So how many XP is this spider worth?

Gotta be worth something.

Harvard Entomologist Piotr Naskrecki recently posted on his blog about an encounter in Guyana’s rainforest with a South American Goliath birdeater, a spider so large it’s the size of a small dog or puppy. According to Naskreski, “Their leg span approaches 30 cm (nearly a foot) and they weigh up to 170 g.”

I will spare my more sensitive readers and not provide a photo; suffice it to say, it’s a BIG HONKING SPIDER and it doesn’t fear adventuring parties… err, ‘people.’ Not a web-spinner, alas. Then again… when you’re a spider that eats birds, do you need a web?

Moe Lane

PS: It also hisses.  Also: assuming that it can get across the Panama Canal – which it probably cold – it can walk from Guyana to almost anywhere in North America. Pleasant dreams!

8 thoughts on “So how many XP is this spider worth?”

  2. Ild throw in a little bonus if you threw in a few Bard lore Fun Facts on the spider to your party during the encounter.

  3. In his blog, after wading through his rant about eco-fascist hate mail*, he says these things are in pet stores for $100. THEY”RE ALREADY HERE!!!!! MUHAHAhaha!
    /panic
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    *yes, Piotr, the state of US science educations is…. wanting.

    1. .. the state of U.S. education *in general* is .. wanting.
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      That said .. yeah, they’re already here .. I’ll have to ask the local animal shelter if they’ve gotten any as owner-surrenders.
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      I .. don’t think the average plumbing is up to the typical spider-funeral for these guys.
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      Mew

  4. Primly: I don’t give XP for killing monsters.
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    Even if during my fictional Grays in Vietnam campaign, dead communists could be turned in as XP for treasure because of the scientific value of their bodies.

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