Void-Touched Spider Queen

Large beast, unaligned

The dominant spider in a Void-touched colony, grown large and powerful by feeding on both prey and raw ley line energy. Her carapace is thicker than her brood's, shot through with crackling blue-white energy that discharges on contact.

Armor Class:14 (natural armor)

Hit Points:52 (7d10 + 14)

Speed:30 ft, climb 30 ft

Challenge:CR 3

STR

16 (+3)

DEX

14 (+2)

CON

14 (+2)

INT

5 (-3)

WIS

12 (+1)

CHA

4 (-3)

Skills:Stealth +4

Damage Resistances:Necrotic, poison

Senses:Blindsight 10 ft, darkvision 60 ft, passive Perception 11

Fear Check:DC 12 WIS save.

Traits

Spider Climb. Can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without an ability check.

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

Mana-Charged Carapace. The queen's body crackles with absorbed ley line energy. A creature that hits the queen with a melee attack while within 5 feet of her takes 3 (1d6) lightning damage.

Actions

Multiattack. The spider queen makes two attacks: one with her Bite and one with her Web.

Bite. *Melee Weapon Attack:* +5 to hit, reach 5 ft, one target. *Hit:* 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage. The target must succeed on a DC 12 CON save or be poisoned for 1 minute (with Mana-Laced Venom effects as the smaller spiders). The target can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns.

Web (Recharge 5-6). *Ranged Weapon Attack:* +4 to hit, range 30/60 ft, one creature. *Hit:* The target is restrained by webbing. As an action, the restrained target can make a DC 13 STR check, bursting the webbing on a success. The webbing can also be attacked and destroyed (AC 10, HP 10, vulnerability to fire damage, immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage).

Mana Pulse (1/Day). The queen releases stored ley line energy in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in the area must make a DC 13 CON save, taking 14 (4d6) force damage on a failure, or half as much on a success. Casters who fail also lose 1d4 mana.