Demonspider (4e Monster)

Demonspider
Demonspiders are demons spawned of the great web, and are usually in spider form. Like their mistress, Lolth, they are often deceivers, relying on trickery, lies, deceit and stealth to destroy their foes utterly.

Bebilith
Bebiliths are enormous, predatory, arachnid demons that hunt other demons. A bebilith has a body the size of a plow horse, with legs spanning more than 14 feet. It weighs more than two tons. Bebiliths look like misshapen spiders with dark, mottled, chitinous bodies. Their forelegs end in wicked barbs, and their fanged mouths drip poisonous goo.

Bebilith Tactics
Bebiliths rely on basic tactics, charging their foes and using double claw and bite slay their foes. They use web to restrain fleeing foes or as a cover to flee themselves when bloodied.

Brain Spider
A brain spider is a parasitic, spider-shaped creatures that reproduces by laying its eggs in its prey's brain. A young brain spider grows inside the brain, controlling the mind of its host. Once mature, it bursts out of its prey, ready to infect others with its progeny.

Brain Spider Tactics
Brain spiders rely on their infection ability to infect a foe with brain spider infection. Brain spiders use mindweb to turn their enemies against each other and to bring their chosen victims to them.

Lesser Demonspider
Lesser demonspiders are weaker demonspiders which are generally used as "living shields".

Lesser Demonspider Tactics
Lesser demonspiders use their speed to outmaneuver their foes.

Progenitor Spider
Progenitor spiders can reproduce by injecting foes with eggs which hatch inside them. The newborn spiderlings feast upon the body of the unfortunate victim, until they have sufficient numbers to break out of the victims' body.

Progenitor Spider Tactics
The progenator spider attacks viciously, using progenition bite to infect the body of its victim with progenition.

Progenitor Spider Swarm Tactics
Progenitor spider swarms are mindless, swarming around their foes and relying on weight of numbers to bring down their foes.

Retriever
A retriever specializes in recovering lost or desired objects, runaway slaves, and enemies and bringing them back to its master. A retriever has a body the size of an ox, with legs spanning more than 14 feet. It weighs about 6,500 pounds.

Retriever Tactics
A retriever attacks subtly, trying to ambush or outmaneuver its foes and using retriever's eye to destroy its foes. If it has been ordered to retrieve someone or something, it grabs that object.

Turmoil Spider
A turmoil spider is a creature of pure chaos, gaining and loosing powers as Lolth sees fit. A turmoil spider is amongst the most dangerous demonspiders, as it is truly unpredictable.

Turmoil Spider Tactics
Turmoil spiders modify their tactics based on power selection. With ranged powers, the turmoil spider will keep its distance, using allies as cover. With melee powers, the turmoil spider attempts to outmaneuver its foes.

Yochlol
The yochlol are the dreaded handmaidens of Lolth. They are shapeshifters, able to take many guises. They are feared throughout the world as Lolth's eyes and ears.

Yochlol Tactics
Yochlol tactics vary depending on their form. In humanoid form the yochlol will use charming kiss to dominate a foe and turn it against its enemies, using corrupting touch on enemies that get close. If required, the yochlol will change form. In other forms, the yochlol will only change her form to humanoid form if every other option is exhasusted, as they are nude when they first assume humanoid form. In spider form, the yochlol will rely on her venom to slay her foes, while in ooze form she will rely on her many tentacle attacks. If the yochlol seems likely to loose, she will flee in gasceous form.

Demonspider Lore
A character knows the following information with a successful arachana or religion skill check|check]].
 * DC 10 (arachana), DC 15 (religion): Demonspiders are Lolth's demons. They generally take spider form, though this is by no means an indication of their powers.
 * DC 15 (arachana), DC 20 (religion): Demonspiders are spawned from the arachania in the same way that demons are spawned from the abyss.
 * DC 20 (arachana), DC 25 (religion): Demonspiders often unite spider|monstrous spiders]] into colonies, commanding them in the spydric war.

Encounter Groups
Demonspiders are generally found with other spiders, drow and draegloth.

Level 15 Encounter (XP 6000)

 * 1 Yochlol (Level 15 Elite Controller)
 * 1 Retriever (Level 12 Lurker)
 * 1 Progenitor Spider (Level 10 Elite Skirmisher)
 * 2 Bebiliths (Level 8 Brute)
 * 4 Lesser Demonspiders (Level 15 Minion)

Level 24 Encounter (XP 30700)

 * Greater Yochlol (Level 25 Elite Controller)
 * 1 Brain Spider (Level 23 Skirmisher)
 * 1 Greater Progenitor Spider (Level 20 Elite Skirmisher)
 * 2 Turmoil Spiders (Level 18 Lurker)
 * 1 Draegloth Favored One (Level 18 Controller)