Leng Spider What You See This bloated, mottled purple spider's eyes shine eerily as if resenting the fact that you are still alive Its head swivels to examine the area as a twinge of regret washes over you CR 12 XP 19,200 LE Large magical beast (extraplanar) Init +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, tremorsense 30 ft.; Perception +20 DEFENSE AC 27, touch 17, flat-footed 19 (+7 Dex, +1 dodge, +10 natural, –1 size) hp 162 (13d10+91) Fort +15, Ref +15, Will +10 Immune cold, poison; SR 23 OFFENSE Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft Melee bite +18 (2d6+6/19–20 plus poison and perpetual pain), talons +18 (1d6+6) Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft Special Attacks perpetual pain, traps, poison, toxic webs (+19 ranged, DC 25, 26 hp) S TAT I S T I C S Str 22, Dex 24, Con 25, Int 19, Wis 18, Cha 19 Base Atk +13; CMB +20; CMD 38 Feats Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Improved Critical (bite), Iron Will, Mobility, Spring Attack Skills Climb +30, Craft (traps) +17, Disable Device +20, Perception +20, Sense Motive +17, Stealth +19 (+27 in webs); Racial Modifiers +8 Stealth in webs Languages Aklo, Common, Leng Spider SQ strong webs, toxic webs ECO LO GY Environment cold mountains Organization solitary, pair, or nest (3–12) Treasure standard SPECIAL ABILITIES 350 Perpetual Pain (Su) When a leng spider envenoms a creature with its bite attack (but not when a creature becomes poisoned from its webs), the pain caused by the poison lingers A victim poisoned by a leng spider’s bite becomes permanently sickened from the pain of this lingering venom, though a successful DC 23 Fortitude save reduces the duration of this sickened condition to 24 hours This is a poison and a curse effect, and any effect that removes poison or curse will end the sickened condition The save DC is Constitution-based Poison (Ex) Bite—injury; save Fort DC 23; frequency 1/ round for rounds; effect 1d4 Str; cure consecutive saves Strong Webs (Ex) A leng spider’s webs are unusually strong The DC to break them gains a +2 racial bonus, and the web’s hit points are twice their normal, expected value These modifications are already calculated into the stats above Toxic Webs (Ex) A creature that comes into contact with a leng spider’s web is exposed to a diluted form of the toxin in the leng spider’s bite This poison works differently than normal poison does When a creature touches a leng spider web, it must make a successful DC 23 Fortitude save or it becomes weakened by pain, suffering a –6 penalty to its Strength score as long as it remains in contact with the webs and for an additional 1d6 rounds after contact ceases A new save is required at the start of each round of contact, but the Strength penalty from multiple exposures does not stack The save DC is Constitution-based Traps (Ex) Leng spiders are particularly gifted at crafting complex traps using their webs and other objects at hand Often these traps utilize bait in the form of wounded captives or attractive treasure Creating a trap takes a leng spider a number of hours equal to the final CR of the trap The trap created must be mechanical (not supernatural) in nature, and often utilizes leng spider webbing in some way or another Leng spider traps must be frequently tended and often need minor repairs, and as such, a single leng spider can only maintain a total number of traps at a time whose combined CRs add up to a number equal to or less than the leng spider’s CR For example, a single CR 12 leng spider can maintain CR 12 trap at a time, CR traps, a dozen CR traps, three CR traps and a single CR trap, and so on All of these traps must be located within mile of each other Leng spiders prefer traps that catch and incapacitate rather than kill Three typical leng spider traps are presented below Boulder-Capped Pit (CR 8); Type mechanical; Perception DC 25; Disable Device DC 28; Trigger touch; Reset manual; Effect When the trigger (usually a piece of treasure) is touched, a five-foot-wide, 20-foot deep pit opens The creature can avoid falling with a successful DC 20 Reflex save, but if it fails it takes only 1d6 falling damage as the toxic webs that line the pit’s floor soften the impact slightly As the pit’s floor and walls are web-coated, creatures in contact with them must save