Editing Aranea (section)

===AD&D===
The first playable depiction of the Aranea in [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] was in 2e's [[Red Steel]] campaign setting book, where they shared the "new races" entry with their fellow [[beastfolk]]; the [[Lupin]]s, the [[Rakasta]] and the [[Tortle]]s. They would later be reprinted in Odyssey's "Characters of the Savage Coast".

::Ability Score Minimums/Maximums: Minimum of 8 [[Dexterity]], Minimum of 12 [[Intelligence]], Maximum of 16 [[Constitution]], all others are standard 3/18 value.
::Ability Score Modifiers: -2 [[Strength]], -2 [[Constitution]], +2 [[Dexterity]], +2 [[Intelligence]]
::Racial Class & Level Limits: [[Fighter]] 6, [[Wizard]] (Any) Unlimited, [[Cleric]] 9, [[Druid]] 12, [[Rogue|Thief]] 12, [[Psion]]icist 10
::Classing: Aranea can choose to either [[Multiclassing|dual-class or to become multiclassed]] Mage/Fighters, Mage/Clerics, Mage/Psionicists or Mage/Thieves. They can multiclass as generalist or specialist mages.
::Racial Thieving Skill Adjustments: +10% to Move Silently and Read Languages, +5% to Hide in Shadows and Climb Walls
::Base Armor Class: 7 in spider form, 10 in humanoid/demi-spider forms
::Spider's Ambush: Aranea have the option to ambush victims by assuming spider form and waiting in a high, concealed spot, such as amongst the branches of a tree, before dropping down on a silken tether behind the victim. When attacking in such a fashion, the victim suffers a -1 penalty to their surprise roll.
::Spider's Bite: When in spider or demi-spider form, an aranea can deliver a deadly toxin with their fangs, inflicting 1d4 damage per round for 1d4 rounds upon successfully biting a victim who then fails their save vs. poison. Aranea venom quickly becomes harmless when exposed to air, so they can only deliver this venom with their own fangs. An aranea produces enough venom to deliver three toxic bites per day.
::Spider's Silk: In spider or demi-spider forms, an aranea can spin up to 10 feet of webbing per level each day. In their arachnid forms, aranea can climb webbing with movement value 12, although this grants them no protection against a Web spell. Webbing can be used to entangle a foe with a weapon attack; this webbing has only 2 hit points and can be broken with a successful Open Doors roll.
::Shapechanging: Aranea treat both their humanoid and their spider forms as "true forms", so neither true seeing nor dispel magic will force them to change shape from either of these forms. In demi-spider form, a dispel magic will force an aranea to randomly assume either humanoid or spider form. It takes one round to progress one stage along the spider-demispider-humanoid axis, so it takes two rounds to go completely from one "true form" to the other. If forced to shapechange from humanoid to spider whilst wearing armor, an aranea takes (10 - armor's AC) damage and the armor is ruined in the process. Aranea have the same partial immunity to polymorph spells as any other shapechanger, and are likewise vulnerable to shapechanger's bane weapons. An aranea in its humanoid form has all of the racial traits of that form - for example, an aranea that transforms into a [[lupin]] would gain the lupin's enhanced sense of smell.
::Infravision 60 feet
::Evil Reputation: An aranea whose race is revealed will suffer from the "common knowledge" of its ancestral "legacy of evil". This cultural demonization inflicts a +10 penalty to reaction rolls from anyone who is familiar with the stories and legends of the ancient aranea.