The Aranea (HTBM)

[Poisoned Cocktail]

Do the aranea in the northeast portion of the Isle of Dread ever appear again after HTBM?

I'm thinking of adjusting them to be a recluse group of Olman outcasts with natural lycanthropy. One of my players has been pitching an idea for a future character that is a natural wereraptor, and the brief encounter the party has with the aranea had me thinking it would be a good setup for the character's possible entrance. I'm a bit reluctant because I'm thinking the beginning of HTBM is already a little dinosaur heavy, and if the aranea play a part later in STAP, I'd like to know if I'll be needing to do any rejigging of later events.

Yeah, it's silly of me not to read ahead, but I just don't seem to have a lot of spare time these days.

[Matthew Vincent]

Poisoned Cocktail wrote:

Do the aranea in the northeast portion of the Isle of Dread ever appear again after HTBM?

No, however (iirc) they did appear in the original Isle of Dread adventure.

[Carl Cramér]

Want to investogate the Aranea? Sure you can!

This is typical of the Isle of Dread - there are WAY more adventure hooks than you can investigate in 6 levels.

This is NOT a complaint, mind you.

[Poisoned Cocktail]

Cool, as none of the group has played the old school Isle of Dread, no one will miss them. I may just relocate them and use them anyway, though. :)

[JustTim]

Poisoned Cocktail wrote:

Do the aranea in the northeast portion of the Isle of Dread ever appear again after HTBM?

I'm thinking of adjusting them to be a recluse group of Olman outcasts with natural lycanthropy. One of my players has been pitching an idea for a future character that is a natural wereraptor, and the brief encounter the party has with the aranea had me thinking it would be a good setup for the character's possible entrance. I'm a bit reluctant because I'm thinking the beginning of HTBM is already a little dinosaur heavy, and if the aranea play a part later in STAP, I'd like to know if I'll be needing to do any rejigging of later events.

Yeah, it's silly of me not to read ahead, but I just don't seem to have a lot of spare time these days.

That would be a nice set up for introducing a new character. You could tie them into the lost Olman tribe (perhaps they are it) which has deserted ruins on the island FarShore occupies.