
Attack1 5 (bite: medium poison)


Resistances None
Vulnerabilities Poison
Habitat Land
Intelligence Insect
Uses Uses nothing
Holiness Natural
Size Small
Type spider, orb spider
Flags Fake spells
Maintain range
No skeleton
Web sense
Silence immune
An eerily glowing spider with strands of pure energy emerging from its spinnerets. It seems to want to keep its distance.

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


Useful Info

Orb spiders are obnoxious and dangerous arachnids that tend to avoid direct combat with you, lingering at the edge of your line of sight and hurling Orbs of Destruction at you whenever you stop pursuing them. The fact that they tend to appear in areas filled with web traps only makes them more of a threat. They can be found in the Spider's Nest, particularly on the lower floors.

Spells

Spell set
Slot1 Orb of Destruction (8d7)
Slot2 none
Slot3 Cantrip
Slot4 Orb of Destruction (8d7)
Slot5 none
Slot6 Orb of Destruction (8d7)


Tips & Tricks

  • Orb spiders can deal a good amount of damage, but they are quite fragile. Use ranged attacks to kill them fast.
  • With decent footwork, you can dodge their Orbs of Destruction. Once you've managed that, the orb will take several turns to circle back around for another pass, which may take it into another spider, a wall, or even the orb spider that cast it.

History

Orb spiders were introduced in 0.11.