Giant Wolf Spider

Smaller than a giant spider, a giant wolf spider hunts prey across open ground or hides in a burrow or crevice, or in a hidden cavity beneath debris.

title: Giant Wolf Spider
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*Medium beast, Unaligned*
 
- **Armor Class** 13 
- **Hit Points** 11 (2d8 + 2) 
- **Speed** 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
 
|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
|12 (+1)|16 (+3)|13 (+1)| 3 (-4)|12 (+1)| 4 (-3)|
 
- **Proficiency Bonus** +2
- **Saving Throws** ⏤
- **Skills** [Perception](/Mechanics/CLI/skills.md#Perception) +3, [Stealth](/Mechanics/CLI/skills.md#Stealth) +7
- **Senses** [blindsight](/Mechanics/CLI/senses.md#Blindsight) 10 ft., [darkvision](/Mechanics/CLI/senses.md#Darkvision) 60 ft., passive Perception 13
- **Languages** —
- **Challenge** 1/4
 
## Traits
 
***Spider Climb.*** The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
 
***Web Sense.*** While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with the same web.
 
***Web Walker.*** The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.
 
## Actions
 
***Bite.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* `+3` to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. *Hit:* 4 (`1d6 + 1`) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 7 (`2d6`) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but [poisoned](/Mechanics/CLI/conditions.md#Poisoned) for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is [paralyzed](/Mechanics/CLI/conditions.md#Paralyzed) while [poisoned](/Mechanics/CLI/conditions.md#Poisoned) in this way.

Environment

grassland, forest, hill, desert, coastal

Sources

Monster Manual p. 330. Available in the SRD and the Basic Rules (2014)