ETTERCAP

A biped, roughly man-sized, with very long arms, protruding pot-belly, short legs and hairy skin, the ettercap has clawed hands and two poison fangs protruding one on each side of the mouth.

Ettercaps are cruel, cunning and treacherous. Ettercaps get along well with all forms of spider.

The ettercap attacks with its claws for 1-3 hit points of damage each and also inflicts a poisonous bite for 1-8 hit points of damage.

The creature has silk glands like those of a spider located near the anus. These glands secrete a thin, very tough, silvery cord which the beast uses to make assorted weapons and devices—lariats, nets, garrotes, tripwires and so forth. Each ettercap has its preferred weapons and trap devices, so an encounter will vary according to an ettercap's preference, though they will always lay traps and prepare an ambush if there is time to do so.