Some things won't get stats. Common spiders or flies are among these. You get a spider swarm, or a giant spider, but you won't find stats for some common spider smaller than an inch.
The reason for this is simple: You don't really need those stats. Stats are usually for things you have meaningful interactions with. These little buggers are no danger (unless you're allergic or something, but then it's more an affliction you're suffering from), and nothing you can do with or to them is nearly exciting enough to create stats for them.
Some critters might become interesting because of their poison, or the diseases they pass on to you, but such cases are probably better handled as an affliction, not a creature.
I believe the Legacy of Fire AP has the option of a solpugid (camel spider) familiar but I cannot remember if it gives the base stats. Might be something worth looking into.
I believe the Legacy of Fire AP has the option of a solpugid (camel spider) familiar but I cannot remember if it gives the base stats. Might be something worth looking into.
They're in the player's guide as solifugid (="sun fugitive" - these buggers are the cliché geeks among arachnids, afraid of losing their cred when tanned even the least bit, so they always run for shade).
They get the statistics as tiny spiders (i.e. scarlet spiders, which are basically tiny giant spiders), but without poison, and +3 to bluff (hearkening to the fact that camel spiders aren't really spiders, they're just cousins, and there are many false rumours about them being terrible, deadly buggers.*)
*These rumours come from right out of our world! They were first spread by soldiers during the Kuwait War of 90/91, and then again during the Iraqi War - and this time, with the help of the internet, to reach more and more soldiers about to deploy to the Middle East, adding to the everyday fears of being shot or stepping on a mine some jewels like spiders large as dinner plates that can reach speeds of 25 MPH and jump several feet into the air, and having a poison that numbs you so you won't notice when they gnaw your arm right off.
I believe the Legacy of Fire AP has the option of a solpugid (camel spider) familiar but I cannot remember if it gives the base stats. Might be something worth looking into.They're in the player's guide as solifugid (="sun fugitive" - these buggers are the cliché geeks among arachnids, afraid of losing their cred when tanned even the least bit, so they always run for shade).
They get the statistics as tiny spiders (i.e. scarlet spiders, which are basically tiny giant spiders), but without poison, and +3 to bluff (hearkening to the fact that camel spiders aren't really spiders, they're just cousins, and there are many false rumours about them being terrible, deadly buggers.*)
*These rumours come from right out of our world! They were first spread by soldiers during the Kuwait War of 90/91, and then again during the Iraqi War - and this time, with the help of the internet, to reach more and more soldiers about to deploy to the Middle East, adding to the everyday fears of being shot or stepping on a mine some jewels like spiders large as dinner plates that can reach speeds of 25 MPH and jump several feet into the air, and having a poison that numbs you so you won't notice when they gnaw your arm right off.
They're basically harmless, those rumors got started because...
a. They're really creepy looking, not actually spiders, but very spider-like. To your average American, used to common American spiders, they appear very alien.
b. They follow you around. What's actually happening is, since they're trying to keep out of the sun, the little bastards will try to stay in your shadow as long as possible. So it looks like they're shadowing you.
But it's impossible to overstate how creepy it is to look around and see one of these ugly little bastards a few feet behind you, staring. Then walk a while, stop, turn around again, and see the same critter stopping right behind you, still staring.
Remember that scene in Jurassic Park II where the little compeys were following that guy, stopping when he stopped, running when he moved toward them, only to follow when he tried to run? It's like that with a big spider-thing.
Again, in reality they're completely harmless. But their unusual appearance and creepy behavior has lead to many urban legends growing up around them.
To your average American, used to common American spiders, they appear very alien.
That's always a nice thing. Creepy critters you don't know, and locals treat them as as common as they are to them.
A work colleague of mine was in the US for several months once (I'm not sure how long exactly, it was something between 6 months and a year) to work on a project. He was in Tucson I think.
Anyway, among the souvenirs he has from his stay over is a tarantula encased in a glass half-globe. It's not a really big one, maybe a couple of inches, but even behind glass, it gave me the creeps. Of course, pictures of these critters give me the creeps.
But I guess living there, many people don't spare them a second glance.
And there's people in the world who hunt and eat them...
But it's impossible to overstate how creepy it is to look around and see one of these ugly little bastards a few feet behind you, staring. Then walk a while, stop, turn around again, and see the same critter stopping right behind you, still staring.
A bit like ninja cat.