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Anansi

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At a glance

Typical size
Small, Medium
Typical lifespan
50
Features
Fearful / Silk Spinner

Ancestry overview

Anansi resemble spiders with multiple beady eyes, 8 limbs often interchangeable as arms and legs, and the ability to produce a web like silk.

Top feature

Fearful
Once per rest, after making an action roll, you can mark a Stress to reroll your Fear Die.

Bottom feature

Silk Spinner
You can produce silk to aid in mundane tasks. Additionally you can mark a Stress to use your silk as a Finesse Close weapon. On a success, deal d8 physical damage using your Proficiency or make the target temporarily Vulnerable or Restrained instead of dealing damage.

Physical characteristics

Multiple beady eyes 8 limbs Hairy

Examples / variants

Black Widow Tarantula Golden Orb-Weaver Wolf-Spider Jumping Spider

About this ancestry

Anansi resemble spiders. They have 8 limbs that can act as arms or legs, multiple beady eyes, and able to produce silk. They're often irrationally feared and are themselves fearful of others.

Ancestry

Anansi

Anansi resemble spiders with multiple beady eyes, 8 limbs often interchangeable as arms and legs, and the ability to produce a web like silk.

Fearful: Once per rest, after making an action roll, you can mark a Stress to reroll your Fear Die.

Silk Spinner: You can produce silk to aid in mundane tasks. Additionally you can mark a Stress to use your silk as a Finesse Close weapon. On a success, deal d8 physical damage using your Proficiency or make the target temporarily Vulnerable or Restrained instead of dealing damage.

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