Item:Tomiek field guide webbed in prismatic wildlace
| tomiek field guide webbed in prismatic wildlace | |
|---|---|
| Look: | The wildlace forms a spiral orb web scattered with tiny crystalline droplets that refract kaleidoscopic motes of color. Visible through the gaps are rencate wildling spiders forming a colorful tessellation against the chitinous black metal of the cover. Inside, the parchment pages are illuminated by lifelike illustrations of Elanthian spiders.
You read the cover of your field guide: "Spiders of Elanthia". |
| Weight: | 5 stones |
| Metal: | Yes |
| Appraised Cost: | 5,500,000 Kronars4,400,000 Lirums <br />3,968,800 Dokoras <br />5,500 LTBpoints <br />5,500 Tickets <br />5,500 Scrips <br /> |
| Properties: | This is an item. |
| Dimensions: | 2 length x 1 width x 1 height |
| Sources: | Source is Tomes of Lore |
You turn to the first page of your field guide and begin to read. You immerse yourself in the wisdom of your field guide, deepening your understanding of the spiders of Elanthia.
Turning to the next page in your field guide, you read more about the spiders of Elanthia:
Spiders are air-breathing invertebrates with eight legs. Unique among arachnids, spiders can spin silk, and most species use their fangs to inject venom into their prey. A diverse order with thousands of species, spiders can be found in nearly every habitat. What follows are some highlights of Elanthia's most interesting species.
Turning to the next page in your field guide, you read more about the spiders of Elanthia:
Blade spiders inhabit the Undergondola in Ilithi's Dragon Spine Mountains and the island of Taisidon. They also performed various maintenance functions in the Massive Arachnid of Hollow Eve, such as transporting patrons to and from the festival grounds and dragging the corpses of anyone who died at the festival. The blade spider is covered with thick chitinous plates, appearing not unlike a suit of armor with numerous legs. Sword-shaped blades run along the back of the spider's front legs, and multi-faceted eyes peer quizzically from over a set of vice-like barbed mandibles.
Turning to the next page in your field guide, you read more about the spiders of Elanthia:
The Harawep's Spider and Harawep's Pawn spider are especially large and menacing species of black widow. The Harawep's Spider attacks those who venture into the Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze, while the Harawep's Pawn spider is primarily encountered as an artistic depiction. Like other black widows, they have globular abdomens and can be recognized by the trademark red hourglass marking on the underside of the abdomen. Despite having eight eyes, they have poor eyesight and rely on vibrations to detect prey or threats.
Turning to the next page in your field guide, you read more about the spiders of Elanthia:
Nightweaver, nightreaver, and nightstalker unyns ("spider" in Gamgweth) inhabit the wilderness near Riverhaven and the Surlaenis Sea Caves. Their silk -- nightweaver silk, nightreaver silk, and nightstalker silk -- is known for its exceptional strength and luster. All three species are larger than Gor'Togs and have bodies covered in wiry black hair. Nightweaver and nightreaver unyns have silver-grey around the eyes, while nightstalker unyns, the largest and most aggressive of the family, can be recognized by three crimson stripes running down the back.
Turning to the next page in your field guide, you read more about the spiders of Elanthia:
Reaper spiders are a species of recluse spider whose name comes from the skull-like marking on the carapace. Their long, slender legs are arranged laterally, giving them a vaguely crab-like appearance, and their six eyes are arranged in three pairs. Reaper spiders have necrotic venom that causes localized tissue death.
Turning to the next page in your field guide, you read more about the spiders of Elanthia:
The tomiek-iguji ("deceit-spider" in Gorbesh) broodlings were spawned by the Massive Arachnid of Hollow Eve. Like their progenitor, the broodlings were biomechanical by dint of divine will. They were composed of crude tomiek chitin, which the Spidersworn could refine into tomiek. The body of the broodling was the size of a small caravan, with long but sturdy legs to match. Armor of metallic black chitin protected the carapace and legs, and they were armed with scimitar-like fangs of chitin. No broodlings have been spotted since the demise of the Massive Arachnid in 432, leading experts to believe they may be extinct.
Turning to the next page in your field guide, you read more about the spiders of Elanthia:
Sacred to Harawep, wildling spiders are a sentient race that is associated with the cult of the Spidersworn. A fully grown adult is approximately two to three feet in length (including the legs), and coloring depends on the type of mana on which it has recently fed. Effectively immortal unless killed, their health is tied to that of the Web of Fate. The venom of the wildling spider transforms Humans into Spidersworn, and elders are capable of spinning wildlace.
Turning to the next page in your field guide, you read more about the spiders of Elanthia:
Zynachi ("assassin" in Gamgweth) spiders are a swamp-dwelling species with three fangs and sixteen long, crab-like legs tipped with hooked mandibles. The circular carapace is covered in black, chitinous plating and has a ridged surface with spines of frosty green. In 389, an unusually docile specimen was sold at auction. This spider had a symbiotic relationship with its owner, feeding on his blood and then secreting a black ooze that coalesced into a suit of living armor.
Having finished your studies, you close the cover of your field guide. You feel mentally tired but enlightened.