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G’day All,
With the Anadi race of spider people being available in Pathfinder 2 now, my family got this crazy idea that we should try and match each player class to an Australian spider species. This started out as a kind of painting guide but then we got to thinking further. So we ended up matching each class to a spider species and giving some ideas on how the character build might look to suit the chosen spider. So you can all see where we are coing from after each idea is a link to info on that particular spider.
Here is what we came up with:
Core Rules Classes
Alchemist:
Spitting Spider – spits a mix of web and venom to catch its prey.
Playstyle – uses tanglefoot bags and poisons.
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Barbarian:
Crab spider – runs down, tackles and wrestles prey larger than itself.
Playstyle – Giant totem and a grappling specialist.
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Huntsman – runs really fast to catch its prey. Often seen in homes.
Playstyle – all of the mobility and speed boosts.
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Bard:
Whistling Tarantula – makes a hissing noise when threatened.
Playstyle – wood wind instrument for performance, sonic attacks.
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Peacock spider – a very colourful little jumper that dances to attract a mate.
Playstyle – Dance as your performance and then spells that use colour or light (colour spray etc)
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And you must watch this: video
Champions:
Woolly tent spider – builds a tent like web to protect itself.
Playstyle – any champion type but focus on boosting AC and using tower shield.
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Funnel web – likes coming into homes, is the most dangerous spider in the world and so iconic.
Playstyle – DPS focus. Just look at those fangs, mate.
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Cleric:
Saint Andrews Cross – just likes hanging out in a web with a huge cross painted on it. Very chill. Think Friar Tuck.
Playstyle – Follower of Sheylan, support character, enchantment spells (Calm Emotions etc)
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Druid:
Wolf spider – grey or brown striped things that move like lighting hunting down their prey. Don’t build webs.
Playstyle – shapechanger, Wild order, turns into a wolf (derr), or could take Animal order and have a wolf companion. Focus on mobility spells and abilities.
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Fighter:
Ogre Faced or Net Casting Spiders – spin a web between their forelegs and the use it to grab prey.
Playstyle – Net weapons and/or grappling. Whip also works.
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Monk:
Shaggy Jumping Spider – very athletic and one of the larger jumping spiders. A bit shaggy looking, so those old enough might think Grasshopper out of the “Kung Fu” western TV series.
Playstyle – All of the jumping. Grapple should be pretty good as well.
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Ranger:
Huntsman – runs really fast to catch its prey. Often seen in homes.
Playstyle – all of the mobility and speed boosts.
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Stern Jumping Spider – some of the best eyesight in any spider and incredibly accurate with their jumps.
Playstyle – Focus on Perception and ranged fighting. Strong Survival and any boosts to tracking.
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Rogue:
Alanna’s Thief Spider – apart from the name, steals food from the webs of other, bigger spiders.
Playstyle – Thief archetype. Very high thievery.
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Wrap-around Spider – wraps itself around branches and becomes one with the tree.
Playstyle – Very high Stealth and Deception.
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Sorcerer:
Red Back Spider – iconic. Related to the Black Widow, though more venomous. Black with a very bright abdominal stripe (as Sorcerers must have a bit of flair.)
Playstyle – Occult spells. All of the poison and disease spells. Good stealth is also advised.
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Wizard:
Peacock spider – a very colourful little jumper that dances to attract a mate.
Playstyle – Spells that use colour or light (colour spray etc). Cannot take ‘Still’ Spell.
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And you must watch this: video
Witch:
Golden Orb-Weaver Spider – makes huge, intricate webs that are the bane of bush walkers.
Playstyle – Spells and Hexes that reduce mobility e.g. Web etc.
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APG Classes
Swashbuckler:
Pirate spider – Hunts other spiders by plucking on their webs to make them think they have a catch, and well, it’s in the name.
Playstyle – Pirate archetype, high deception or bluff.
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Investigator:
Fringed Jumping spider – Highly intelligent spiders, hunts other spiders and varies its tactics depending on the species that it is hunting.
Playstyle – High deception. Always try to use Devise a Stratagem.
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Oracle:
Alien Butt spider – Honestly the name and that it just looks really cool. Besides if you have the face of a “Grey” painted on your backside, then you have cosmic connections/patrons.
Playstyle – Cosmos mystery obviously.
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Reclusive Flat spider – A bit of a hermit off contemplating its navel, if it had one.
Playstyle – Life Oracle.
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Playtest Classes
Inventor:
Brown House spider – builds intricate webs incorporating the bodies of its past victims.
Playstyle – Experimental Weapons focus (the spider has a nasty bite).
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Also –
Leaf Curling spider – Makes its home by folding and then sewing a leaf into a tube shape.
Playstyle – Experimental armour.
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Summoner:
Green-Tree Ant Mimic spider – looks like an ant to eat ants.
Playstyle – Has an eidolon that is a giant ant (sticking with the Australian theme base the eidolon on Green Tree Ants, Jumping Jack ants (they jump and spit venom at you) or Bull Ants (massive jaws that just try and tear you apart)). Use spells that summon/create vermin.
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Gunslinger:
Magnificent Bolas spider – creates mini web bolas which it throws at prey to catch them.
Playstyle – take bolas as secondary weapon (so you will need to play “Lions of Katapesh” in Society). Nets and whips are also possible choices but why would you not go the bolas?
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Magus:
Red Faced Mouse spider – not timid these blokes. They don’t have the biggest fangs or the deadliest venom but are pretty good at both. Looks the part.
Playstyle – High damage output. Two weapon fighting using poisons.
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Hope I didn't freak too many of the arachnaphobes out and that some of you might get inspired by this. Have fun.