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'''Driders''' are a creature that originated in the [[Forgotten Realms]] of [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. They are basically [[centaurs]], but replace "human" with "[[drow]] [[elf]]" and "horse" with "giant spider". Basically, the batshit crazy [[Lolth]] has a history of transforming her followers into half-spider monsters for shits 'n' giggles. | '''Driders''' are a creature that originated in the [[Forgotten Realms]] of [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. They are basically [[centaurs]], but replace "human half" with "[[drow]] [[elf]] half" and "horse body" with "giant spider body". Basically, the batshit crazy [[Lolth]] has a history of transforming her followers into half-spider monsters for shits 'n' giggles. | ||
In the original lore, transformation into a Drider was supposed to be a punishment for those drow who failed one of Lolth's various psycho-tests or for a male who pissed off a high priestess so bad murderraping him to death wasn't punishment enough. [[Wat|It doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense]] considering that Lolth herself is basically half-drow and half-spider in her favorite avatar-form, that she considers spiders sacred (her original title was ''Demon Queen of Spiders'' for chrissakes) and Driders are actually ''more'' powerful in crunch than the drow they were made from. So when 4th edition came around, the fluff got changed to match the crunch ang getting Drider'ed became a cherished reward for her most worthy followers instead. 5th edition went back to the old fluff, considering Lolth is batshit insane and that few if any of her actions makes sense at all. [[Pathfinder]] made driders into the results of twisted mutative "fleshcrafting" done on failures with no divine connection at all. | |||
In Eberron, Drow instead worship the scorpion god Vulkoor, and thus have [[Awesome|scorpion hybrids called Scorrow.]] | In Eberron, Drow instead worship the scorpion god Vulkoor, and thus have [[Awesome|scorpion hybrids called Scorrow.]] | ||
Since the basic picture of a | Since the basic picture of a Drider is inevitably a sexy black-skinned elf-lady atop a giant spider, centaur-style, it should be no surprise that they have taken off as one of the more common forms of [[monstergirls]]. Non-explicitly D&D based ones tend to be called Arachnes, however, since, y'know, trademarks and Arachne being the woman who became the first spider in Greco-Roman myth and all. | ||
It's surprisingly common for monstergirl | It's surprisingly common for [[monstergirl]] Driders to [[/d/|parasitically lay eggs inside of human hosts with an ovipositor]], [[Rule 34|especially nubile human or elfin maidens]]. Precisely why, nobody freaking knows, especially since first, Driders were always depicted as sterile in D&D (Lolth might be crazy but she doesn't want to a rival race beside her beloved/hated Drow) and second, spiders just don't do that sort of shit in real life. Like, at all. Only some species of wasps do that, [[Grimdark|the eggs are usually injected like a syringe rather than deposited with a tube]] and as an ironically fun fact, spiders are known for being at the receiving end of it. | ||
[[Category:Dungeons & Dragons]][[Category:Monsters]] | [[Category:Dungeons & Dragons]][[Category:Monsters]][[Category: Monstergirls]] | ||
Revision as of 17:32, 7 October 2017
Driders are a creature that originated in the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons. They are basically centaurs, but replace "human half" with "drow elf half" and "horse body" with "giant spider body". Basically, the batshit crazy Lolth has a history of transforming her followers into half-spider monsters for shits 'n' giggles.
In the original lore, transformation into a Drider was supposed to be a punishment for those drow who failed one of Lolth's various psycho-tests or for a male who pissed off a high priestess so bad murderraping him to death wasn't punishment enough. It doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense considering that Lolth herself is basically half-drow and half-spider in her favorite avatar-form, that she considers spiders sacred (her original title was Demon Queen of Spiders for chrissakes) and Driders are actually more powerful in crunch than the drow they were made from. So when 4th edition came around, the fluff got changed to match the crunch ang getting Drider'ed became a cherished reward for her most worthy followers instead. 5th edition went back to the old fluff, considering Lolth is batshit insane and that few if any of her actions makes sense at all. Pathfinder made driders into the results of twisted mutative "fleshcrafting" done on failures with no divine connection at all.
In Eberron, Drow instead worship the scorpion god Vulkoor, and thus have scorpion hybrids called Scorrow.
Since the basic picture of a Drider is inevitably a sexy black-skinned elf-lady atop a giant spider, centaur-style, it should be no surprise that they have taken off as one of the more common forms of monstergirls. Non-explicitly D&D based ones tend to be called Arachnes, however, since, y'know, trademarks and Arachne being the woman who became the first spider in Greco-Roman myth and all.
It's surprisingly common for monstergirl Driders to parasitically lay eggs inside of human hosts with an ovipositor, especially nubile human or elfin maidens. Precisely why, nobody freaking knows, especially since first, Driders were always depicted as sterile in D&D (Lolth might be crazy but she doesn't want to a rival race beside her beloved/hated Drow) and second, spiders just don't do that sort of shit in real life. Like, at all. Only some species of wasps do that, the eggs are usually injected like a syringe rather than deposited with a tube and as an ironically fun fact, spiders are known for being at the receiving end of it.