Giant Spider
Giant Spiders are huge carnivorous creatures that can be found in the Old World, Lustria, Naggaroth, the Southlands [1] and Avelorn.[8]
Appearance
Growing to the size of a small horse and often hunting in packs,[2] they have a powerful and poisonous bite and are protected by chitinous armour.[1] Colouring, patterns, and other traits vary greatly by region with northern species having black and brown fur and grey fur in the southlands, though all bear strange markings in iridescent shades of blue, green, and red.[3] While very large for Spiders, they are still smaller than the Gigantic Spider and Arachnarok Spider.[7]
Ecology and behavior
Spiders are ambush predators that prefer to leap on prey from above and poison it before it can react or fight back. As spiders usually attack other creatures out of hunger, they typically pick off the weakest member of a group and retreat with their kill instead of staying and continuing to fight.[5]
Goblins
Forest Goblin tribes have learnt to capture broodlings and hand rear them as mounts.[2] They feature prominently in the Spider-kult's worship of the Feaster from Beyond.[6]
Species
Known varieties of Giant Spider include:
- Drakwald Mancatcher[2][3]
- Tilean Greyback[2]
- Trapdoor Spider: They dig burrows some 60 ft deep and 10-20ft in diameter with a door woven from branches, debris and silk.[4]
- Widowmaker of Naggaroth[2]
- Scarlet Deathhead[6]
Gallery
Giant Spider
Giant Trapdoor Spider
Sources
- 1: WFB Rulebook (3rd Edition), Giant Spider, pg. 247
- 2: Storm of Magic, Spiders, pg. 102
- 3: The Imperial Zoo (book), Of Spiders and Forest Goblins, pg. 12
- 4: Doomstones: Blood in Darkness, Giant Spider, pg. 17
- 5: Old World Bestiary, Giant Spiders, pg. 96
- 6: Cluster Eye Tribe (book), Old Weirde's Incunabulum”, pgs. 5-6
- 7: Warhammer Armies: Orcs & Goblins (8th Edition), Arachnarok Spiders, pg. 50
- 8: Warhammer Armies: High Elves (5th Edition): The Kingdoms of Ulthuan, pg. 8-9
