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[SRD]

yeah giant jumping spiders don't jump, so they're not use for now.

They're fast, it also just demolished a rutherer in 1v1.

[Sadrice]

So it's really more of a Giant Wolf Spider.  I think I'm ok with that.  Although, a true giant jumping spider would be pretty cool.  It could leap a few dozen tiles into the middle of an invading squad.

[Loud Whispers]

That's too many spiders. Have you not seen Eight Legged Freaks? It can only end in tears.

Do you remember the bit where the trapdoor spiders emerged from the ground to begin nommin' people?

_{(A plot hole in the story being that those spiders also would've survived the explosion in the end... Have fun Aussies).}

Now imagine those in a Dorf Fortress. Fighting for or against, either would work.

[SRD]

b+T+t

build+Traps+trapdoor spider.. A mix of a weapon trap and a cage tap where the enemy is snared 1z level down and is viciously mauled by a spider.

[KodKod]

Do you remember the bit where the trapdoor spiders emerged from the ground to begin nommin' people?
_{(A plot hole in the story being that those spiders also would've survived the explosion in the end... Have fun Aussies).}
Now imagine those in a Dorf Fortress. Fighting for or against, either would work.

Of course I remember, I've only seen the movie eleventeen times.

I think they'd be a great danger for the caverns, hidden away out of visibility. You don't even notice that they are there until every dwarf who enters the caverns turns up missing without any sign of a struggle. They just plod along collecting webs and then bam, in the blink of an eye they're gone.

[Loud Whispers]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Do you remember the bit where the trapdoor spiders emerged from the ground to begin nommin' people?
_{(A plot hole in the story being that those spiders also would've survived the explosion in the end... Have fun Aussies).}
Now imagine those in a Dorf Fortress. Fighting for or against, either would work.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Of course I remember, I've only seen the movie eleventeen times.

I think they'd be a great danger for the caverns, hidden away out of visibility. You don't even notice that they are there until every dwarf who enters the caverns turns up missing without any sign of a struggle. They just plod along collecting webs and then bam, in the blink of an eye they're gone.

Or even better, digging along a nice iron vein, when you stumble upon a mysterious tunnel... BAM! Spiders everywhere, penumbra style.

[SRD]

Digging out an adamantine vein when BOOM 'eerie cavern' and spiderdemons come flying out spraying webs, spiderman style.

[ASCIt]

I just tested a giant brown recluse against a Yeti. Guess who won with a single broken foot?

[LumberingOaf]

I just tested a giant brown recluse against a Yeti. Guess who won with a single broken foot?

All of dwarfdom.

[ASCIt]

Interestingly, he was also able to beat down a Batman, a Beakdog, a Black Mamba man, and a Blizzard man (one on one, at least), before finally getting demolished by a bronze colossus.

[NW_Kohaku]

So it's really more of a Giant Wolf Spider.  I think I'm ok with that.  Although, a true giant jumping spider would be pretty cool.  It could leap a few dozen tiles into the middle of an invading squad.

Jumping spiders are a somewhat diverse group, and some of them do have venomous bites, but the jumping is probably what most people expect, just because of the name.

Some species will tether themselves to where they jump from when they make a jump, and can spring back to where they jumped off of their silk lifeline, in case they miss their target.  They also love to jump down on prey from above, so it acts as a bungie cord safety line. 

Diving down on dwarves from ledges in caverns would make for a rather neat surprise, especially if they could form some "ladders" of silk when they jumped. 

[jcnorris00]

(A plot hole in the story being that those spiders also would've survived the explosion in the end... Have fun Aussies).

That's not a plot hole, that's leaving the door open for a sequel.

[Niyazov]

So it's really more of a Giant Wolf Spider.  I think I'm ok with that.  Although, a true giant jumping spider would be pretty cool.  It could leap a few dozen tiles into the middle of an invading squad.

Jumping spiders are a somewhat diverse group, and some of them do have venomous bites, but the jumping is probably what most people expect, just because of the name.

Some species will tether themselves to where they jump from when they make a jump, and can spring back to where they jumped off of their silk lifeline, in case they miss their target.  They also love to jump down on prey from above, so it acts as a bungie cord safety line. 

Diving down on dwarves from ledges in caverns would make for a rather neat surprise, especially if they could form some "ladders" of silk when they jumped.

Also they are just the cutest little things.

[Loud Whispers]

Spiderbro ;_;

[kaijyuu]

That spider can't beat this one: