Leng Spider

This immense purple spider has a leg span of nearly forty feet and a hideously bloated body, yet still moves with fluid grace.

Leng spiders are intelligent, carnivorous spiders. An adult has a legspan of 20–30 feet or occasionally more, but smaller (younger) specimens are common. An adult weighs 1-3 tons. Since they never stop growing, a few are far larger.

Leng spiders are sly and design traps for their prey.

These can be elaborate and often involve treasure as bait. They are clever enough to let some adventurers live after finding the treasure, to entice further visitors to their mountain lairs. They delight in preying on humanoid egos and spring traps when a would-be treasure-seeker is most confident. Leng spiders thrive on being underestimated.

Leng spiders have a complex society and are readily able to wage war on those who infringe on their territory. Unless in their homes, they rarely fight to the death and will retreat if severely wounded.

Leng Spider CR 14

XP 38,400
CE Huge magical beast (extraplanar)
Init +13; Senses arcane sight, darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +21

DEFENSE

AC 29, touch 17, flat-footed 20 (+9 Dex, +12 natural, –2 size)
hp 202 (15d10+120); fast healing 10
Fort +17, Ref +18, Will +10
Immune cold, confusion and insanity effects, poison, sonic; SR 25

OFFENSE

Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
Melee mwk flail +22/+17/+12 (3d6+8), bite +16 (2d6+4 plus poison)
Ranged mwk bolas +23 (1d8+8)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Special Attacks web (+24 ranged, DC 25, 15 hp), web weaponry
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 15th; concentration +21)

Constant—arcane sight, freedom of movement, tongues
At will—dispel magic, fabricate (webs only)
3/day—air walk, invisibility, major image (DC 19)
1/day—charm monster (DC 20), insanity (DC 23), mirage arcana (DC 21), veil (DC 22)

STATISTICS

Str 26, Dex 29, Con 26, Int 21, Wis 17, Cha 22
Base Atk +15; CMB +25; CMD 44 (54 vs. trip)
Feats Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Iron Will, Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Vital Strike
Skills Acrobatics +27 (+31 jump), Climb +34, Craft (traps) +20, Knowledge (any one) +20, Perception +21, Spellcraft +20, Use Magic Device +21
Languages Aklo; tongues

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Poison (Su)

A Leng spider’s venom causes flesh to blister and rot away and the mind to experience vivid and horrific hallucinations—these visions cause the poisoned creature to react in an unpredictable manner, as if confused. The hallucination element of this poison is mind-affecting. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Bite—injury; save Fort DC 25; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d4 Con plus confusion for 1 round; cure 2 consecutive saves.

Web Weaponry (Ex)

A Leng spider is talented at using its webs to construct masterwork weapons. This technique of weapon creation allows the spider to effectively create a flail or bolas by attaching a heavy object such as a rock or chunk of metal to a cord of webbing. The spider attaches one end of this webbing to a leg and can then wield the weighted cord as a masterwork flail or a masterwork bolas.

It can only wield one such weapon at a time—it must use its other legs to walk. If a Leng spider drops or loses a web weapon, it can create a new one as a full-round action, provided it has access to heavy-weight objects of the correct size (such as loose rocks or skulls).

ECOLOGY

Environment cold mountains
Organization solitary, pair, or nest (3–12)
Treasure standard

Section 15: Copyright Notice

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2, © 2010, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors Wolfgang Baur, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, Graeme Davis, Crystal Frasier, Joshua J. Frost, Tim Hitchcock, Brandon Hodge, James Jacobs, Steve Kenson, Hal MacLean, Martin Mason, Rob McCreary, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Patrick Renie, Sean K Reynolds, F. Wesley Schneider, Owen K.C. Stephens, James L. Sutter, Russ Taylor, and Greg A. Vaughan, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.