Perhaps an exiled drider is making this place its base of operations while it skulks about the surface at night, collecting intelligence.Īsk yourself what the real source of the infestation is - drow are a great fit! - and ask why they chose this particular place to infest.
Or again - this infestation is caused by drow. The Drider (CR6) has some humanoid-style weapon attacks (longsword, longbow) that you'd have to reskin as "piercing claw" and "venomous spit". The Yochlol (CR10) can shape-shift to a giant spider but may be too powerful depending on the party. Or maybe they've been responsible all along? Re-skin this as a spider or tie it in to the drow, who have noticed the infestation and decided to cultivate it. The Ettercap (CR2) has lots in common with a giant spider, and they're also known to shepherd spider colonies. Since you're describing an infestation, a boss monster surrounded by a few swarms could be an effective and creepy combat.Ī Phase Spider (CR3) seems like a strange boss for a nest of normal spiders. 338 for Swarm of Spiders variant on Swarm of Snakes for ideas on how to dole out add'l powers. You could add venom damage and/or a web power, but take care to balance the CR when you do. I don't see any reason that the Monster-a-Day Swarm of Squirrels (CR 2) couldn't be used. You've already got the Spider (CR0), Giant Spider (CR1) and Giant Wolf Spider (CR¼), all in the Monster Manual. But you may not need to - there are some monsters which already are thematically useful. You could reskin a nimble creature from nearly any CR to get exactly the high-DEX, low-CON "fragile-but-fast" feeling you're going for, and then tack on the traits.
I think there's plenty of raw material to work with in the off-the-shelf source books, especially given the very plainly-explained Swarm of Spiders update on MM 338.
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