columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Monster Core"
name: "Giant Tarantula"
level: "Creature 6"
alignment: ""
size: "Large"
trait_01: [[animal]]
modifier: 14
perception:
- name: "Perception"
desc: "+14; Darkvision"
languages: ""
skills:
- name: "Skills"
desc: "Acrobatics: +9, Athletics: +16, Stealth: +11"
abilityMods: [6, 1, 5, -5, 2, -4]
speed: 30 feet, climb 30 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Monster Core_"
ac: 21
armorclass:
- name: AC
desc: "21; __Fort__ +15, __Ref__ +13, __Will__ +10"
hp: 135
health:
- name: ""
- name: HP
desc: "135"
abilities_top:
- name: ""
abilities_mid:
- name: ""
attacks:
- name: ""
- name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Fangs"
desc: "+17 ()\n__Damage__ 2d8 + 8 piercing plus giant-tarantula-venom"
- name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Leg"
desc: "+17 (reach 10 feet)\n__Damage__ 1d12 + 8 bludgeoning plus knockdown"
- name: "Giant Tarantula Venom"
desc: " (poison) **Saving Throw** DC 23 Fortitude check\n* * *\n\n**Maximum Duration** 8 rounds\n\n**Stage 1** 1d10 poison damage (1 round)\n\n**Stage 2** 1d12 poison damage, [[Conditions/Clumsy|Clumsy 1]], and [[Conditions/Off-Guard|Off-Guard]] (1 round)\n\n**Stage 3** 2d6 poison damage, [[Conditions/Clumsy|Clumsy 2]], and off-guard (1 round)\n\n**Stage 4** 2d6 poison damage and [[Conditions/Paralyzed|Paralyzed]] (1 round)"
- name: "Hair Barrage"
desc: "`pf2:2` The tarantula flicks its legs, flinging spiky hairs in a 15-foot cone. This deals 4d6 piercing damage with a DC 25 Reflex check save."
- name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Knockdown|Knockdown]]"
desc: "`pf2:1` **Requirements** The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Knockdown in its damage entry\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The monster attempts to [[/act trip]] the creature. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the monster's multiple attack penalty."
name: Giant Tarantula
creatures:
- 1: Giant TarantulaTarantulas are ambush predators, but will attack prey in the open.
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