# Crypt Spider

*Medium* *Beast* *lawful evil*

- **Armor Class:** 15 (natural armor)
- **Hit Points:** 38 (7d8+7)
- **Speed:** climb 30 ft. walk 30 ft.
- **Challenge Rating:** 2 (450 XP)
- **Source:** Creature Codex, page 133

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14 (+2) | 16 (+3) | 12 (+1) | 10 (+0) | 11 (+0) | 8 (-1) |

- **Skills:** deception +1, intimidation +1, stealth +5
- **Damage Immunities:** poison
- **Condition Immunities:** poisoned
- **Senses:** blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
- **Languages:** Common, Undercommon

### Special Abilities

- **Cocoon Prey:** As a bonus action, a crypt spider can cocoon a creature within 5 feet that is currently restrained by webbing. A cocooned creature has disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws made to escape the web.
- **Spider Climb:** The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
- **Web Sense:** While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with that web.
- **Web Walker:** The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.

### Actions

- **Bite:** Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage, and the creature must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces the creature to 0 hp, the creature is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hp, and is paralyzed while poisoned in this way.
- **Web (Recharge 5-6):** Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 30/60 ft., one creature. Hit: The creature is restrained by webbing. As an action, the restrained creature can make a DC 13 Strength check, escaping from the webbing on a success. The effect also ends if the webbing is destroyed. The webbing has AC 10, 5 hp, vulnerability to fire damage, and immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage.
- **Create Zombie:** The crypt spider creates a swarm of spiders statistics). The crypt spider can have no more than four zombies under its control at one time.