Wolf-Spider

Wolf-Spider

This creature appears as a large monstrous spider with the head of a wolf. Its eyes are multifaceted like a spider’s, and its fangs are complimented by a set of spider-like mandibles.

Wolf-Spider CR 4

XP 1,200
NE Large magical beast
hp 45 (6d10+12)
Fort +7, Ref +8, Will +2

Melee bite +8 (1d8+3 plus poison plus trip)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Base Atk +6; CMB +9; CMD 22 (34 vs. trip)
Feats Alertness, Improved Initiative, Weapon Finesse
Skills Acrobatics +3, Climb +10, Perception +11, Sense Motive +2, Stealth +8 (+16 in its webs), Survival +2 (+6 tracking by scent), ; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception, +4 Stealth, +4 Survival when tracking by scent

Environment temperate forests
Organization solitary or colony (2-5)
Treasure standard

Wolf-spiders are very territorial creatures and hunt their prey, kill it, and drag it back to their web lair.

Wolf-spiders often attack from surprise, dropping from trees to ambush their foes.

Wolf-Spider from the Tome of Horrors Complete, Copyright 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Authors Scott Greene and Clark Peterson.