That is the golden thousand legged spider.

This one doesn't look as awesome...

>>13186628
that's because someone tipped it on its side.

>>13186655
Being tipped sideways is the weakness of golden thousand legged spiders.

/tg/ - thousandlegged goldenspiders

To quote Noriko from Gunbuster: HOMINGU LEISERU!

>>13187264
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You can see the baby golden thousand legged spiders running around its feet. They have yet to reach their full size and leg count.

So, what, gargantuan monstrous spider? No venom, but extra fire damage on a hit? No web, perhaps leap attack?

thousandlegged goldenspider is my next pc race

>>13187280
And those babies spiders are creating more little babies spiders.

>>13187308
Oh God, it'll kill us all!

Golden thousand legged spider-Priests are among the most dangerous zealots you can encounter out there. Not only are they raging fanatics, but their faith in the burning sun has granted many of them near invincibility,

>>13187305
or perhaps it has a thousand golden legs and doesn't give a fuck. You can see it devouring an adventurer for bothering him, so that only the shadow of the human remains.

Thousandlegged goldenspiders just sit back, relax, look cool, and murderize everything that interrupts in a rude manner.

>>13187305
Incorporeal.
Overland travel by wafting on the winds, because they weigh so little.
When a pod of thousandlegged goldenspiders floats into an area, the resulting fires can be dangerous to human inhabitants.

>What wizardry is this?

SCIENCE!

and I couldn't find my damn science .jpgs

>>13186616
>>13186655
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>>13187264
>>13187280
>>13187305
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>>13187340

THEY'RE JUST FUCKING SPARKS OR SOME SHIT, GOD DAMN!

>>13187351

Look out everyone, here comes the badfunwrong police!

>>13187351
I am sorry for you.

>>13187351
HEllo newfriend, have fun on /tg/

>>13187351
Just hide the thread bro.
>>13187340
Anyone got a link to that "there's spider flying in the atmosphere" news?

>>13186600
Fireworks and over-exposed photography.

Go trollplay somewhere else. Not /tg/.

>>13187351

You sound monumentally jelly of our imagination.

...Meter swarm?

The inevitable retard invasion struck the thread. Oh well.

Anyway - thousandlegged goldenspiders as simple wandering beings, or as semi-divine beasts worshipped by some?

>>13187376
Skeleton Jelly?

Stop shiting the board with rule 6 breaking content

>>13187388
Could easily be both. If they travel across the sky looking like that some cultures would likely hold them in reverence. Not actually intelligent or divine, but incomprehensible enough that certain sects attribute them with one or the other aspect.

>>13187395
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>>13187351
0/10

Circus and Dancefag here. The guy's spinning some Steel Wool that sparks around like Poi, it's dangerous as fuck but is fun as fuck as well, assuming you don't melt your face with the shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTD7yQ8UjxY&feature=related

>>13187388
Both. Maybe a barbarian tribe saw it and thought it was god or something.

>>13187404
Surprisingly enough, we don't actually think it's a giant spider made out of light.

Incomprehensible is a good trait for them to have. How they actually function is a mystery. They're never as big after heavy rain, and a smouldering patch of ground means a thousandlegged goldenspider's den was penetrated by the flow of water. This is fatal for the "younger"* spiders as their lifespark is extinguished, while the larger ones lose legs and size.

*"Younger" is a misnomer, given the state of flux the weather imposes on their bodies, it's possible to have a tiny (and unfortunate) spider hundreds of thousands of years old.

>>13187396
I do.

>>13187411
Ooo, maybe their lifecycle is based around floating about looking for people to worship them, or flee in terror from their firestorms.
Perhaps they're related to Will 'o Wisps.

>>13187428
Tiny unfortunate spider made me sad.

>>13187430
I reversed those two responses.

>>13187428
Right. So how do they grow? Or they don't? Do they consume object to make themselves bigger?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbuwqU9oxf4

The wonders of just hucking molten iron around

>>13187340
>>These mouse-like creatures are among the most sought-after Pokémon. Trainers often have a hard time keeping several Pikachu in one place, however, because a high concentration of Pikachu will trigger electrical disturbances in the atmosphere.

>>13187438
I would say they grow naturally over time, and naturally migrate away from rainfall that decreases their size. They are attracted to fire, however, and make a beeline for them. They can often be found preceding or after a wildfire, and some people see them as a bad omen for this. Static populations can occasionally be found at volcanic sites, but these are the exception.

So they are semi-divine beings made of heavenly flames, worshipped by many wild tribes (Golden armoured barbarians!) and feed on faith, growing bigger and stronger with the amount of believers they have. Inevitably, one day they will burn down their temple, giving birth to a lot of new golden thousand legged spiders while mostly destroying their believers home. The newborn spiders then need to find a new tribe before their fire extinguishes.

>>13187438
They consume flammable material, obviously. But only things that burn easily, as their spindly legs don't burn particularly hot on their own. A larger spider can concentrate its efforts and burn down a tavern roof, but once the fire starts burning on its own, the spider no longer gains nutrients from it. It singes things more than burns them I guess. Making the huge ones rare and ancient.

>>13187451
I don't think they should actually be divine, but having barbarians who worship them raise them in fire temples is a nice touch that works with >>13187448

Let's not give them divinity or a godly mandate though. Just keep it simple and mysterious.

>>13187451
>>13187438
I'm pretty sure that's it.
Except they're not heavenly, just flames.
Maybe they come from space, but no one knows that.
Like a fiery version of thread, seeking to feed off strong emotions.

I am Larga Dustrider, warrior-princess of the tribe of the thousand legged golden spider. I have come to these lands to collect the most expensive and rare flamable materials for Mother Spider.

>>13187405

you know, we don't think every thing is a god.

>absurd atstio

>>13187497
Mother Spider dines only on the finest silks!

That's fine then. They're migratory and mysterious, they feed from flammable materials (or maybe emotions, according to some accounts) and are attracted to large fires. Barbarian tribes who worship them sometimes try to capture and attract a spider to live in their fire temple by setting fires. Many other religious traditions attribute them with some kind of purpose or significance, while common folklore is suspcious of the creatures, associating them with coming wildfires or storms.

>>13187497
Soon these lands will burn under the uncountable feet of Mother Spider's children.

>>13187513
Things that float down from heaven and wreck your shit are gods.
Best represent, or Larga is gonna regulate.
>John: Theork

I think this thread has achieved archive-ability. I for one will certainly add them to my homebrew group.

>>13187530
And then John was a greenskin

>>13187448
>>13187451
>>13187461
So they grow naturally but they grow faster when they consume flammable material. Some Barbarians see them as semi-gods and create temples for them and when they reach a certain size they burn down the temple and create more of itself.
>>13187513
Oh really?

>>13187563
Fire temples are actually a real thing in Zoroastrianism. It wouldn't take much to fantasy them up for this creature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_temple

It'd be nice of them to be able to communicate from time to time. Nothing clear and easily understandable though.

If a goldenspider leg touches bare human flesh sometimes you can catch fragments of its thoughts, memories and dreams. Usually it just burns you, like touching a hot oven.

It may be a rite of passage for the shamans and witchdoctors to communicate with a thousandlegged goldenspider - not only one may glimpse at an unknown or forgotten truth, it also teaches the value of endurance, dedication and sacrifice.

>>13187670
It should be a severe burn, I think. It makes it cooler when the shaman who had great visions for the spider has massive leg-shaped burns crisscrossed across him and a charred, blackened shamanic mask. Maybe a goldenspider picks up on memories associated with things it burns, and passes fragments of those memories along, sometimes, to those burned by it?

>>13187670
"Golden Touched" feat.
Also the idea of leaving a scar after the touching the spider sound fun. Since it would be easier to distinguish them from the normal Shamans.

>>13187716
What would the feat do, though?

>>13187742
Int Bonus for gaining some knowledge from the Spiders?
I'm not really good with D&D system.

>>13187742
Some kind of Oracle-like vision. The Shaman cannot make sense of the chaotic images and other sensory inputs he receives while being touched, but when the situation arises (DM decision) he may roll to gain greater knowledge, like an exact map of an abandoned castle the players find, or knowledge on how to subdue a specific enemy.

>>13187716
What bonuses do the Gold Touched receive?
Resistance to fire damage or something?

>>13187756
Yeah, that's the obvious one but it has no mechanical effect and depends entirely on the DM. Good in the right game, not too encouraging to anyone to take.

>>13187693
>It should be a severe burn, I think. It makes it cooler when the shaman who had great visions for the spider has massive leg-shaped burns crisscrossed across him and a charred, blackened shamanic mask.
Well, it has a thousand legs and moves at a blinding speed. More serious burns would mean basically instant death. Though we can work around it, i'm not exactly a burn expert, unless having some rather serious burns once counts.

>Maybe a goldenspider picks up on memories associated with things it burns, and passes fragments of those memories along, sometimes, to those burned by it?
Sounds good. So you'd have it's own thoughts [incredibly alien, like having it think of a meadow on another continent, the current planet alignment, and have it calculate the trajectory for a glide there including some truly fucking weird variables for fun], glimpses of memories of people of ancient times, and maybe the general empathic payload of, let's say, a tree that was touched by a leg, or a boulder that shattered after a goldenspider hugged it.

>>13187765
>>13187756
>>13187775
More I think about it, more I think it should be a template.

>>13187756
When they make the recollection, their scars begin glowing white as they convulse and pass out, wakening with the understanding of their vision.

The Golden Touched feat should grant the player something like Bardic Knowledge. Or if they are a bard, give a bonus to it. Or a re-roll, whatever you want to go with

>>13187809
Of course, fluff the glowing scars and wracking agony in if you like as well.

This thread really spark up some idea

>>13187827
I for one didn't think this idea had a leg to stand on.

>>13187775
A game with a thousandlegged goldenspider shaman is the right game.

>>13187791
I wouldn't go that way. A scar is just a scar, a sign of the past. It's a mark of honor itself withut adding some magical special effects.

>>13187827
>>13187837
Goddammit.
>>13187756
>>13187809
>>13187838
So it give the Shaman a chance to learn everything about the place of DM choosing and give the Shaman Bardic Knowledge-like feat?

>>13187864
So long as the DM picked what locations the player learnt about carefully, that would work.

/tg/, I am pride.

>>13187827
>>13187837

You take a piece of steel wool and put it on the end of a chain / wire / fireproof cordage, and light it on fire with a battery. You spin it, and it makes OP's pic.

>>13187921
that's what thousandlegged goldenspider haters actually believe.

>>13187890
>>13187864
I wouldn't go into mechanics before establishing the fluff. It'll all get fucked.

We do not know what they are.
We do not know where they came from.
We do not know why they are here.
All we know is that they are the thousandlegged goldenspiders.
Their thousands of golden legs spread from their bodies of nothingness.
They walk on this land with their golden legs, spreading a mystical fire.
The fire that burns within them is both worldly and immaterial.
Ones who are touched by their flame are truly blessed.
Their bodies are forever marked with the thousands of legs of the thousandlegged goldenspider glowing softly in the night.
They grant us visions that are their own and for this we are blessed.
Visions of places both famillar and unfamilliar.
Visions of the past and future.
*The parchment is torn here.*
Depending on prevailing weather conditions of course.

Archive?

It was decades ago, before even your father was born. A chilly, crisp morning, one of those when you can taste how cold and fresh the air is. A vile undead mage appeared to kill us all and raze our homes. The battlemages were rendered useless with hexes, the guards were overwhelmed by a horde of lifeless abominations, and a powerful dome was erected around the city to let noone run away. While the minor undead dispersed looking to kill anything with a pulse, the liche itself started some devilish ritual that made the fallen rise again. It went for half a day, which felt more like half a century in hell, with no hope and no mercy.

After dusk a beacon of hope came, a shining star gently fell on the city. A being of pure light glided past the seemingly impenetrable barrier and landed on the far side of the market square where the lich stood. The incantation stopped, the ancient mage looked at the being and shrieked, summoning all its minions to the fight. Only there wasn't one. The creature of light circled the lich curiously, while attacking skeletons and zombies were losing limbs just from coming into contact with it. The spider of light was just as unfazed by the unholy magicks the lich was throwing at it, until a frost lance went through it, washing the entire market square in prismatic brilliance.

>>13188445
The thousandlegged goldenspider leapt at the lich, spearing it to the ground with its many limbs, and then lowered itself to devour it whole, leaving but a shadow burnt into the cobblestones. Then it took a second jump, to the bell tower of the old city hall, which went up in flames immediately. For a full night the fires raged, leaving nothing but the stone tower with a cracked bronze bell lying on the ground after it smashed through many floors. Inside the bell there was a smaller spider, no larger than the torso of a man, confused and frightened as it couldn't navigate its way from the bronze cradle. A hand was extended, and the golden being caught it, climbed up and jumped, dancing in the sky before vanishing over the horizon.

That's why the ugly old ruined tower still stands, and that's how i got these scars.

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Thoughts, opinions?

>>13188447
>>13188445
Seems to imply it's made of positive energy, not fire.

>>13188470
Maybe they could just be spiders of a type of energy.

>>13188470
well, they're extremely positive. It wasn't written with D&D in mind though, so yeah, i had to read what positive energy does.

>>13188640
Anti-undead, basically. Sorry for the assumption, I liked the story.

>>13188445
>>13188447
Nice and Dawwww at the little spider. So is it attracted to evil energy now? Or is it just randomly floating?

>>13188774
who knows? Possibly both, maybe not.

doooooooon't you die on meeeeeeeeeee!

I think I've got the ecology of these things I will use down for my games. I'll post it later if I can be bothered. Bump for now.

Well, I've got a Stone Age/Primitives campaign going, and I will definitely be adding this.

With how much time they've spent arguing Sun god vs. River god vs. Snake god, I can't wait to see how they react to this.

>>13189481
I started doing a quick summary and realised that I need to change them to eating or drawing energy from the fire rather than the materials, which is at odds with how this has gone so I'll just leave it.

>>13190459
It's really suited to that kind of vibe. Maybe you can get your Sun God tribesman to convert.