Ettercap
Monstrosity · Medium
Ettercaps are spindly spider-herders that string webs across deep forest paths and keep giant spiders as hounds. They snare travellers and leave them cocooned in the branches for later.
- Danger
- A fight to fear
- How it is met
- In pairs, by night
- Challenge
- 2
- SRD 5.2.1 stat blocks
- Ettercap
Hear it
- Giant Spider Weaving Cocoon Around Prey (On Patreon, Guardian tier)
- Web Spewed By Spider (On Patreon, Guardian tier)
- Spiders' Forest (In the album RPG Ambiences Vol. 7)
Where it is met
Tropical Rainforest, Temperate Forest, Temperate Conifer Forest
Gives
Stat blocks (D&D 5e)
Ettercap
Medium Monstrosity, Neutral Evil
AC 13 · Initiative +2 (12)
HP 44 (8d8 + 8)
Speed 30 ft., Climb 30 ft.
| Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 (+2), save +2 | 15 (+2), save +2 | 13 (+1), save +1 | 7 (−2), save −2 | 12 (+1), save +1 | 8 (−1), save −1 |
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +4, Survival +3
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 13
Languages None
CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2)
Traits
Spider Climb. The ettercap can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web Walker. The ettercap ignores movement restrictions caused by webs, and the ettercap knows the location of any other creature in contact with the same web.
Actions
Multiattack. The ettercap makes one Bite attack and one Claw attack.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) Piercing damage plus 2 (1d4) Poison damage, and the target has the Poisoned condition until the start of the ettercap’s next turn.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2) Slashing damage.
Web Strand (Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 12, one Large or smaller creature the ettercap can see within 30 feet. Failure: The target has the Restrained condition until the web is destroyed (AC 10; HP 5; Vulnerability to Fire damage; Immunity to Bludgeoning, Poison, and Psychic damage).
Bonus Actions
Reel. The ettercap pulls one creature within 30 feet of itself that is Restrained by its Web Strand up to 25 feet straight toward itself.
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