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Liquefied Spleens:
WARNING: This quest has a bad end, despite the massive runtime. Enjoy the story for what it is, but know that the ending is tragically unsatisfying.


Web Of Life
A Drider's Story
Light was the first thing you ever saw. A bright beam of painful photons, headed directly for your poor eyeballs. All eight of them. At the time it was a jarring change, the comfort of your egg being replaced by a cold, painful, unforgiving world. Soon enough, however, the light stopped blinding you, and you could see. A wasteland, with the sun's horrid rays burning you alive. Just behind you, however, is a cave. Your instincts tell you that you must go there to prevent yourself from burning alive. You scurry as fast as your small, pale legs can carry you, stumbling along the way as you learn how to move. You are a quick learner ,manage to reach the cave in time.

Now that you are not getting scorched, getting some impressions from the surrounding lands is a bit easier. You are not, in fact, in some horrid wasteland where dreams go to die. Massive walls on the left and right, with tufts of grass visible at the tops, show that you are in a canyon. A rocky canyon, at that. Your cave may be the largest bit of shade around, but there’s plenty of boulders around to also serve that purpose. You also see strange rocks that do not fit in with the rest of the landscape, they are tiny, white and moving. You decide that they are not worth your time as you lay down.
It will be a little while before your chitin grows in and becomes resistant to the sun. In the meantime, you suppose can keep yourself busy with baby’s first philosophy.
Who are you?


Choose your name, gender and general appearance. You can also add details, such as birthmarks, type of voice and eyes, along with whatever else you can think of.
You will rapidly grow up to be the equivalent of a human teenager soon (by way of timeskip), so keep that in mind. If you are small or large now, you will be so later in life.
Note that what type of spider you are will be decided the next update, this mostly deal with your human half’s appearance
There is also some biological and cultural information on the drider below, to help give an idea of what you look like.


Bestiary of the fantastical (this will update whenever a new creature is found)
Spoiler (click to show/hide)Standing at an average of 230 cm, of which 150 cm consists of the spider half,  the drider cuts a distinct profile. They are often compared tocentaurs, with the horse part being replaced by that of a massive spider of varying species. The humanoid half also different. Contrary to the centaur, which always looks like a young, bulky man, the drider can be as varied as any other human race.  Newborn driders start out very small, however, around 20 to 40 cm. Their chitin has not grown in at that stage, forcing them to find shade. (There is a blotted out bit here)

Driders are some of the most potentially dangerous magical creatures around. Their strength is nothing to scoff at, considering the hydraulic musculature of the spider half, but their most fearsome weapon is their intellect. They are as clever as all sentient races, and would even be part of the Sentient Alliance if they were cultured. Sadly, many driders live alone, feeding on the surrounding area. They often harass local farmers and other civilians for food and worship, as their solitary living and high place in the food-chain often gives them a god complex. Some driders succeed in creating a cult, which can lead to the creation of Dridoids.(see page 975: Ex-humans) As they can reach staggering ages, the oldest drider in history being 1843 years old at the time of death, their magic power can be some of the most devastating  in the world.
Many subtypes of drider exist, which will be handled in a following chapter.

Editor’s note: It must be mentioned that this only speaks of “wild” driders. There are driders living among the Sentient Allience, and they share the same rights as any other Sentient.

Supernerd:
Is this a suggestion game or do we get our own characters?

Demonic Spoon:

--- Quote from: Supernerd on December 08, 2016, 06:22:58 pm ---Is this a suggestion game or do we get our own characters?

--- End quote ---
Seems to be suggestion game?

Supernerd:
It does look like that, yes. But I'm not giving up on it completely until I hear the answer from the GM.

S34N1C:
PTW

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