| Hit Dice: | 6d8+18 (45 hp) |
| Initiative: | +2 |
| Speed: | 30 ft. (6 squares), climb 15 ft. |
| Armor Class: | 17 (–1 size, +2 Dex, +6 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 15 |
| Base Attack/Grapple: | +4/+10 |
| Attack: | Dagger +5 melee (1d6+2/19-20) or bite +6 melee (1d4+1 plus poison) or shortbow +5 ranged (1d8/×3) |
| Full Attack: | 2 daggers +3 melee (1d6+2/19-20, 1d6+1/19-20) and bite +1 melee (1d4+1 plus poison); or shortbow +5 ranged (1d8/×3) |
| Space/Reach: | 10 ft./5 ft. |
| Special Attacks: | Spells, spell-like abilities, poison |
| Special Qualities: | Darkvision 60 ft., spell resistance 17 |
| Saves: | Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +8 |
| Abilities: | Str 15, Dex 15, Con 16, Int 15, Wis 16, Cha 16 |
| Skills: | Climb +14, Concentration +9, Hide +10, Listen +9, Move Silently +12, Spot +9; racial bonuses |
| Feats: | Combat Casting, Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus (bite) |
| Environment: | Underground |
| Organization: | Solitary, pair, or troupe (1–2 plus 7–12 Medium monstrous spiders) |
| Challenge Rating: | 7 |
| Treasure: | Double standard |
| Alignment: | Always chaotic evil |
| Advancement: | By character class |
| Level Adjustment: | +4 |
This strange being has the head and torso of a dark elf and the legs and lower body of a giant spider.
Driders are bloodthirsty creatures that lurk in the depths of the earth, seeking warm-blooded prey of any kind.
Driders are created by the drow’s dark goddess, Lolth. When a dark elf of above average ability reaches 6th level, the goddess may put him or her through a special test. Those who fail the test become driders.
Because they have failed their goddess’s test, driders are outcasts from their own communities. Drow and driders hate one another passionately.
Driders speak Elven, Common, and Undercommon.
Driders seldom pass up an opportunity to attack other creatures, especially from ambush. They usually begin with a spell assault and often levitate out of the enemy’s reach.
Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 16, initial and secondary damage 1d6 Str. The save DC is Constitution based.
Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day—dancing lights (DC 13), clairaudience/clairvoyance, darkness, detect good, detect law, detect magic, dispel magic, faerie fire, levitate, suggestion (DC 16). Caster level 6th. The save DCs are Charisma-based.
Spells: Driders cast spells as 6th-level clerics, wizards, or sorcerers. Drider clerics can choose from the following domains: Chaos, Destruction, Evil, and Trickery. The typical spells prepared shown here are for a drider sorcerer.
Typical Sorcerer Spells Known (6/7/6/4, base save DC 13 + spell level): 0—daze, detect magic, ghost sound, mage hand, ray of frost, read magic, resistance; 1st—mage armor, magic missile, ray of enfeeblement, silent image; 2nd—invisibility, web; 3rd—lightning bolt.
Skills: A drider has a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks. It has a +8 racial bonus on Climb checks and can always choose to take 10 on a Climb check, even if rushed or threatened.
Source: Monster Manual (version 3.5), page 89.