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Skull Hermit Spiders


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Alright, here's a little bit of lore and ideas I thought up for a new kind of pet that one could have. Hope you enjoy it :)

Skull Hermit Spiders

 

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The Lore

 

The Skull Hermit Spider; an odd species of arachnid with an even odder means of protecting itself. On their own, they are nothing special. Eight legs, venom that will subdue creatures up to 1 1/2 their size, and a rather squishy abdomen, albeit rather big for spiders; growing up to the size of an orc's torso (legs included). Nothing out of the ordinary. No, the curious part of these animals is their means of protecting their squishy abdomen...skulls.

 

As a hatchling, these odd spiders are observed using their own, hard eggs as protection, trudging around with but a hole for their eyes to peer out of, and gaps for their spindly legs. When they grow out of these eggs, they need something bigger, of course...so the skulls come into play. Killing a little animal or finding a nice, dry skull to live in, these spiderlings begin their life as a hermit, forever hiding away in their skulls. As they grow, so must their skulls, and they search for bigger and bigger ones, from a large variety of sources. Never seen on a web, the only application for their spider silk seems to hold the skulls onto their bodies.

 

Quite a rare species, and often found dead within the skulls if they are ever found, they have managed to stay out of the radar of the new inhabitants of Athera, keeping their odd means of survival a secret simply by not being seen. Not known for being overly intelligent, they are, however, slightly brighter than the majority of spiders, and shall not bite the hand that feeds, as tempting as it is to gain a new skull to live in.

 

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The Idea

 

This is quite simple. These are spiders that grow big enough to fit inside an orc's skull, with their legs sticking out. There are cases where they grow bigger, but this is only when they are given a skull large enough to transfer into. An example could be an Olog's skull, or maybe a giant bear skull. They are poisonous enough to incapacitate small prey easily, but can not do anything major to things larger than themselves (i.e. the descendant races) over a short period of time. This is often why Skull Hermit Spiders are seen around a battlefield, several days or a month after the battle, searching for a skull to pick from the dry skeletons of the fallen.

 

Able to retract into the skulls, they appear to be a simple skull until their legs spew out of it's mouth. They don't make webs, and instead use their silk for three main uses:

-Keeping their skull attached to themselves

-Travelling (hanging down from a high point)

-Storing or snaring prey, and keeping it in the empty eye sockets of their skull

 

Able to be tamed by an individual who either finds them as an egg and hatches them, or one that feeds them constantly and does not seem like a good candidate for a new home and has provided them with a skull to live in. Simple as that. They eat anything that moves, is not poisonous and is smaller than them (occasionally things 1 1/2 their size), so feeding them isn't fussy.

 

My reason for this pet is just to add a new creature to the RP of others. I don't intend to have a pet like this as...I don't really view spiders as great pets, but I am sure there are a few who would enjoy this idea. For those concerned about what else is special about this spider (like spitting venom), here are the things unique about these spiders:

 

-They live in skulls

 

There you go. Now tell me what you think, and refrain from saying "Edgggyyyy" as I know this looks edgy at first glance, but it's really just a cute liwwul spwider that wants a home. Think of a hermit crab.

 

Red Lines:

 

-No webs from these spiders; they hunt prey similar to an ambusher (pretending to be a skull and then striking)

 

-Not useful in combat /at all/. No, you cannot have your spider skull sidekick save your sorry @$$

-They aren't clever. Their intelligence is limited to "He/She feeds me, I will be chill with them". The most intelligent they will get is like a cat (which is less intelligent than a dog *shotsfired*)

 

-They can't speak. Come on.

 

-You do not become spiderman if they bite you.

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-You do not become spiderman if they bite you.

 

 

The only part that convinced me to give you a -1 :-(

 

Just kidding, seems like a fairly harmless (lore wise, at least) and interesting idea for new pets. I say give it a shot. +1 (For realsies)

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Seems chill and edgy at the same time without being too dumb. +1

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Seems chill and edgy at the same time without being too dumb. +1

 

My objective entirely. I just thought it would be a nice pet ;3

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Thanks for liking the idea :)

Also, I was talking about the conventional form of speaking; using the spoken tongue. They are spiders, not that giant arachnid that Hagrid has as a pet in 'Harry Potter'

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Lovely, creepy, Spider thing. Sending shivers down your spine.

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Nice, Legend of Zelda ideas (I hope).

 

I wasn't aware it was from Legend of Zelda. I played the first one ever (and it's the only one I played, ages ago) , and I kinda recall jumping spiders with one eye. Do you mean those?

 

Lovely, creepy, Spider thing. Sending shivers down your spine.

 

Yes <3

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I wasn't aware it was from Legend of Zelda. I played the first one ever (and it's the only one I played, ages ago) , and I kinda recall jumping spiders with one eye. Do you mean those?

 

The picture you linked is literally something made as a tribute to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time XD

 

Anyway, I find it to be pretty cool and harmless. +1

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