Ettercap

Ettercaps are humanoid spiders that tend, feed, and watch over spiders the way a shepherd oversees a flock of sheep. They lair deep in remote forests. Fine strands of silk stream from glands in an ettercap's abdomen, letting it shoot sticky strands of webbing to bind, entrap, or strangle its victims. It can also use its webbing to fashion elaborate snares and nets, which often festoon its lair.
Quiet Killers When travelers and explorers venture into an ettercap's territory, the ettercap stalks them. Some meet their end wandering blindly into traps or sections of forest enclosed by webs. Others, the ettercap garrotes with strands of web or envenoms with its poisonous bite.
Sylvan Despoilers Though they dwell in the wilds, ettercaps have no desire to live in harmony with nature. A forest infested with ettercaps transforms into a gloomy place, choked with webs and infested with giant spiders, giant insects, and other sinister predators. Creatures that wander too far into such a wood are soon lost in a maze of webs that dangle with the bones and lost treasures of the ettercaps' victims.
Enemies of the Fey Ettercaps are natural enemies of fey creatures. The foul creatures set web snares to catch sprites and pixies, which they hungrily devour, and will encase a dryad's tree in webbing in a vain attempt to trap the dryad. Otherwise timid fey will sometimes approach outsiders for help in dealing with an ettercap infestation, being ill-equipped to deal with the malevolent creatures themselves
Variant Web Garrote Some ettercaps like to strangle prey using garrotes fashioned from webbing. An ettercap so armed gains the following action option, which it uses in place of its claws.
Web Garrote Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one Medium or Small creature against which the ettercap has advantage on the attack roll. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 12). Until this grapple ends, the target can't breathe, and the ettercap has advantage on attack rolls against it.

Ettercap

Ettercaps are humanoid spiders that tend, feed, and watch over spiders the way a shepherd oversees a flock of sheep. They lair deep in remote forests. Fine strands of silk stream from glands in an ettercap's abdomen, letting it shoot sticky strands of webbing to bind, entrap, or strangle its victims. It can also use its webbing to fashion elaborate snares and nets, which often festoon its lair.

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Armor Class	13 (natural armor)
Hit Points	8d8+8
Speed	30ft.	Climb 30 ft.
Strength	14 (+2)
Dexterity	15 (+2)
Constitution	13 (+1)
Intelligence	7 (-2)
Wisdom	12 (+1)
Charisma	8 (- 1)
Skills	Perception d20+3	Stealth d20+4	Survival d20+3
Senses	Darkvision 60 ft.	Passive Perception 13
Languages	----
Challenge	2 (450 XP)
Special 1	Spider Climb	The ettercap can climb difficult surfaces,	including upside down on ceilings,
without needing to make an ability check
Special 2	Web Sense	While in contact with a web,	the ettercap knows the exact location of any
other creature in contact with the same web
Special 3	Web Walker	The ettercap ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing
Action 1	Multiattack	The ettercap makes two attacks:	one with its bite and one with its claws
Action 2	Bite	Melee Weapon Attack	d20+4 to hit
Reach 5 ft., one creature	Hit 1d8+2 piercing damage	plus 1d8 poison damage.	The target must succeed on
a DC 11 Constitution saving throw	or be poisoned for 1 minute.	The creature can repeat the saving throw	at the end of each of its turns,
ending the effect on itself on a success
Action 3	Claws	Melee Weapon Attack	d20+4 to hit
Reach 5 ft., one target	Hit 2d4+2 slashing damage
Action 4	Web (Recharge 5-6)	Ranged Weapon Attack	d20+4 to hit
Range 30/60 ft., one Large or smaller creature	Hit The creature is restrained by webbing.	As an action, the restrained creature can make	a DC 11 Strength check, escaping from
the webbing on a success.	The effect ends if the webbing is destroyed.	The webbing has AC 10, 5 hit points,	resistance to bludgeoning damage,
and immunity to poison and psychic damage