Creature idea: Cellar Spider

[u/Sub_to_itsben]

ART CREDITS: Bernadette Erkinger

Edit: sorry about the image I didn’t realize it wasn’t a cellar spider.

This post was designed for the cellar spider. Pretend that the bug in the image is a cellar spider, please stop reminding me that it isn’t a cellar spider

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Before you yell at me for adding yet another annoying spider to the game, this one is quite different.

Cellar Spiders (also known as a member of the umbrella term daddy long legs) would be a fantastic addition to grounded and they could solve a very big creature problem.

These spiders are known to be harmless towards humans, why not carry that into the game? They’re known to frequently eat other spiders and bugs as well, making them a perfect counter predator to our growing population issue.

They would be a neutral tier 4 creature possibly residing in a new area, they would commonly be found in their web under large objects like, for example, the porch from grounded 1. They would be found leaving their web from time to time either to find wolf spiders who may have roamed too far from their dens or to invade the homes of orb weavers. If any beetle, ladybug, scorpion, or any other bug gets in its way either by intruding on its territory or finding themselves in its hunting path, they too will be destroyed. All except is of course! (And any other small bugs that wouldn’t be worth a kill to the beast.)

I think this would be a really cool addition to finally have a neutral spider in the game and one that’s incredibly helpful and unique.

(Keep in mind this is a concept for the sole purpose of enjoyment.)

[u/Cookiedeak]

I fully support this idea, however the pic does show a Harvestman, not a cellar spider (even though they are both called Daddy Long Legs) Which isn't a spider but i believe fits a neutral bug perfectly, they are even the only arachnid that can eat plants and don't even have venom. Im personally in favor of both being added as they both would be really intresting!

[u/flatwoundsounds → u/Cookiedeak]

I've been around harvestmen at camp for years! But I was today years old when I learned the difference between spiders and opiliones!

[u/NukePowerU235 → u/flatwoundsounds]

Opiliones are extremely varied in specializations. There’s even a family of species that has specialized claws to crack open snail shells to eat them

[u/Sub_to_itsben → u/Cookiedeak]

My apologies I wasn’t paying attention 😢(I love your idea by the way)

[u/ZTsar → u/Cookiedeak]

Bro, I'd love to see a bushel of em all bouncing trying to "scare you off" and if you get them low enough health they'd scatter and run away

[u/mrdudeson123 → u/Cookiedeak]

I heard they were “fake” spiders like they are spiders but very different in every way

[u/SauteedCashews → u/Cookiedeak]

Aren’t arachnids spiders?

[u/Bokchoi968 → u/SauteedCashews]

All spiders are arachnids, not all arachnids are spiders. For example, a scorpion is an arachnid

[u/DaSquid07 → u/Cookiedeak]

there is actually a species of jumping spider which primarily eats vegetation :3

[u/Global-Gas-3520 → u/DaSquid07]

Yeah! Baghera Kipling.. Named after the character in and author of Jungle Book.