# [[Drider]]
![[Drider.svg]]
A drider is a drow with a spider's body — elf torso atop a spider's lower half, 8 eyes, 8 legs, and a sideways-opening mandibled jaw. Used in the Gauntlight as arena guards, paired with a [[Mulventok]]. Driderhood is a *prestigious* fate among drow — though most don't live long enough to reap the status. Also referred to as *Part Spider Part Person* in earlier sightings.
## Profile
- **Caster**: Arcane magic — *Fireball* (party-wide), *Magic Missiles* (force barrage)
- **No known weaknesses**: Identified by [[Jaspen Bond Callistair|Bond]] in Session 097 — driders use arcane magic and Bond couldn't surface a weakness
- **Cultural status**: Among drow, becoming a drider is an honour; most die in service and don't live to enjoy the rank
- **Equipment seen**: A *+1 composite longbow* and a glaive (looted from the Session 098 drider)
## Role in The Gauntlight
The driders the party has encountered work as **arena guards and Flesh Warp transport** for whoever runs Level 5.
- **Guard duty**: Always paired with a [[Mulventok]] in the arena area
- **Flesh Warp delivery**: Drops off injured or dying [[Flesh Warp]]s in [[The Gauntlight Level 5 - Flesh Warps]]; most die, but some survive and roam the halls
- **Commanding language**: Orders the Mulventok in an unknown language
## Encounters
- **Session 083** — *Augrael's Sighting*: [[Augrael]] reports a mysterious *part spider part person* dropping off Flesh Warps on Level 5; likely the drider the party met later ([[083_20250216 Augrael is totally our favourite undead]])
- **Session 092** — *Avenging Ash*: A car-sized drider in the arena, holding two bodies; recognized from Augrael's warning ([[092_20250727 Avenging Ash]])
- **Session 097** — *Mulvenboom*: Drider casts *Fireball* on the party and *Force Barrage* on Vayle; [[Ashnefrotty|Ash]] grapples and restrains it with *Evolution Surge*, then kills it ([[097_20251004 Mulvenboom]])
- **Session 098** — *Inq, Zem, and the Vordine Resistance*: Another drider defeated alongside a Mulventok; party loots the *+1 composite longbow* and glaive. [[Vayle]] notes the drider likely had the [[Black Frost Zombie|Black Frost]] curse and would have died of it anyway ([[098_20251018 Inq, Zem, and the Vordine Resistance]])
## Open Threads
- How many driders are working in the Gauntlight, and who commands them?
- Where do they come from? Are they all infected with Black Frost?
- What language are they ordering the Mulventoks in?
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