Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Chitine

Chitine, Choldrith and Living Webs, it's a grab bag of arachnid horror today as we venture into the upper Underdark and the populous MiddleDark where the Drow and their warped creations contest and murder their way into Lolth's favor.
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[@moonringXD]

Spider-Man, Spider-Man Demonic neighborhood Spider-Man Plead and crys He's ignored Lolth praise is his reward Look out Here comes the Spider-Man!

[@AJPickett]

Excellent

[@DCdabest]

*somewhere in Lloth's layer of the Abyss* Lloth: "BEHOLD MY NEWEST CREATION!" Under-Demon: "oh boy... I bet it's a Spider-Minotaur or something.../s" Lloth: "BEHOLD THE MIGHTY SPIDERTA- wait. Why'd you say it like *that*!?"

[@mannypardo1080]

Very cool! I love these lesser-known creatures that most people rarely encounter.

[@sagesheahan6732]

Purple dragons? Better yet, a half cobra dragon tarrasque. Youre welcome.

[@raycharles1982]

Actually they are very well known. You just don't read. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@docop8926]

@@raycharles1982 y so tough? Is it easier over a keyboard then irl?

[@michaelbeal1400]

As I crawl into this ceiling looking f9r a leaking pipe, that happens to be infested with unusually thick webbing, all I can think is, "damn you AJ"

[@AJPickett]

I mean, a few prayers to Lolth couldn't hurt...

[@michaelbeal1400]

By Her grace, I hath emerged unscathed. Praised be the Spider Queen..... It was really bad in there

[@Greenscyth22]

A Chitine infestation in a local copper mine would be a nightmare. Picking off workers, then unwary towns folk night after night. Leaving the opening of the mine looking normal, only lacing the rest of the entire mine with webs, traps and entrances to giant spider nests.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

The Drow went "All Tomorrows" with the Chitine. .....Never go All Tomorrows.

[@animefan3794]

If those memory webs release a telepathic shockwave on death that implants the memories of any it’s killed in the last 24 hours into the minds of everyone in range, then I’d think the absolute most clear memories would be the most horrifying. The memory of the last moments alive. For the players, this could be extra terrifying if one of their own had died during the fight, as now they have that fallen comrade’s death from both their original and the fallen friend perspectives. Truly, with enemies like this in the world, any adventurer that makes it to level 20 must be a mentally broken individual.

[@AJPickett]

This person gets it.

[@johngleeman8347]

Living webs (and particularly memory webs) are an amazing monster! The sheer multitudes of different spider-themed beasts is staggering. I think you could run a campaign with nothing but different arachnid horrors for every encounter, and the players would be high-level before you finally ran out. XD

[@AJPickett]

I do advise you change things up on the regular, otherwise the players get a bit burnt out on a thematic overload.

[@kylethomas9130]

@@AJPickett good advice, I've seen posts where PCs obviously had enough of their DM's undead shenanigans.

[@stevenpeterson8582]

@@AJPickett I would also advise a big discussion about this in session 0... you don't want to start into the spider-theme only to permanently lose players because they are terrified of spiders.

[@hermionesydneygoldmanphynn498]

I imagine there’s an old saying of these people in my world. ” if you see some poetry on the wall quickly read through it. if it’s fairly wholesome go towards that direction, there might be slaves there. if it’s fairly chaotic turn around that is off-limits there are no slaves there. And if it’s both fairly chaotic and wholesome turn around and run as fast as you can in the other direction you might become a slave or dinner“

[@hermionesydneygoldmanphynn498]

I think dark elves are only useful for pleasing my girlfriend and second breakfast, possibly at the same time.🍳

[@Natsirt666]

I like to think that upon the death of a Choldrith, they involuntarily spew a flood of eggs upon the floor, sloshing around the ankles of the heroes with fist sized, opalescent eggs coated in a viscous mucous, and any Chitine within 120ft emit a wailing scream and immediately get their full movement to move towards the eggs with the sole purpose of grabbing one and trying to get away.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

I cast fireball

[@tonycook4629]

When my party started our game, we had to deal with a chitine infestation in a swamp. My fighter almost died in the first encounter. We ended up rendering some fat to use as lighter fluid and burned down the entire nest of chitine and killed any chitine that escaped the flames at lvl 1.

[@AJPickett]

Yep, that's the way to do it.

[@UriahNeveah]

These were some of the first monsters our current group had to confront. Chased them through city streets, tracked them along sea side cliffs, and charged in to a little outpost. It felt like a good introduction to what can be out there.

[@dragonlord498]

well another race to add to my list of avoid unless plan to destroy and have the means to do so

[@flibbernodgets7018]

The thing I like best about these videos is how they illustrate the monsters in their natural habitat. They aren't mooks that will rush you with no thought and die by the hundreds like trash mobs in a video game, they're cunning predators as smart as a person that have a huge advantage of being able to alter the terrain however they want with their webbing. Of course they would be a nightmare to fight on their home turf.

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@flibbernodgets7018 Also AJ is an awesome storyteller. He made me regret (as a DM of decades) neglect a LOT of monsters he put in his lore because I thought they were stupid and were really not... just were stupid because I didn't put effort into making them into a good story.

[@avenshil]

I had a homebrew version of a Jorogumo(Japanese spider demon) that had employed chitines and choldriths as her guards for her lair...nice to know I played them out properly but it’s also nice to know I can also expand on them a lot more in the future 😏

[@luckiller019]

>calling Lolth who blows it in your face that is drow sollution to everything >the slaves arerebelling calling Lolth >mind flayer stealling babies calling Lolth >the the toilet is clogged calling Lolth

[@aubreyackermann8432]

Lolth is mad we call her too much, calling... Oh. Wait... Nah. Still calling Lolth.

[@cosmicdjinn1743]

Would love to see a vid on the weresharks

[@nullvoid4063]

Well done AJ. The campaign I’m in right now is centered on the Drow. I will send this to my DM to see if he gets any ideas.

[@AJPickett]

Now I lot of people's first reaction would be "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO YOURSELF?!"... heh heh... I, however, like the cut of your cloth adventurer!

[@nullvoid4063]

@@AJPickett It's simple, I am also a DM for a different group.

[@pikachufantastic]

You sir have a fellow person who would love to try it while using the race if dm allowed use along side a spiderman build.

[@wraithreaper22]

It was for a spider one shot. Used every spider creature lol

[@AJPickett]

Yeah, if you are going to do spider... go FULL SPIDER.

[@wraithreaper22]

@@AJPickett I successfully chased them off but they came back the next day lol

[@michaelbeal1400]

Well, now I have a new plan for the game this weekend. You rock AJ

[@jordanfleming7022]

Living Webs sound so cool. I can imagine them being domesticated for use as electrical generators, in exchange for food. As for domesticated Memory Webs, they could be wrapped around the bases of Lolth idols, serving as data storage for important rituals and hymns.

[@Mandalorian2814]

Just when you thought the underdark couldn't get any worse.

[@pareidolia_phan]

That's a phrase I tell myself a lot as I learn about the underdark.

[@spacepiratejacen2258]

Keep on releasing this Dragon gems because I they are fascinating and fun! Thank you AJ!👍

[@derskalde4973]

So, is there a finite amount of Choldiths in the Underdark, or are they born just like the chitine are, just less often?

[@AJPickett]

Unknown

[@nicholasschoonbeck6866]

If you're interested, 2 comic book series have been published recently that are also used as RPG games - one is DC's Black Label titled called The Last God & they just put out a comic sized gazetteer that is 5th Edition compatible, the artist is Riccardo Federici, who is amazing, & the comic story is told in 2 parts, the past & the present. I think anyone who likes roleplaying guides would love it. The other is an Image Comics series called Die, written by Kieron Gillen, about a group of friends that play RPG's & one of them comes to them with special dice, they roll them & vanish from the earth for years, having been transported to another world of fantasy & magic. Also a great series & Kieron includes role playing guidelines people can use to play in the world.

[@tonyoliver4920]

Plot hooks: the illithid have been strangely quiet The aboleth is missing dead The illithid fought and killed an aboleth Reality: the local illithid cabal has captured an aboleth. They plan to feed it to a memory web then kill the web close to a massive collection of slaves. A group of illithids will then feed on the slaves, some will sacrifice themselves to the elder brain and put the remains of the aboleth into the brain pool Goal: the elder brain will gain all the racial memories of the aboleths as will many of the cabal Go!

[@florenmage]

What if the party is funded by a wizard who is mind controlled by the aboleth and trying to get them to free his master.

[@tonyoliver4920]

@@florenmage but did the wizard put safe guards in place before he was mind controlled? Because he suspected what may happen? The party would have to find them..! Or is the wizard a willing participant? Then the crlues progress the plot

[@florenmage]

@@tonyoliver4920 It's possible that the whole thing is being puppet mastered by another wizard that's always following or sitting in the corner because he has transformed himself into a duck and is always watching. "Quack." O_O

[@tonyoliver4920]

@@florenmage wow! that’d meta, meta, from an “all things D&D” story I believe..?,,! If you want ultras game meta, your suggestion is not far off a “raise Tharizdun” 3.5 evil game I played. Edit: grammar and lysdexia

[@florenmage]

@@tonyoliver4920 I just like to inject whacky fantasy ideas into serious plots sometimes xD

[@AmigoRoberto]

Had an arc take place in a drow outpost with a matron mother from MToF. She actually was an optional ally as this outpost was placed specifically to control a rapidly expanding chitin nest. Of course the players nuked everything and I cant really blame them (underdark duh) but man I was hoping to get some of those Lolth style mutations onto any players who took a boon from the spider queen. Also... reskin your demons for whichever demon princes layer they come from for added fun. The spider balor is to this day one of my favorite homebrew monsters

[@DCdabest]

I shudder at the very thought of a spider Balor haha

[@AJPickett]

Spider Balor: Spilor?

[@AmigoRoberto]

@@AJPickett 6 arms and an attitude

[@AJPickett]

@@AmigoRoberto Seven... if you count his tail.

[@AmigoRoberto]

@@AJPickett Dang it. Totally forgot the tail. I had him using 4 melee attacks with his sword, whip and webs. Missed opportunity.

[@MsGhoulz]

Are demonic crossbreeds just blessings in the eyes of the Drow?

[@AJPickett]

Evidently so.

[@nvfury13]

Considering being chosen to be “blessed” with a half demon child by one of Lolth’s servant demons is an *amazing honor* to Drow priestesses...yep.

[@ashb8036]

In the middle of a binge session of your videos last night, an old terror popped up from the cobwebs of my memory... The Vorpal Bunny!

[@AJPickett]

Nasty big teeth!

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@AJPickett Just... just... Look at the bones! All the bones! It's lethal. **party equips holy hand grenade**

[@Diditallforthexp]

Aw yeah this is what I needed today. Time to get deeply nerdy.

[@kokaomf]

Soo... What if I open a portal conected to a ACTIVE VOLCANO to the underdark to clean that place? Because this is what this place seems needing... PURIFICATION BY FIRE.

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Good idea agreed but something will still survive deep down where fire shit lives open ice portals down there

[@Ariemius]

Skip the volcano. Go for the center of the plane of fire. Or the surface of the sun if that's more convenient.

[@Mortablunt]

If there's some shit that needs to be yeeted entirely into the negative energy plane, it's the Underdark. Send it all there, just the whole thing.

[@wraithreaper22]

Nearly killed my players with a horde of these during a one shot about a month ago. I live these things lol super deadly.

[@moistmaidenlover5565]

That’s some pretty good thumbnail art almost scared the poo out me bum since I vehemently hate bugs

[@coreyeaston6823]

First, you have the best fireplace. Second, Chitine, ugly with a capital UG! Overall very timely, I have a group venturing into the Underdark to find the Ilithid to negotiate for some information. Hard to do when your seen as nothing but their next meal; or worse.

[@anathema1828]

Astonishing stuff- the cooperation of Underdark species is exceptionally scary stuff!

[@davidfletcher6703]

I think I'd rather deal with the Aranae that the Chitins and the other arachnid creatures

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

Ew, they are like Spider-Man’s mutating man spider form. Definitely see why the “kill it with fire” logic applies here.

[@agsilverradio2225]

Well, Demonic Spider-Elf, technicly.

[@kylethomas9130]

Wizards of the Coast may be focusing on many aspects to attract new customers, but the fact a race like this persists to 5e shows they've long since given up courting the Arachnophobe population.

[@AJPickett]

That thumbnail took quite a lot of work to avoid serious arachnophobic sight triggers, while still conveying the content was a NOPE for them. My bestie suffers from it so, he's never going to watch this one.

[@WinterOfMen]

im assuming this is where bioware got the idea of the Falmar in skyrim

[@averyclevername9012]

nice bait

[@devonharmon2245]

I love when you go over monsters that my players haven't heard of and have no knowledge of

[@metalskirmish]

“Youre gonna need a bigger shoe...”

[@purplehaze2358]

I don’t know why, but I misread the title as “Chitrine”.

[@shemyazadrolfossendam8156]

Mary Shelley would've appreciated Lolth's creativity...

[@vaultscribe4501]

Memory webbing sounds like a excellent excuse to send my players into a library in the underdark, only to find out that the ‘scroll’ they are looking for is one hungry cobweb amongst hundreds, categorized by spider minds, alien to their own....

[@AJPickett]

Great idea!

[@vaultscribe4501]

AJ Pickett thanks! It has it all. Conflict. Mystery. And a potentially cool quest item, all with few moving pieces on my end. Plus if it’s an explosion of memories, they’ll have a little puzzle putting it all together, making the exposition more memorable-give them some ownership. Thanks again. Love your lore as always!!

[@victorvaldez8869]

Idea for a fine magical beast, specifically a spider: Love Spiders. These are actually from the Mirror Universe where Loth is a Lawful Good Goddess who's rules over such concepts as Community, Communication, & Organization. They are basically normal spiders the size of a tarantula with a heart shaped mark on their back with intelligence equivalent to a dog or dolphin, but allow any of Loth's Priests & Priestesses to communicate with any other worshiper of Loth who possesses one allowing news to travel quickly in their attempts to stay free from the yolk of Corellon Larethian Lawful Evil leader of the Elvish Reich. In addition to the "psychic webbing" they provide they have a mind affecting venom that causes a level of arachnophilia in anyone who is bit by them. If they bite you for the next few days you will be abnormally attracted to, & protective of spiders. Basically I was reflecting on all the Arachnophobia around Loth & thought how weird the idea of having Arachnophilia would be. Some of these little guys may have crossed through a doorway into your campaign setting, in which they can make an easy way for your party to communicate if you want to include a Mirrorverse plot & even the idea of reversed Gods of that Mirrorverse.

[@flibbernodgets7018]

I knew about mirrors of reversal, but a whole universe sounds like a fun idea!

[@Maid_of_Spiders]

It always bummed me out that spiders are so associated with evil in d&d. Your mirror universe where Lolth is a lawful good goddess is crazy interesting and just what I've been looking for. We need more media where spider are put in a more positive light.

[@georgemercer402]

At least I now know that the Chitine, Choldrith, Chwidencha and Drider are all somehow connected to Lolth; I'm starting to hate her even more now.

[@Mortablunt]

It's fine. It's fine. It's fine, really, I never wanted to visit the Underdark anyway. Nope. Never did. Never well. Nope nope nope nope nope nope.

[@Scarletraven87]

Eberron has the best drows anyway. It's a shame that the duergars were not included in the revamp.

[@SirDankleberry]

Tfw my character is trapped in the Underdark.

[@embodying8moth82]

Visit Underdark before Underdark visits you

[@NelsonReyesJr]

Your presentations are so detailed, I often think that a motion picture could be made with all of the background and cultural information that you present for each species, devil, animal, race, or demon. Thank you for all your hard work!

[@AJPickett]

We need more D&D movies!

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@AJPickett Here in the USA, the Moral Majority (asinine propaganda heavy pseudo-Christian group that once had a LOT of political power) attacked D&D successfully with the movie Mazes & Monsters with the now Hollywood icon Tom Hanks. Their damage is still resonating to this day despite their chain of rational and moral defeats virtually killing them. The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies have opened up their acceptability and spawned new fans. D&D, AD&D. and most modern fantasy universes were heavily based on Tolkein. The most recent D&D movies were good but virtual flows. Since Tolkien's novels of Middle Earth, AD&D produced far more novels with far better stories. There is a LOT of movie potential there, especially Forgotten Realms, and I pray if they do they don't warp the script to fit a market in them. That has always been corporate positive (better profits now and screw the market later, hope to salvage the market after the stunt via Lucas methods).

[@user-rv8yv4yh9n]

ah, nothing but the pitter patter of thousands of insectoide feet when fighting, completely silent when overwhelming enemies. I didn't want to sleep anyway 🙃

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Some spiders whistle. And many would make much noise if not for their tiny size.

[@kylerblack5189]

YES!! AJ you have once again made my day! I’v been waiting for this video and wanting to know more about these creatures they’re super interesting and creepy and I can’t wait to take this knowledge and give my players a good encounter. Thanks you again AJ!👌

[@AJPickett]

You're welcome 😊

[@venkelos6996]

The Underdark is often such an interesting place, as are the people, and things, that live within it!

[@docbaker3333]

Interesting how the Choldrith look a lot like Lolth's preferred form a spider with a vaguely elven head perhaps that maybe another reason why Lolth seems to love them so much after all Imitation is the greatest form of Flattery. It's really interesting that the Chitine who were made by the Drow seem to genuinely revere and love Lolth and she rewards them for that loyalty whilst the Drow fear her and desperately seek to appease just to survive and she just dismisses them. But then again the only reason she corrupted the Drow was to get back to godhood and piss off her ex Corellon so as far as she is concered they are simply a means to end a tool pets to keep happy even.

[@SeeAche]

You just had to upload this before I'm supposed to go to bed.

[@AJPickett]

Of course I did. :)

[@Arius_Astronomy]

19:48 Its like running into a web face first in the middle of the night But So Much WORSE.

[@AJPickett]

I joked that the name Duleep is actually the sound you make when that happens "hey we can walk through this are- DuuhlEEEEP!" *spontaneous Kung fu movements*

[@Arius_Astronomy]

@@AJPickett lol makes sense. Hey here is a truly horrific idea for a variant Duhlep. *Warning Cosmic Body Horror Incoming* A Duhlep that phases into its opponent, under its skin, and uses minuet electrical shocks to forcefully control the creature into attacking its allies... Good luck sleeping AJ.

[@MrCSeay]

Ya, another good morning video!

[@theoriginalmess]

And people are afraid of the far realm? The deep depths underground are far more terrifying. Thanks for scaring me into a blathering mess again AJ! 😋

[@AJPickett]

Just doin my job guvna *tips hat*

[@Anonymous-ji7ws]

You give a chintine great swords and plater armour plus a higher strength score you have a solid challenge 4 monster plus overs will inevitably be with that one so like challenge 9 encounter

[@mattnerdy7236]

Hey AJ, you on fire bro! The pic's are just awesome and so much information on so many underdark creatures. Any Dungeon Any Dragon epic video! First time I failed my constitution check on a video, I was completely "stunned" and didn't know what to say. Thanks AJ & have a great day.

[@rykonjm]

A few big names love your vids

[@kaseyw13]

Nice use of the Sapphire and Steel theme there! :-)

[@AJPickett]

That show fueled my nightmares as a mini-sage.

[@kaseyw13]

@@AJPickett Heh, it's still got that punch!

[@flibbernodgets7018]

I always wondered how to pronounce this. I love the Underdark sourcebook they were featured in.

[@jasoncrowell8863]

Living Webs? #NOPE!

[@moonringXD]

Oh are you going to put Chitines on your player races playlist?

[@AJPickett]

I might take a poll before doing that.

[@AKNeal81]

Oooh yes please do!

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@AJPickett Decades ago I put a variant of them (I did not know what they were called at the time), my homebrew, the Manspiders. They became available after an island mini-campaign. With the new editions that came after my extremely mutated 2nd Ed, I suggest you handle them like Teiflings and actually stick to them being off-putting like Teiflings was supposed to do.

[@22thevoice22]

*"The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings."* What are your favorite secret societies across the D&D multiverse? I find the Cowled Wizards very useful in my games. Leave a comment.

[@AJPickett]

The Candlekeep Club

[@AmigoRoberto]

The networks set up by the Silverhands

[@llewelynshingler2173]

Why does Lolth like Spiders so much?

[@williethenerfherder2193]

Because spiders are female dominated. Females use their large size to eat their mate after mating.

[@AJPickett]

Well she was originally a member of the Elven pantheon, and elves have great reverence for nature (despite occasionally almost destroying worlds), including spiders. Dew laden webs in the morning sun are delicate and intricate artwork in silvery sunlight, plus spiders can mimic flowers and look quite stunning on the surface world.

[@llewelynshingler2173]

@@AJPickett And now she's Evil, she's trying to set herself and the lesser Drow Deities as a twisted Inverse of the Elven Pantheon?

[@AJPickett]

@@llewelynshingler2173 She has pretty much gone full demon and seems only interested in total domination of ... everything.

[@paulh3892]

The underdark is so dangerous! I enjoy the lore of all the denizens who lurk in the meat grinder environment. Thanks for posting

[@WheresMyCouch]

I was looking for something exactly like these guys for my game tomorrow, thank you!

[@AJPickett]

Happy to be of service :)

[@Scortch-lo3xy]

cool

[@thedoomslayer8900]

I am definitely saving this for a future encounter

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

Good Video ... well if you can excuse me AJ I need to power lvl my Artillerist to lvl 9 because these things aren't going to fire ball themselves

[@AJPickett]

LOL! Indeed.

[@ethanblair981]

I love the underdark a helluva lot, I'd love it if you did an underdark video, there was a sort of underdark focus on your myconid video a while ago, but it was lite

[@AJPickett]

Well, there is the Drow video, there is an Ecology of the Underdark that features a lot of fungus... I suppose I could get a bit more comprehensive.

[@ethanblair981]

@@AJPickett true true, I will watch the drow vid also, I'm also interested in locations and terrain and biomes and weather or geological phenomenon. The thing that got my mind racing in this was the Chitine moving suspended terrain to disorient PCs, little things like that add so much depth

[@DungeonClass]

I must admit, I knew very little about chitines prior to this video. Thank you so much for doing this. That was a lot of work. Good job.

[@kingmasterlord]

6:30 we might be able to snatch the drow from llolth since she's got this population of followers now. Maybe a module to bring them back to the original drow goddess eilistraee

[@philiplerch727]

Is it just me or does anyone else watch these because they have no idea what to do with their next game? Lol

[@Taylor1989s]

Yes I have and will continue to do so lol

[@AJPickett]

I'm ok with this.

[@robertowens7457]

Your ever did a video on the dread domain in forgotten realms called the bakumoora i believe i spelled that right

[@AJPickett]

Not yet

[@FloppeyPyro]

I know what your answer might be, but I have an unorthodox character... I'm a dragon born, but had my story hold that I have a Half-dragon mother. Does that work? Can a Half-dragon have kids with a Dragon born to have further hybridized babies? Is my character actually a technical impossibility?

[@alttaab]

You are correct. Half-dragons are the result of a dragon and a humanoid reproducing. Dragonborn are their own species. If I remember correctly in 5e half-dragons are actually like mules. They can't reproduce at all. That being said every D&D game is its own thing so if you and your DM are cool with it there isn't any reason to not do it.

[@AJPickett]

It would be a dragonborn with sorcerer options 😊

[@FloppeyPyro]

I should have been a sorcerer. I'm a Paladin

[@starlepus9437]

id love to learn more about satyrs if you havent already covered them in a video before

[@AJPickett]

Heh! I have actually, but it predates Theros so, might need an update.

[@starlepus9437]

@@AJPickett ill go watch it anyway! thanks for the help. and maybe you could try and cover how satyrs are in other worlds like eberron? they dont change all that much so its likely to not be a dificult task. anyway thanks a ton for replying

[@ltoz]

it blow my mind that of all the Miniature community, mz4250 is the only one I could find who makes a Chitine figure.

[@strawhatshinigami9190]

This is D'vorah's race.

[@17Scumdog]

Whoa... A tmg video I haven't seen at least once? How did I miss this one?

[@oriondye3212]

So how do the chitin and their queens feel about driders? Do they see them as food, a threat, or something sacred to Lolth?

[@vizerandevir6422]

As far as I know they just sort of treat them like the red headed step children. That means they could simply eat them or see them as tenuous allies. Any who recognize Lolth and her connection to driders just give them a wide berth... basically the untouchables of drow society because they have failed Lolth before in the past and nobody wants to associate with those who have failed the demon queen of spiders.

[@AJPickett]

Being turned into a Drider is a punishment from Lolth, so the Chitine hate and murder the Driders. They see them as abominations, cursed by their goddess.

[@oriondye3212]

Interesting how the spider form given to them by lolth is consider divine favor by the chitin but they consider the spider drider form to be cursed? Hmm

[@RustyPawz]

I subbed for the intro before watching the full video.

[@thesfnz3104]

welcome to dungeons and dragons where everything kills everything because who the f#@k's heard of a stable ecosystem

[@keylimepython641]

Kinda hard to keep ecosystems stable with magic, demons, ghosts, angels, fairies, and magical angelic demon ghost fairies running about.

[@woodslore8537]

Now that was a tangled web of facts

[@saturnianrings3920]

Just found ur channel wish I could do more for you to keep doing what ur doing.

[@AJPickett]

I will not stop Saturnian, but I appreciate the sentiment!

[@TaCo0oCaT]

Saturnian Rings There's always patreon

[@saturnianrings3920]

Axel Vallin I’m under aged so I can’t get a pay pal or bank account to give money with.

[@TaCo0oCaT]

@@saturnianrings3920 There's always [like, comment & subscribe!]

[@Nildread]

@@TaCo0oCaT don't forget sharing with friends, also getting your friends into playing d&d so they'll be interested in this stuff.

[@Chapel85]

How would you feel if there turned out to be entire societies of multiple intelligent monstrous beings living in hidden cities and attacking anyone that ventures too close to their cities.

[@tatsusama3192]

Was kinda sleepy. . . No longer😳

[@flibbernodgets7018]

Oooooh, so creepy!

[@madmachanicest9955]

This video gave me a great idea for a spell level 1 conger Cloak and dagger Material and somatic ( 1 cloak) re-action or bonus action As a reaction draw your cloak before you and magical trap all throwing weapons that would have it the caster for 1 round. As a bonus action flare you cloak before you or out to the side. This fires out all trap thrown weapons. The traped weapons use the casters casting mod to both hit and damage. Casting the spell as a reaction consumes a level 1 spell slot but casting it as a bonus action will not . the bonus action casting of the spell can only be used after trapping a throw weapon as a reaction. All means all you can not use the bonus action to attack many times in a row by firing out one trap weapon at a time. Casting this spell at 2 level or higher traps Arrows and blots Casting this spell at 3 level or higher Traps cantrips and range attack spells of lover level. Limit 1 traped spell at a time other then cantrips. Attempting to trap a more then one spell simple has not effect. This spell only affects attacks made ageist the casters AC and that target the caster only. Aoe spells can not be traped in this way. Trap spells and weapons will drop out of the cloak or discharge 24 hours latter or when preparing new spell.

[@fuzzyzombielove]

8:05 HA! Get wrecked, you spindly little goose-necked nerds!

[@TheClone37]

Yet another reason I pray my players dont accidently go into the underdark

[@sporungy]

Nice

[@jelessahaynes2416]

I phuckin' love your videos!

[@Emil-Tiger02]

Yay!

[@brianbushman592]

I subscribed because I appreciate your channel and I find that you do your research but, one video I have not seen on all of KZbin is the old adventure box set that came out when d&d first came out I helped play test it. It was called dragon mountain. I appreciate if you could look into doing a video about that sometime because it was for the time supposed to be the biggest d&d adventure set you could get and in it you could actually exceed level 20 but at the end of the adventure you still have to turn your character in?

[@AJPickett]

Ah, that will be a challenge!

[@andresmarrero8666]

How are living webs unaffected by fire, water, and cold? If anything they would be potentially vulnerable.

[@That80sGuy1972]

They are monsters adapted to those. Think of them as a form of slime or ooze, because they pretty much are. They are electric-centric energy absorption monsters and cold helps electrical things for the most part. As a DM for decades, I create complex immunities in my homebrew because I love the complex beasties and my players love becoming expert monster hunters via detective work. Living Webs, I never even known about them until now, but I already love them. They are perfect intrusive scavenger monsters in monster spider areas.

[@ernestlam5632]

Living webs should be fungus the web is mycelium.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Great video AJ. I forgot what beasty I based my Manspiders on.

[@darkhorse13golfgaming]

Yo AJ, just in case you missed it, some dude name Roman wants to collaborate 😂

[@quiddel3649]

And he is quite insistent...

[@AJPickett]

What's his channel name? Ooooooh... I just spotted it. fucks sake.. BEGONE BOT

[@darkhorse13golfgaming]

@@AJPickett lmao. Ridiculous and from what I've been reading lately, could lead to possible issues.

[@darkhorse13golfgaming]

@@AJPickett totally related..... I enjoyed the vid.

[@garvinanders2355]

Man, you could create a whole world or ecosystem just based on spider drivied creatures. Hell this video alone would give you a solid basis for it. Hmmm.

[@deerspirit7560]

I love bug people. Give me more bug people

[@That80sGuy1972]

Hmm... sounds suspicious, like what a bug person would say. **peers suspiciously**