Flyders - A Gamma World and D&D Monster
I came across this article the other night on a Gamma World Facebook page and have been thinking about how I would make these creatures in a game. For "normal-sized" Flyder bites (AD&D) Flyders are a magical crossbreed of a spider and a wasp. They escaped from their creator and quickly spread, driving out mundane version of its parent species. • If a Medium-sized creature receives a number of bites in a 24-hour period equal to or greater than his level and fail a saving throw vs. Poison, they suffer from the effects of a Type A poison (10-30 minute onset, damage 15/0). Small creatures need only be bitten a number of times equal to 3/4 of their level and large creatures can suffer a number of bites equal to 1.5 x their level. And for Gamma World... • As above but as an Intensity III Debilitative Poison. Flyders are a laboratory-created hybrid that combines the genetic traits of the Brown Recluse Spider and the European Hor...