Aranea: Book of the Spider reintroduces a classic D&D creature that was first introduced in 1981 and was ahead of its time due to its moral ambiguity. Included herein is everything you need as a DM to include Aranea into your games and—as a player—everything you need to create a character inspired by or descended from giant, magical, shapeshifting spiders that secretly live among others.
The Drow are not D&D's only secretive, magical, intelligent spider-people...
This book includes two sections. Part one is a DM's guide and bestiary that includes a variety of aranea write-ups, two types of undead aranea (the arasheem and the yeshom), and the ascendant fateweaver, a powerful aranea mage that has become a sort of archfey. In addition, this section includes three fully-developed aranea NPCs. Part two includes a host of player options... including the option to play a friendly neighborhood spider-monk.
- from the publisher's blurb