Feign Spider

Feign spiders are relics of a forgotten age, a time before the Great Flood destroyed the mythic beasts of old. The few Feign Spiders that survived the flood now inhabit dark underground chambers and abandoned temples, making their lairs on ceilings in dark web-filled crevices. A Feign Spider is an ambush predator, weaving its invisibly snares throughout innocuous-looking passageways, and then laying in wait in nearby crevices. A Feign Spider even seeks to use illusory magic to hide its victims so that it can feed without fear of being interrupted.

The unjust weave a spider's web, Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.
Isaiah 59:5

Large Monstrosity, unaligned

Armor Class 13

Hit Points 23

Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
14 (+2)	16 (+3)	12 (+1)	4 (-3)	10 (+0)	4 (-3)

Skills Stealth +7

Senses Blindsight 10 ft., Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 10

Challenge 1 (200 XP)

Features

Invisible Webs. A feign spider uses innate magic to weave invisible webbing. Only See Invisibility or similar magic can reveal a feign spider's web.

Spider Climb. The Spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

Terrain Camouflage. The Feign Spider has advantage on Stealth checks made to hide in desert or mountainous regions.

Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with the same web.

Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8+3) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or turn invisible. A creature turned invisible in this way is still visible to Feign Spiders. A bitten creature becomes visible again after 1 hour, or if the Feign Spider is killed.

Web (Recharge 5-6). Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 30/60 ft., one creature. Hit: The target is restrained by the webbing. As an action, the restrained target can make a DC 12 Strength check, bursting the webbing on a success. The webbing can also be attacked and destroyed (AC 10; 5 HP; vulnerability to fire damage; immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage).

Reel. The Feign Spider pulls a creature restrained by webbing up to 25 feet straight toward it.

Reactions

Illusory Skitter. When a creature the Feign Spider can see makes an attack roll against it, it can use its reaction to exude a illusory field of shifting, wavering magic. The attacker suffers disadvantage on the attack roll unless it has Blindsight or can see through illusions.

Feign Spiders in the Bible?

There are no references to feign spiders in the Bible, and this monster has been added simply for fun in this campaign. The Bible does reference spiders and spider webs, usually as a symbol for evil, deceit, or false appearance. This monster was designed based on the symbolic appearances of spiders in the Bible, rather than on a creature that actually existed.

Bible5e custom monster. Its specific traits supplement the current rules. See Using Bible5e Monsters.